Gerald Billis: Sixty years without running... and then a silver medal

22/01/2021 43 min

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Gerald Billis is automatically recognisable at Northampton parkrun.He's one of a group of octogenarian runners who, pre-Covid at least, took part in the five kilometre event week-in, week-out.What people might not know is Gerald spent 60 years, between school cross-country success and parkrun, without running.Once he found parkrun, there was no stopping him though.From joining a running club, to becoming a Masters athlete to winning an international silver medal in his age group, this is Gerald Billis' running tale...   --------Visit Running Tales on Substack: ⁠https://runningtales.substack.com⁠Search for Running Tales wherever you listen to podcasts to find our audio version of episodes.The music in this podcast is:"Fearless First" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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