Tim Sullivan
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What's your full embarrassing name? |
Tim Sullivan (no way am I telling you my middle name) |
Married, or are you young, free and single and like to mingle? |
Married but allowed out on Mondays and Wednesdays. |
Where do you live? |
Locksheath |
Do you work or stay at home? |
I work otherwise I won’t be let out Mondays and Wednesdays |
How long have you been a member at Stubbington? |
About 2 and half years, I think. |
Can you remember your first race? |
Yes a 5000m race at Thames Valley Harriers running track in west London |
How often do you bother to go training? |
4 times a week. |
What is your favourite training run? |
A 6-8 mile run down to Swanwick along the Hamble foreshore then towards Solent Breezes and back home through Warsash Common |
What was your best ever race? |
Gibraltar International 10km (there was one Moroccan!!) in 1992. My peak as a runner (losing half a stone from food poisoning the month or so before helped!!) Set my lifetime PB of 33min 40 seconds. Never to be repeated sadly! |
And what was your worst or most embarrassing race? |
Hitting the wall in the little known Grand Union Canal marathon donkeys years ago. Legs were like jelly and I couldn’t stop falling over. 25 years later (2009) I completed the London marathon in 3:15 and managed to stay on my feet – until the cramp set in after the race that is! |
Do you have a pre-race ritual? |
Rest the day before and no booze that evening. Turn up early to allow time for all the warm up runs to the gents! |
What is the best piece of gear you have bought? |
Garmin 305 then 405 GPS (although at first I realised I’d been kidding myself for years on how fast I was running in training!) |
Worst piece of gear? |
My old waterproof(ish) top. I’ve had it for years; there’s a hole in the sleeve and all the reflective tape has worn off. Another 10 years and I’ll probably have to get new one! |
Why do you run when you could be sat at home watching EastEnders? |
East what? I think it was partly the trash on TV that drove me to running! |
What does she/he who must be obeyed think about your running? |
Doesn’t give a monkeys now because she’s packed up running and taken up cycling! |
What is the one piece of advice you would give to any new runner? |
Vary your runs, run with good company and have something to aim for each year |