Name Richard Taylor
Age 41
Sporting History Clubs and Teams
School: Rugby Union (Hooker) Bingley Grammar First XV, Cross Country Team, Table Tennis Team
Past Clubs: Baildon Rugby Union, CTC, Eccleshill Badminton Club, Otley Express FC
Current Clubs: Keighley and Craven AC, KJRCC, Bronte Wheelers
Sporting Highlights
1st Sub 40 minute 10k race Dewsbury 10k 2002 39min 54secs
Best 10k time Dewsbury 10k 37 mins 38secs
3 Peaks Fell Race 2003 3hours 51mins 56secs
Ben Nevis Fell Race 2003 2hours 7mins 39secs
1st Triathlon Cardiff 2hours 54mins
1st Marathon Blackpool 3hrs 21mins
Best Half Marathon Glamorgan Heritage Coast 1hr 31mins 41secs
National 3 Peaks Challenge 1996 12hours 33mins walking time
10mile time trial Kildwick 2009 26mins 14secs
Will be taking part in the Prostate Cancer Tour Challenge and the Bronte MTB Challenge in September 2009. Link to pictures (number 637)
Coaching Highlights
1999 Started coaching at Bingley Harriers
2001 Started Coaching at Keighley and Craven AC
2004 Employed as Phase 1 Community Sports Coach by Bradford Council
2006 Employed as Athletics and Badminton Development Officer at West Yorkshire Sport
2007 Created ACTIVE COACHING UK
Other Information
Since being very young I have always had an interest in sport and this has continued throughout my life. I must admit I much prefer participating rather than watching and as you can see above the majority of my prefered sports are individual rather than team. Throughout my sporting life I seem to have swapped mainly between Running and Cycling and I cannot remember the last time that I did not have a bike (I now have 6). At present I am doing more cycling than anything else and the majority of this is moutain biking. I like nothing better than just being out there riding either by myself or with a couple of friends. I am also trying to get back into running especialy as there are so many great places to run near to me. I currently have a couple of challenges that I hope to achieve in the near future, one is to complete another Triathlon (hopefully Skipton 2010), complete the Leeds Liverpool Canal on my bike and finally to run the Dalesway from Ilkley to the Lake District.