It would appear that I have won the supervet category in the Club Championships this year. It's the first time they have had this category. Ian Goudie, the club statistician, announced the result at the AGM and vey graciously presented me with a commemorative T-shirt -- Ian ran a very close second. He fairly kept me up to the mark all season. PS the photo on the front is Dorando Pietri of Italy, crossing the line in the marathon at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. He collapsed several times during the race and ran the wrong way. Not far from the finish, two race officials took him by the arms, and brought him to the line. As a consequence, after crossing the line he was disqualified. The medal went to American Johnny Hayes who was second. Since he himself had not been responsible for his disqualification Queen Alexandra the next day awarded him a gold cup in recognition of his achievement. (Thanks to Scott Kennedy for the correction -- I originally thought the picture was Spiridon Louis.)
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