Sunderland Harriers member who was run over by a motorbike on the eve of the London Marathon
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Sunderland runner Les Arnott’s feet were killing him - the day after the London Marathon. But the keen athlete wasn’t feeling the effects of the 1991 run. He never got to take part after a motorbike ran over his toe on the eve of the race. Les was club secretary of Sunderland Harriers when he was in London in 1991. He was staying with team members at a hotel in Hampstead. To calm his nerves, he decided to pop out for a fish supper, but had his chips when he tried to cross a busy road. A bike...

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