...I did a complete doubletake when I read the healdline on the BBC athletics website announcing "Veteran Bannister wins GB place". I knew it couldn't really mean Roger, but the only other Bannister I could think of was the tubby bloke who works for Radio 5 Live...
I'd completely forgotten Dominic, who to me is a mere stripling; but veteran status comes at 35, and he's 37.
I love it when the "oldies" do well, and he won the Inter-Counties cross 12k last weekend in Nottingham,s o he's qualified for the World cross Country Team to go to Japan. Brillo!
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- 2006-03-14 @ 22:36:05
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sandrahogben
- 2006-03-14 @ 23:19:18
Absolutely! There's been noone since who would run and hurdle his heart out for his country like that man. I'm glad there's another Kriss fan around.
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Ha ha - glad I wasnt the only one that did a double take.
I know we are short of athletes due to a large amount being in Australia - but making selecting poor Roger would have been a tad excessive!
37 is no age at all.
My 'old man' set his half marathon PB a few weeks ago at the grand old age of 40 and should set another big PB in London based on current training - and he's been running for years.
Now there is a topic - if you could bring anyone out of retirement who would it be (assuming they would be in their best form? I think I'd bring back Kris Akabusi