Meet The Team

Jonathan Gibbs
NAME: Jonathan Gibbs
POSITION: Runner
AGE AT JOGLE 2010: 44
PLACE OF BIRTH: Birmingham
OCCUPATION: Quality Manager
WHAT WOULD YOU REALLY LIKE TO BE? Professional Cricketer
MARATHON PB: 3:59:02
BEST SPORTING ACHEIVEMENT: Denting a run-way Light whilst playing golf
at Marston Green
MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO: A beer at Lands End
LEAST LOOKING FORWARD TO: Getting Lost
FAVOURITE FILM: Midnight Express
FAVOURTITE BOOK: Only read 2! But out of the two, Reach for the Sky
FAVOURITE BAND/ARTIST: John Legend
Derek Donaghy
NAME: Derek Donaghy
POSITION: Runner
AGE AT JOGLE 2010: 54
PLACE OF BIRTH: Birmingham
OCCUPATION: Teacher
WHAT WOULD YOU REALLY LIKE TO BE? Teacher
MARATHON PB: 2:46:01.
BEST SPORTING ACHEIVEMENT: Running for Northern Ireland
MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO: Windels Cooking
LEAST LOOKING FORWARD TO: Running at 3:00am
FAVOURITE FILM: The Sound of Music
FAVOURTITE BOOK: The Sunday Sport Yearbook
FAVOURITE BAND/ARTIST: Alice Cooper/Kate Bush
Lee Taylor
NAME: Lee Taylor
POSITION: Runner
AGE AT JOGLE 2010: 36
PLACE OF BIRTH: Wolverhampton
OCCUPATION: Assembly & Test Engineer
WHAT WOULD YOU REALLY LIKE TO BE? Female
MARATHON PB: Mind is willing but the knees are not
BEST SPORTING ACHEIVEMENT: 2nd in schools egg and spoon race
MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO: The Toilet
LEAST LOOKING FORWARD TO: The smell from the toilet
FAVOURITE FILM: The Lion King
FAVOURTITE BOOK: The Bible
FAVOURITE BAND/ARTIST: The smurfs
Michael Gibbs
NAME: Michael Gibbs
POSITION: Runner
AGE AT JOGLE 2010: 19
PLACE OF BIRTH: Birmingham
OCCUPATION: Attending Sutton Coldfield College
WHAT WOULD YOU REALLY LIKE TO BE? Minted
MARATHON PB: Too young for this!
BEST SPORTING ACHEIVEMENT: Running London Mini Marathon with Broken Leg
MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO: Completing the challenge
LEAST LOOKING FORWARD TO: Being stuck with a load of old blokes
FAVOURITE FILM: Borat.(high five)
FAVOURTITE BOOK: Play Boy
FAVOURITE BAND/ARTIST: A Day to Remember
Mark Gibbs
NAME: Mark Gibbs
POSITION: Driver
AGE AT JOGLE 2010: 54
PLACE OF BIRTH: Birmingham
OCCUPATION: Local Government Officer
WHAT WOULD YOU REALLY LIKE TO BE? Rock Star
MARATHON PB: 2 minutes including 4 finger kit kat
BEST SPORTING ACHEIVEMENT: Jeff Hall Trophy Winner
MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO: Entering Scotland
LEAST LOOKING FORWARD TO: Leaving Scotland
FAVOURITE FILM: It’s a Wonderful Life
FAVOURTITE BOOK: Shipping News (Annie Prouix)
FAVOURITE BAND/ARTIST: Ryan Adams
Stuart Gibbs
NAME: Stuart Gibbs
POSITION: Driver
AGE AT JOGLE 2010: 48
PLACE OF BIRTH: Birmingham
OCCUPATION: Environmental Manager
WHAT WOULD YOU REALLY LIKE TO BE? Out of Work
MARATHON PB: If I did one, about 9 hours
BEST SPORTING ACHEIVEMENT: Scoring 100 runs for South Wingfield CC
MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO: Beer at the end
LEAST LOOKING FORWARD TO: Smelly feet in van
FAVOURITE FILM: The Green Mile
FAVOURTITE BOOK: Carrie
FAVOURITE BAND/ARTIST: Kate Bush
No Image
NAME: Simon McNamee
POSITION: Upright (just)
AGE AT JOGLE 2010: 35
PLACE OF BIRTH: Redditch
OCCUPATION: Project Manager
WHAT WOULD YOU REALLY LIKE TO BE? Quicker
MARATHON PB: 3:57:13
BEST SPORTING ACHEIVEMENT: Beating Gordon Ramsey at London last year
MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO: My first pint when we finish!
LEAST LOOKING FORWARD TO: Running with Windel in the Dark!
FAVOURITE FILM: Usual Suspects
FAVOURTITE BOOK: Deception Point (Dan Brown)
FAVOURITE BAND/ARTIST: U2
Windel Simpson
NAME: Windel Simpson
POSITION: Runner
AGE AT JOGLE 2010: 47
PLACE OF BIRTH: Birmingham
OCCUPATION: Sky Engineer
WHAT WOULD YOU REALLY LIKE TO BE? Male Stripper
MARATHON PB: 3:30:00
BEST SPORTING ACHEIVEMENT: Beating all the other old blokes in 800M race
MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO: Finishing
LEAST LOOKING FORWARD TO: Not Finishing
FAVOURITE FILM: Bad Boys
FAVOURTITE BOOK: Janet and John
FAVOURITE BAND/ARTIST: Spice Girls
Bethany Gibbs
NAME: Bethany Gibbs
POSITION: Support Crew
AGE AT JOGLE 2010: 22
PLACE OF BIRTH: Birmingham
OCCUPATION: Sitting behind a desk, gossiping
WHAT WOULD YOU REALLY LIKE TO BE? A WAG lol
MARATHON PB: ermmm i did a 10k in an hour and 30 mins lol
BEST SPORTING ACHEIVEMENT: 3rd place in a County Netball Tournament when I was 10
MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO: The whole experience and the fact that im not running it!
LEAST LOOKING FORWARD TO: Going back to Warrington lol
FAVOURITE FILM: Beauty and the Beast
FAVOURTITE BOOK: Does cosmopolitan count as a book?
FAVOURITE BAND/ARTIST: Josh Groban or Michael Jackson
Pete Dimbleby
NAME: Pete Dimbleby
POSITION: Runner
AGE AT JOGLE 2010: 35
PLACE OF BIRTH: Nuneaton
OCCUPATION: Physiotherapist
WHAT WOULD YOU REALLY LIKE TO BE? Physiotherapist at 2012 Olympics
MARATHON PB: 2:42:03
BEST SPORTING ACHEIVEMENT: 1st at 3 legged race at school
MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO: Pain of a hard run
LEAST LOOKING FORWARD TO: Pain of the next day
FAVOURITE FILM: Forest Gump "Run Forest Run"
FAVOURTITE BOOK: Anything by Terry Pratchet
FAVOURITE BAND/ARTIST: U2
Michael Morley
NAME: Michael Morley
POSITION: Runner
AGE AT JOGLE 2010: 45
PLACE OF BIRTH: Birmingham
OCCUPATION: Vehicle Body Builder
WHAT WOULD YOU REALLY LIKE TO BE? Superman
MARATHON PB: 3:15:11
BEST SPORTING ACHEIVEMENT: London Marathon
MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO: Week after John O’Groats
LEAST LOOKING FORWARD TO: John O’Groats
FAVOURITE FILM: Terminator
FAVOURTITE BOOK: Anything by Wilbur Smith
FAVOURITE BAND/ARTIST: Queen
Phillipa Hulley
NAME: Philippa Hulley
POSITION: Support Crew
AGE AT JOGLE 2010: 35 Not counting weekends
PLACE OF BIRTH: Newport Pagnell
OCCUPATION: Local Government
WHAT WOULD YOU REALLY LIKE TO BE? Promoted
MARATHON PB: 3 days 17hrs 6 mins
BEST SPORTING ACHEIVEMENT: Completing a marathon in 3 days 17 hrs…….
MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO: Long Cool Pint at lands end
LEAST LOOKING FORWARD TO: Sleep deprivation
FAVOURITE FILM: The Constant Gardener
FAVOURTITE BOOK: Fried Green Tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe
FAVOURITE BAND/ARTIST: Duffy
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