My type of McDonald

The Isle of Man Examiner is offering a free bacon roll for every one bought at McDonalds this week. Surely one McDonald is enough for any person.

My McDonald delight this weekend came from reacquainting myself with three times Irish Olympic walker Jimmy McDonald. The 6th place finisher from the Barcelona Olympics was expressing his admiration for our Parish Walkers having seen the coverage on Sky the year that Sean Hands broke the record. He was really pleased when I said that Sean would be meeting me in a couple of minutes and I would be able to introduce him.  Who better to borrow a pair of gloves from Sean Hands?

I should have taken a photo so it will have to be an old one.

Jimmy McDonald (centre) after winning in 1989. On his left are Sean Martindale and Mark Easton and on his right Les Morton and Steve Partington. Result below.

1	Jimmy	McDonald	SDS Eire	1:23:55
2	Mark	Easton	Surrey Walking Club	1:24:04
3	Sean	Martindale	York Postal	1:27:16
3	Les	Morton	Sheffield United	1:27:16
5	Steve	Partington	Boundary Harriers	1:28:04
6	Gordon	Vale	Boundary Harriers	1:33:12
7	Allan	Callow	Boundary Harriers	1:42:00
8	Steve	Taylor	Boundary Harriers	1:45:04
9	John	Cannell	Boundary Harriers	1:47:22
10	Frank	Huntley	Boundary Harriers	1:48:33
11	Bill	Johnson	Boundary Harriers	1:56:05
12	Mark	Byrne	Sheffield United	1:58:55
14	Dave	Tasker	Boundary Harriers	2:02:23
13	Ralph	Martin	Boundary Harriers	2:10:59