Author: Striders

Stopsley Strider Club Member Profile – Kerry Dear  Occupation – Funeral Arranger  Did you do sport at school?Hardly any I would do anything to avoid p.e at school. When did you start running & why?I decided to start running in July 2016. I have Crohns Disease so running and core work always made my stomach hurt. With the help of Martin physically […]

Stopsley Strider Club Member Profile – Ian Pitkin Occupation: Contracts Director for a grounds maintenance contractor. Did you do sport at school?I played football and cricket for the school. I was a reasonable athlete, but not very good at any particular event, so didn’t represent the school. When did you start running & why?I started running three years ago on my own […]

Stopsley Strider Club Member Profile – Mark Layzell Occupation:I work at the University of Bedfordshire at Park Square, Luton as a Technician/Demonstrator in The School of Media and Performance Did you do sport at school?Not very good at school sports and did not try too hard neither, which looking back was a great regret! When did you start running & why? I started running on our […]

Stopsley Strider Club Member Profile – Martin SmithOccupation:General sales manager for Volkswagen Bedford  Did you do sport at school? I hated sport at school, I have always struggled with my weight, and by the time I was in my early teens I tipped the scales at over 16stone. This really restricted me at the time, and I often made my excuses to get […]

Stopsley Strider Club Member ProfileThis month’s club member is Phil Nitchen aged 37. Occupation:I am a supervisor for the bus operation at Luton Parkway. Did you do sport at school?I played a lot of football and really enjoyed the end of summer term when the athletics started. I wasn’t the quickest, but always did well at the longer distances.  When […]

Stopsley Strider Club Member ProfileThis month’s club member is Dave Debnam, aged 68. Occupation:Before I retired I was a computer engineer. I work part time as a bicycle courier. Did you do sport at school?I wasn’t very good at all. I did enjoy cross country running. When did you start running & why?In the early 1980s after not doing any exercise […]

Stopsley Strider Club Member ProfileThis month’s club member is Miriam Linforth, aged 34. Occupation:I work for Canal & River Trust (formally British Waterways) organising and supervising volunteers along the canals.  I’m even helping organise the Trust’s first canal-side half marathon in September! Did you do sport at school?I wasn’t very good at all.  I did compete in the County Champs at […]

Stopsley Strider Club Member ProfileThis months club member is Andy Ward, aged 67 Occupation:University lecturer in Engineering Systems, and he describes himself as happily retired Did you do sport at school?No, I was hopeless When did you start running & why?I was inspired by the 1982 London Marathon but didn’t start jogging in 1985 when I was late collecting my […]

Stopsley Strider Club Member Profile This month’s club member is Zena Ellis, aged 35. Occupation:I teach art to post 16 students at North Herts College and GCSE to students at the Da Vinci Studio School in Letchworth. Did you do sport at school? No, I used to dread PE lessons, especially cross country – we used to have to run around the […]

This month’s club member is Christopher Green, aged 30. Occupation:I am Partner in a Solicitors’ firm in Bedford, specialising in Litigation and Contentious Probate. Did you do sport at school? Yes, I played for the school rugby team and ran for the school cross country team. I also ran for Luton Athletic Club and played for Stockwood Park Rugby Club, representing […]