Michael Dunne (487 above) recently passed away after a brief battle with cancer. I first encountered him at Wythenshawe parkrun some eleven years ago. We ran at about the same pace, so I had many encounters with him, chatting about running and holidays and stuff, though Michael put everything into his running, leaving not a lot of breath to talk whilst running!
Mike became a good 'running' friend, and I helped him whenever possible to collect the course marker cones after the Sunday morning Community Runs at Wythenshawe, of which he was so supportive.
The following pictures are taken from the Community Run's facebook page.
I've found witnessing Mike's fairly rapid decline rather distressing. Albeit restricted to running activities, he was a good friend and is sorely missed.
Unfortunately Mike is not alone; this week I've received news of another UMIST contemporary being very ill, and it's not long since John Heald (another UMIST friend) passed away in March.
The sun is shining. Bye for now.
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