Scotland based runs & runners 2020

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Duchess Aug 2020 10:12am, 28 Aug 2020 7,897 posts	0 Duchess Max, I'm not on Fetch very often but I logged on to see if anyone had given the awful news. Katypie rang me this morning and I am just bawling. Graeme's widow described him as having "the biggest heart" and I think that sums him up perfectly. I can't even remember how I got to know him, but he's been a friend to so many other Fetchies and runners forever.
MazH Aug 2020 10:14am, 28 Aug 2020 10,938 posts	0 MazH so so sad....
HappyG(rrr) Aug 2020 10:28am, 28 Aug 2020 35,884 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) Just saw that on FB too - very sad. Sent a message to Nina, his partner, just to express my condolences and sympathies. He was one of the good 'uns - kind, generous and loads of fun. Does anyone know how he died? Obviously didn't want to ask in my message to her. Did he have a known condition? Very sad indeed.
MazH Aug 2020 10:29am, 28 Aug 2020 10,939 posts	0 MazH i didn't know him well, only the odd race and Falkirk parkrun....... bloody unfair tho.
HappyG(rrr) Aug 2020 10:33am, 28 Aug 2020 35,886 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) I ran with him a few times, met him at a few socials (through Fetchies) and helped him and JammyCaz out with the first Falkirk parkruns as they were starting up (3rd parkrun in Scotland after Pollok and Cramond?) Didn't know him well though, but what I knew was lovely. Very sad loss.
Ally-C Aug 2020 10:52am, 28 Aug 2020 1,005 posts	0 Ally-C R.I.P. Graeme. Seen him a lot at Falkirk, he’ll be sorely missed.
Dvorak Aug 2020 11:15am, 28 Aug 2020 20,585 posts	0 Dvorak Shocked. Just shocked. Spikeyboy on Fetch. Went from zero to Highland Fling in around four years.. Ran every day for a year. Then stopped. And of course very involved in starting Falkirk parkrun (how I came to know him), later becoming sole Event Director for years. R.I.P., Graeme. fetcheveryone.com/userprofile.php?id=30038
Son of a Pronator Man Aug 2020 11:36am, 28 Aug 2020 8,803 posts	0 Son of a Pronator Man Yes, he was a great guy I met him and had a few drinks with him and Smout after VLM, I think that was 2012. Saw him at Falkirk often. Very sad news.
Duchess Aug 2020 11:50am, 28 Aug 2020 7,898 posts	0 Duchess Happy, I dont know anything about the cause but I can surmise it was sudden as he was online at work yesterday. Having said that, someone on the FB post mentions him feeling better recently so he presumably has been unwell in some way. I saw him marshalling/supporting/running ultras, marshalling big races in Edinburgh and Glasgow (he had an official role at the Commie Games I think?), as RD of Linlithgow 10k, as a part of linlithgow AC, occasionally at work, if there was running in Scotland, he would be involved.
MazH Aug 2020 1:07pm, 28 Aug 2020 10,940 posts	0 MazH oh julie i wish i could give you a hug xxxx