Chris Bond

Chris has been a runner since the age of eleven. Throughout school and university. His professional career curtailed his competitive life but he continued his daily runs even when abroad on business. In the last seven years he has become a mentor and role model for his three nephews who lost their dad to an adult version of cot death. One of his close friends was diagnosed as having terminal cancer. Chris has been most supportive to him and spends many hours in his company and being supportive by helping him achieve personal goals. At the same time his father was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Chris made his dad`s life as easy and comfortable as he could, eventually taking him to live with him in the countryside. After his father`s death, Chris was informed, after medical examinations, that he had a 4.2 kg tumour in his stomach which could only be operated on by a top surgeon at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham . He had to lose a kidney but made a quicker than normal recovery due to his very good level of physical fitness. This is mostly due to the daily runs that have been a foundation block in his life. Recent scans show no sign of the tumour returning. To carry the torch would be a deserving honour for a runner who believes in the Olympic ideals. His family would be justly proud of Chris who is always there for friends and family, especially his mum whom he took on a holiday of a lifetime, to South Africa