Posted by Athletics Weekly May 12, 0. Like a run down a country lane with nothing but the sound of birds and bees on your ear. Running, athletics and snooker have defined my life for more than 40 years and after losing Robin, Martyn, Stephen and little George, and speaking at all their funerals, I decided to set myself a challenge and raise a few quid for two brilliant charities.
I am also a firm believer that if life has smiled on you, there is a moral obligation to act with humility and generosity. Rob Walker with kids at a school in Uganda Rob Walker. Thanks to a series of strokes of luck, some hard work and a lot of passion, four decades later I find myself as the lead international commentator at every World Championships and Olympic Games.
Commentating regularly to an international audience has led to some amazing friendships, connections and trips abroad, especially around East Africa. An amazing experience I can tell you first hand after a recent trip there in February this year. Rob Walker running in Uganda Rob Walker. Robin had a heart attack at home 18 months before what would have been a brilliant 50th birthday. Martyn 45 and George nine both died suddenly in their sleep with no warning and Stephen 53 fought a brain tumour for more than a decade with the heart of a lion.
Neither will giving away a free holiday to Uganda or handing out 76 bottles of champagne to strangers. But it will put some smiles on faces — including mine. And as Morgan Freeman so memorably puts it at the end of Shawshank Redemption. Subscribe to the AW Newsletter. Newsletter Signup First Name. Send me the newsletter. If you are human, leave this field blank.
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