Life on the Run (6 page)
Authors: Stan Eldon
Tags: #Running, #long distance, #cross-country, #athletics, #international races, #police, #constable, #half marathon, #Disability Sport, #autobiography, #memoirs, #biography, #life story
The first win
The young glamour girl I married
A display of trophies won by age 16 years
Leaving All Saints' Church, Windsor, Wedding Day 1957
Passing Out Royal Military Police 1954, Eldon 4th from right front row
Passing Out two years later as a police constable, nearest the camera
Superintendent Alf East sees the young Eldon off on his beat with TV crew in attendance
On duty alongside the Thames at Sonning, mixing training with duty
“You can't park here madam” with news cameras recording as usual
Phew! Thank goodness that's over
Leading the field in the Rochester five mile road race 1959
A quick rub down from wife Marion at 5 Eldon Road
Primitive weight training, a flat iron on each foot
Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen in 1957 with Dave Shaw and Derek Ibbotson