Hi Neil tell us, what do you for a living?
I manage the digital content for Blacks/Millets/Go Outdoors (and yes I do get discount)
How and why did you first get involved with RRC?
I moved to Rammy to live with my (now) wife 7 weeks after meeting her. Quickly realising I needed a “hobby” or she’d kick me out, I luckily saw a sign in a shop window saying “running club”. A week later I was there. So RRC directly saved my relationship.
What is your favourite running memory or moment?
Too many to choose from, but:
The Loch Ness Marathon 2018 trip
Crossing the line with Rowan in Amsterdam having had a “rough night”
Arriving at Healey Corner on the Rossendale Way in a Day attempt to find Brighda, Ann and John Hall had prepared a feast!
Tell us something about yourself that might surprise us...
I once worked as a nanny in Switzerland
Who would be your 4 fantasy dinner guests (dead or alive)?
Bruce Springsteen, Stephen King, Ricky Gervais and JK Rowling
What is your pre-race routine?
Wake up late. Miss breakfast. Get picked by Lee Entwistle, Matt Smith, or Nigel. Complain loudly throughout the journey and up until the starting whistle.
OK onto the quick-fire round…
Favourite book?
IT - Stephen King
Favourite film?
Forrest Gump
Favourite band?
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
Favourite parkrun?
Bolton
Who is your running hero?
Nigel Hartley
What would you choose as your Mastermind specialist subject?
Horror movies and novels
You are in lockdown and can only eat one thing for the next 21 days, what are you having?
Crunchy nut cornflakes. (Name one other thing more versatile as breakfast, lunch, dinner or supper)