Virtually Knowing You…. Featuring Benjamin Dickson
Where are you from and where do you live now?
I am originally from Cambridgeshire but now live in Leicester.
What got you into running, what was your motivation?
I got the running bug after doing a couple of parkrun’s and then signing up to run Reading Half Marathon. My original motivation was fitness as I desperately wanted to lose weight!
When you’re not running, what are your other passions in life?
When I’m not running, I am extremely passionate about keeping myself healthy and my guide-dog Erwin who is amazing!!
What did you achieve during 2016 from a running point of view and what are your goals for 2017?
During 2016 I ran half marathons. In 2017 I am running marathons to beat not only the distance but the times in 2016.
Of all the Virtual Running Events medals you have achieved, which one’s your favourite?
Of all the Virtual Running Events I’ve taken part in I think I’ve enjoyed the 50k the best as it was totting up the miles over the month that was the fun bit!!!
What has made you laugh the most hardest?
Theresa May’s haircut!
If you were stranded on a desert island, what three things could you not live without?
If I were stranded on a desert island I couldn’t live without my iPhone, my girlfriend and cigarettes!!!!
Given the opportunity to run any event worldwide, which would you choose and why?
I ran Paris in March and if I was given the opportunity to run anywhere in the world again I would run there!! The atmosphere and the people were amazing.
If you don’t pay an exorcist, do you get repossessed?
Is this is a silly question exorcists don’t do repossession bailiffs do!!!
Finally, any tips for running and for the rest of our runners?
A good tip for runners may well be is that a runner is everyone! Short, tall, overweight, thin, young, old, it doesn’t matter who or what you are if you have one leg, one eye, or no eyes, running doesn’t discriminate. If you can run at 10min/km or 4min/km it just means you run at your pace. Put on those shoes and run for Your Life not their life!!!! That’s my advice for today as I think it every time I lace up and run and do a little better than last time!!
