Ten Harriers including founding coach Jimmy Moore were delighted to spend Tuesday evening in the company of Steve Cram, former world record holder at the mile and multiple championship winner at 800m and 1500m. Steve was guest speaker at a cricket club organised dinner in the Sports Club. Prior to the dinner, Steve spent a considerable time chatting to the Harriers, posing for photos and signing autographs. We did try to get him to sign a Harriers' membership form but were unsuccessful. Not much use to us as he is presently suffering from a couple of injuries, including a hamstring sustained on a gentle training run with Paula Radcliffe whilst both on BBC comnentating duty. Even I know that you don't take Paula Radcliffe up on the offer of a gentle run as that phrase is not in her vocabulary! Many more tales to tell from a fun evening. A true runner indeed.
ps if you see a tall runner wearing a Steve Cram Jarrow AC vest, it's John McBride who won it in the raffle. It's a sub 4 minute mile vest so John will be moving up a few packs.
Alan
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