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marathon champ

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About Me

31 yrs old,I live in Nottingham England. Double leg amputee that does loads of crazy stuff(have run 9 marathons (New york x2,Cape town,London,Edinburgh,Kilimanjaro,Rome,Berlin & Snowdonia)2 Ultra marathons (Comrades 56miles), jumped out of a plane etc) have a website www.marathonchamp.com Blog www.ossur.co.uk Charity page www.justgiving.com/richardwhitehead08 [email protected] www.sportstalent.co.uk/richardwhitehead www.ossur.com/?PageID=637&NewsID=1724 http://www.ossur.com/?PageID=4055 www.inspiredtorun.co.uk/2006/06/12/believe/ (THIS TELL YOU ABOUT MY STORY FEEL FREE TO LEAVE COMMENTS)I am a Disability Sports Performance Pathways Coach in the dayIm the BBC East Midlands disabled sports person of the year 2006I support a charity called Sarcoma uk(cancer)/Macmillan Cancer Looking for a sponsor to support with travel and training needs etc

My Interests

Chillin/Movies/Socialising/Tottenham Hotspur Football Club/Music various kinds/Coaching all sports?travelling the world inspiring others to do what i do.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone that likes the same things as me!dont mind really im a cool guy so whatever! Enjoys sport!! Anyone that runs and maybe wants to run a race with me!! & David Beckham

Music:

R&B,Dance etc wide range of music intersts love clubbing and chillin with some cool tunes on!!

Movies:

Bad Boys 1/2,Die Hard,Dirty Harry,Rocky, etc Love all kinds of movies action,thillers and comedy

Television:

Top gear,question tine comedy like Chris Rock/Eddie Murphy/Richard Prior,Contender,Sports channels!!! Enjoy watching all sports

Books:

Read when i have too im a listener more then a reader!,have read a couple of bio's and started to read more Running Books

Heroes:

Terry Fox(amputee runner),Michael Johnson (200m,400m runner)Ali(boxing),Pele/Maradona/Giggs Football

My Blog

New Blog

My New Blog is online on www.ossur.co.uk lifestyle/training/racing
Posted by marathon champ on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:29:00 PST

what are our deepest fears

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the...
Posted by marathon champ on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 06:44:00 PST

Winning the "Spirt of Comrades Award" first none South African to do so!

Whitehead gets Comrades award05/10/2007 22:10  - (SA)   --> --> Durban - Richard Whitehead, the double amputee from England who finished this year's Comrades marathon in an ...
Posted by marathon champ on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:30:00 PST

Running survey

The Running Survey...When did you start running?2004!never ran outside before! the technology was not in reach.When and what was your first race?New York Marathon 2004 crazy I know never ran a 10k/hal...
Posted by marathon champ on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:16:00 PST

Quotes that will inspire!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Most people run a race to see who is fastest. I run a race to see who has the most guts." - Steve Prefontaine"You don't run against a bloody stop watch, do you hear? A runner runs against himself, ag...
Posted by marathon champ on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:50:00 PST

Oscar gets to work with a celeb!ME lol

October 2007 | Athletes bid to inspire amputees full story ยป SOUTH African sprint star Oscar Pistorius and British ultra-marathon runner Richard Whitehead were the special guests at Ossur Academy UK&r...
Posted by marathon champ on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:34:00 PST

Comrades 2007 89.3k Runners World

Richard the LionheartThanks to my job I've been fortunate to be right there to witness some incredible running feats over the years, but watching double amputee Richard Whitehead finish the Comrades M...
Posted by marathon champ on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:50:00 PST

London Marathon

What can i say was very Hot humidity was 90% us Brits are not ready for conditions like that!! Ran from the Green start which is slightly better! Fell twice 3miles (so a nightmare start) and 16 miles....
Posted by marathon champ on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:18:00 PST

Times article

November 5, 2006 Marathon man still taking giant strides Richard Whitehead will add a second New York marathon to a list of athletic feats today, helped by high-tech 'legs' --> -->--> --> RICHARD WHI...
Posted by marathon champ on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:40:00 PST