Heroes

As you would expect (unless you have never met me I guess) my heroes are pretty much confined to the sporting arena. Much like the erstwhile Mr R Davies I love nothing more than a BBC montage set to a suitably inspiring track.

Growing up I was in awe of Carl Lewis, Steve Cram, Steve Ovett and Daley Thompson in the athletics world. Ian Rush, Graeme Souness, The King Kenny Dalglish and oddly enough scruffy old Neville Southall were fottballing gods to a young me.

These days I look around and see too many people described as great, but surely people like Shane Warne, Freddie Flintoff (though he doesn't actually like his nickname!), Sir Steven of Gerrardshire, Martin Johnson and Usain Bolt are worthy. It's amazing what these people will inspire you to do.

On the strength of that I am a huge, massive fan of Paula Radcliffe and as a result when I finished me 8.4 miles today I happily jumped in a freezing cold bath for 15 minutes. It's amazing what a role model can do for you!

Right, I'm off to walk the boy down to the village, wonder if he wants to go for a pint......