Latest Striding Report - Penny Lane Striders

THE STRIDING REPORT | Issue 102 3
What’s your favourite
run? For one offs,
Iceland, Jungfrau and
Paris spring to mind.
Generally, any half
marathon I’ve bothered getting fit
for.
Strider of the Month: Dave Lynan
by Rachel Rick
down the prom, it’s the only race
where I wish I’d taken a book to
read
Tell us about your most
memorable running moment:
Running as the human fox for
the Four Shires Hunt. It focussed
the mind knowing the howling
hounds and hunting horns in the
distance were after you. Not
many runs have that pressure to
keep going!
Pre-race? Not very much.
Coffee.
What’s your favourite bit of
kit? IPod
Why did you start running? It
was suggested by a work
colleague
Dave at the Hellrunner
What has been your least
favourite run? Blackpool
marathon. A perfectly good race
but not the most fascinating
route. Up and down, up and
Why PLS? I loitered by a group
of them at the Sefton Park 5
miler, they seemed a decent
bunch
Who inspires you? Mark Finch
What are your running
ambitions? To keep
trying events that look
impossible
What do you listen to
on a run? The birds in
the trees, the gentle
swash of the river, the
idiot in the passing car
yelling “118! 118!”
What is your favourite
pre-race nibble /
tipple?
A quick sprint in the park
Tell us something we don’t
know about you! Once upon a
time I asked the lamb banana
artist if I could make models of
his statue. He said yes, we
ended up selling 50,000 of the
things. (If the artist’s a Striding
Report subscriber, we only sold
about 17…)
Do you have any words of
wisdom for runners starting
out? Leave your watch at home
now and again, it's not all about
the stats – in fact, here’s my
advice: go read Andy Cantwell’s
blog entry “He only ran 7 miles”!
Surely no words are needed here