Nick has been running and competing for nearly 50 years, having won his first county championship aged 12. He first competed for his local club Warrington Athletic Club winning various Cheshire county championships on the track from 800m to 5000m as well as cross country titles, including West Lancashire and Liverpool and Ditsrict championships. Following his university years at Bradford University, representing them again of the track and on the country he joined Leeds City Athletic Club achieving PBs of sub 15mins for 5k on the track, as well as sub 32mins 10k road, sub 53mins 10miles road and sub 76 mins half marathon. Nick is now based.in the Cotswolds and runs for Cheltenham & County Harriers first claim as well as Midland Masters and competes when ever he can for the sheer joy of running, Despite the fact that PBs are but a distant memory he is still collecting county titles for his age group, but this time for Gloucestershire. He is a keen advocate of Parkrun .Most recently he has discovered Masters Athletics, first with SWVAC and more recently with Midland Masters as second claim has started competing on the track after a break of 40 years and also in the European and World Masters Championships. In addition he has represented England Masters at both 5kms and 10kms on the road.