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Which former England cricketer also played for the England football team, held the world record for the long jump, and reputedly turned down the throne of Albania?
(Even well into his seventies he claimed he was still able to perform his party trick: leaping from a stationary position backwards onto a mantelpiece.)
(Even well into his seventies he claimed he was still able to perform his party trick: leaping from a stationary position backwards onto a mantelpiece.)
Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse
and helping your uncle jack off a horse.
and helping your uncle jack off a horse.
In 2002 Paula Craig competed in the London Marathon, finishing in 2hrs 48 mins, some 9 minutes quicker than her previous best set in 2000. She had run every race from 1995 to 2000 but then missed 2001 due to injury.
By participating in 2002 she became the first female to do what at the London Marathon?
By participating in 2002 she became the first female to do what at the London Marathon?
Rodney Marsh: "So how's your wife…and my kids?"
Ian Botham: "The wife's fine, but the kids are retarded."
Ian Botham: "The wife's fine, but the kids are retarded."
That is correct - initially I thought she was injured in the 7/7 attacks but further research showed that she was hit by a car while trading for another event in May 2001.
I'm sure I recall seeing a list (albeit short) of those that had both run and wheeled the London Marathon but I couldn't find it again.
I'm sure I recall seeing a list (albeit short) of those that had both run and wheeled the London Marathon but I couldn't find it again.
Rodney Marsh: "So how's your wife…and my kids?"
Ian Botham: "The wife's fine, but the kids are retarded."
Ian Botham: "The wife's fine, but the kids are retarded."
Sticking with the London Marathon, who holds the fastest time for a celebrity? He ran 2 hours and 32 minutes in 1985 whilst serving as a Conservative MP but left parliament a year later and has been one of Britain's best known journalists ever since with columns in The Times and The Spectator and frequent appearances on radio and TV.