Mike White
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What's your full embarrassing name? |
Dr Michael P White CPhys MInstP |
Married, or are you young, free and single and like to mingle? |
Married to Judi |
Where do you live? |
Titchfield Common |
Do you work or stay at home? |
Given the choice would be house husband, but no choice so go to work |
How long have you been a member at Stubbington? |
Since October 2008 |
Can you remember your first race? |
10K in Bristol (I remember a great deal of pain! ), must have been in about 1985 |
How often do you bother to go training? |
When ever I’m not forced to do something else! |
What is your favourite training run? |
An 18ml XC route from near Stansted house on a crisp winter’s morning. |
What was your best ever race? |
Easy question, that’s Ironman Triathlon at Frankfurt July 2007 – Best running achievement was probably 11th in the “Grizzly”, Mar 2005 |
And what was your worst or most embarrassing race? |
World Duathlon Championships at Geel in May 2004, when I came in from the bike section one lap too early, (couldn’t count up to 4). |
Do you have a pre-race ritual? |
Yes, it’s no sex within 5min of the start |
What is the best piece of gear you have bought? |
I don’t buy (or use) any recreational drugs. |
Worst piece of gear? |
Garmin 405 – The Bezel is too difficult to use, its takes for ever to acquire satellites sometimes and the SW is not a patch on Polar HRM’s |
Why do you run when you could be sat at home watching EastEnders? |
Good question but a better one is “Why would you watch East Enders when you can run”. |
What does she/he who must be obeyed think about your running? |
Running (& triathlon) is what keeps him grounded and it’s a lot cheaper than therapy. |
What is the one piece of advice you would give to any new runner? |
Find out what motivates you and just do it – (E.g. group runs or running alone and recording your times) |