Mitcheldeans Running Man

21/03/2026

Still dressing up attended a superhero’s birthday party 🥳 today

21/11/2025

On this very chilly night my friends daughter Claire is nice and warm travelling home from London on Mitcheldean Running Man’s train 🚂

24/09/2025

So our daughter goes to London to watch a show today for her birthday and her train gets changed at the last minute but guess what she ends up on my train ❤️

14/09/2025

Ran the Roget Parkrun because my train was running on the tracks close by video in comments

21/06/2025

Good luck to my son and his work colleagues who are completing this walk in this heat 🌞🌞🌞🔥🔥for Alzheimer’s research uk
Good luck

Help Ben Grail raise money to support Alzheimer's Research UK

24/05/2025

Many of those who live in Mitcheldean will know a funny, caring and wonderfully cheery man called David Williams
David, aged 35, passed away this week leaving behind two beautiful little girls, his family and friend groups whose lives he touched for the better.

David watched every run through Covid, often messaging costume ideas, videoing everyday and eventually creating the DVD that so many of you contributed too. He would be out there cheering Martin on and giving him the boost he needed, often capturing the best in action shots.

But this is not where David and Martins friendship started. Martin and his family have had the pleasure of knowing David since he was tiny and some may say the fancy dress started at the Mitcheldean Carnivals where David’s family and their friends all entered with many large groups - from Grease, Peter Pan and the wizard of Oz!

On the Dobby running man day David left out a limited edition of Harry Potter on his wall and a sock.. unbeknownst to Martin what this represented (he is not a potter watcher!) he took the book and sock for part of his run not knowing the value or meaning! His wife frantically awaited his return to make sure he still had both book and sock on his return home!
He now knows Dobby is a free Elf!

David’s laughter was infectious, his impressions never ending and his absolute talents for music, film and comedy go unmatched.
He regularly visited Martin and his family, and when posed with the question “would you like a drink” David would reply “yeah, what cha got?”
To which a life long tradition was started of being offered “tap water, toilet water, rain water, dish water, the dogs water, hot water…”. This continued right up until his last visit a few weeks ago. This is just a small insight into how he could turn the simplest of things into a giggle.

We are all thinking of David’s family and friends and want to remember him today for the pasta bake loving, tap water drinking, hilarious, kind and gentle soul he was ♥️

10/05/2025

Been a while but back out today doing parkrun at Parc Bryn Bach, what a beautiful setting, Will definitely be going back.
Bumped into McAfee. Great to see you mate.

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas everyone

31/03/2024

Another I/2 marathon completed (Gloucester) today

24/03/2024

Out for a run today at the Forest Half Marathon

24/12/2023

Look out for Santa checking his route for tonight and to see who’s been naughty and good ( starting at 3pm )
Merry Christmas everyone xx. Ho Ho Ho

03/09/2023

He’s running!!!

He’s half way around… but no fancy dress today!

Any last minute contributions can still be made - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/safran-landing-systems-services-mro4?utm_source=copyLink&utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=safran-landing-systems-services-mro4&utm_campaign=pfp-share&utm_term=5b18ca27c8d04ebfa98c00d9205853dc