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Subject:		Re: BRIAN GOLDSMITH (24.02.1950 – 22.03.2008)
Name:		Mike Gellion
Date Posted:		Mar 24, 08 - 9:37 PM
IP Address:		87.254.85.209
Email:		mikegell@manx.net
Message:		Brian and I both started competing regularly at road-running on the Island at about the same time in the mid-eighties. I hadn't known him until then, and he quickly became the first new friend I made in the sport. We were quite evenly matched for a number of years and pushed each other hard in many events. Brian was firecely competitive, but a generous rival who only ever had praise for his fellow athletes. I was a spectator when Brian recorded his first (and only?) sub-3 hour marathon, at the local event when it was held in the south of the Island. The course consisted of a run from Ronaldsway out to Hango Hill and back, and then four laps of what is now the Syd Quirk course. On this occasion the runners were turned too soon before Hango Hill, and an extra stretch on the road down to the Shoe Factory had to be hastily added just before the finish at the Ronaldsway Aircraft Co. Social Club. It fell to me to break this news to Brian when he thought he only had 400m to go, and I think it was possibly the only time I ever heard this gentleman really swear! Fortunately the extra distance proved to be only a minor inconvenience, and Brian achieved his ambition with a couple of minutes to spare. After he took up race-walking, I was delighted that Brian joined the "Ballagyr Breakfast Club" for our weekend training spins, and enjoyed the conversations (sometimes rather one-sided!) that we could never have had while running. It is now painfully poignant that each time we met Brian would tell us exactly how many days he had to go until his retirement. His shockingly early demise is a huge loss to Manx athletics, to his many friends, and especially, of course, to his family, of whom he was so proud. Brian, it was a pleasure and a privilege to have known you.
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Re: BRIAN GOLDSMITH (24.02.1950 – 22.03.2008) by Gail Griffiths · Mar 25, 08 - 11:25 PM Re: BRIAN GOLDSMITH (24.02.1950 – 22.03.2008) by David Griffiths · Mar 26, 08 - 11:36 PM Re: BRIAN GOLDSMITH (24.02.1950 – 22.03.2008) by Adrian Cowin · Mar 27, 08 - 3:04 PM Re: Re: BRIAN GOLDSMITH (24.02.1950 – 22.03.2008) by Steve Cain · Mar 27, 08 - 3:46 PM Re: Re: BRIAN GOLDSMITH (24.02.1950 – 22.03.2008) by Maureen Cox · Mar 28, 08 - 12:26 AM

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