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On Sunday morning 12th June, several QPR fans ran in the annual Herne Bay 'Man On The Run' road race at Hampton. A record amount of runners (just over 380) turned out for this race that is held to raise awareness of cancer in men.
Myself along with Dave Robinson and Justin Stone from QPR, plus a variety of East Kent R's, ran in memory of our dear departed brother Neil Roberts, who sadly passed away back in February of this year - The sad aspect of this race is... Neil actually ran in the race last year, not knowing that he had a cancer inside him!
I ran a time of 31mins 12secs over the 5k course, Dave Robinson did just under 30mins, and Justin ran just over 27mins. As a runner I'd say we had ideal weather conditions, there was a slight chill in the air with rain at the start, by the time we'd ran a third of the course the sun had come out. I'd never run in any sort of road race since I'd left school back in 1972, so I was delighted with myself that I actually ran the whole race non-stop, and more to the point, I'd honored Neil Roberts good name.... I had Neil's name and his motto 'ALWAYS THERE' from his days as the Chairman of the QPR Official Supporters Club, written on the back of my shirt!
Neils young son Charlie, who's only a year and a half old, started the race off. Neils Dad Jack who is 76 years of age and suffers from Parkinson's, flew over from Spain specially to take part. Jack walked the course in just over an hour, and received rapturous applause from the assembled crowd as he crossed the finish line wearing Neils old 'Compact' sponsored QPR shirt!
Next year Dave, Justin, and myself hope to get a few more 'Hoops' to take part in this race - Honestly my friends, it's a very enjoyable event, and you get a beautiful medal, of which I'm very proud to hold, and that I'll treasure forever to commemorate the day Dave, Justin and myself ran for our brother Neil Roberts!
God bless you Neil my dear friend... Joe Hylton.
Myself along with Dave Robinson and Justin Stone from QPR, plus a variety of East Kent R's, ran in memory of our dear departed brother Neil Roberts, who sadly passed away back in February of this year - The sad aspect of this race is... Neil actually ran in the race last year, not knowing that he had a cancer inside him!
I ran a time of 31mins 12secs over the 5k course, Dave Robinson did just under 30mins, and Justin ran just over 27mins. As a runner I'd say we had ideal weather conditions, there was a slight chill in the air with rain at the start, by the time we'd ran a third of the course the sun had come out. I'd never run in any sort of road race since I'd left school back in 1972, so I was delighted with myself that I actually ran the whole race non-stop, and more to the point, I'd honored Neil Roberts good name.... I had Neil's name and his motto 'ALWAYS THERE' from his days as the Chairman of the QPR Official Supporters Club, written on the back of my shirt!
Neils young son Charlie, who's only a year and a half old, started the race off. Neils Dad Jack who is 76 years of age and suffers from Parkinson's, flew over from Spain specially to take part. Jack walked the course in just over an hour, and received rapturous applause from the assembled crowd as he crossed the finish line wearing Neils old 'Compact' sponsored QPR shirt!
Next year Dave, Justin, and myself hope to get a few more 'Hoops' to take part in this race - Honestly my friends, it's a very enjoyable event, and you get a beautiful medal, of which I'm very proud to hold, and that I'll treasure forever to commemorate the day Dave, Justin and myself ran for our brother Neil Roberts!
God bless you Neil my dear friend... Joe Hylton.
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