Running on time
Not everyone had to get to his job yesterday by taking a taxi, riding a borrowed bicycle, or getting a lift in a friend’s car just because the buses were off the road. One Christchurch resident, at least, beat the transport problem by the simple, age-old expedient of running to his job and home again. Yesterday one selfreliant pedestrian, Don
Cameron, aged 43, ran from his home in Hackthorne Road to his job in the city, about four miles. He got there quicker than many who were waiting for rides, and arrived in good time by 7.30 a.m. after what he described as a delightful jog in the cool of the early morning. At lunch-time he ran about four miles in Hagley Park.
This set him up for a leisurely run home, passing with unhurried ease, lines of cars waiting at traffic lights. He threw in an extra four miles round the park on the way home for good measure, bringing his total run for the day to 16 miles. He says running appeals to his Scots frugality. It cost him about a cent a day for shoe repairs.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 34031, 20 December 1975, Page 1
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192Running on time Press, Volume CXV, Issue 34031, 20 December 1975, Page 1
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