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1961 was a significant year as The Beatles performed for the first time in the Cavern Club; black and white £5 notes ceased to be legal tender; USA was involved in invasion of Cuba (Bay of Pigs); Tottenham Hotspur were the first club in the 20th century to win English league and cup double (and never reached those dizzy heights again!)
Among those born were Diana, Princess of Wales; Suggs (lead singer with Madness); Peter Beardsley (footballer); George Clooney; Boy George; Ricky Gervais; Carl Lewis (USA runner); Barack Obama (USA president); The Edge (U2); Arundhati Roy and me! To save you doing the maths that means I'm turning 50 this year.
To celebrate this historic landmark/ mid-life crisis, I decided I had to do something memorable. Thought about getting an open top sports car - but practicality prevailed, as where would I put the hockey kit, or tri-bike? And the thought of the wind whistling through what little hair I've left meant I'd have to invest in hats! Second thought was some lavish holiday - but to be honest I've been to some great places, met great people and again being practical, what with the recession maybe I should think of something closer to home? So next thought was hey I could start dating much younger women! Certainly this has many attractions and I'll probably keep it as a back-up plan. However what I eventually decided was to undertake 50 events in my 50th year. These will be a combination of triathlons, duathlons, trail running, adventure racing etc. Now obviously I don't just want to do these for fun
1961 was a significant year as The Beatles performed for the first time in the Cavern Club; black and white £5 notes ceased to be legal tender; USA was involved in invasion of Cuba (Bay of Pigs); Tottenham Hotspur were the first club in the 20th century to win English league and cup double (and never reached those dizzy heights again!)
Among those born were Diana, Princess of Wales; Suggs (lead singer with Madness); Peter Beardsley (footballer); George Clooney; Boy George; Ricky Gervais; Carl Lewis (USA runner); Barack Obama (USA president); The Edge (U2); Arundhati Roy and me! To save you doing the maths that means I'm turning 50 this year.
To celebrate this historic landmark/ mid-life crisis, I decided I had to do something memorable. Thought about getting an open top sports car - but practicality prevailed, as where would I put the hockey kit, or tri-bike? And the thought of the wind whistling through what little hair I've left meant I'd have to invest in hats! Second thought was some lavish holiday - but to be honest I've been to some great places, met great people and again being practical, what with the recession maybe I should think of something closer to home? So next thought was hey I could start dating much younger women! Certainly this has many attractions so I'll probably keep it as a back-up plan ;-)
However what I eventually decided was to undertake 50 events in my 50th year. These will be a combination of triathlons, duathlons, trail running, adventure racing etc. Now obviously I don't just want to do these for fun
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