Mathew Thackray completes Great North Run; undermines spirit of Sundays.
Here at Demolition News Towers, our idea of strenuous on a Sunday is when we manage to read both the Style AND Culture sections of the Sunday Times before lunch.
So the news that our “friend” Mathew Thackray of Hunter Demolition gave up his Sunday to complete the Great North Run half marathon filled us with a mixture of grudging admiration and thinly veiled contempt.
Yes Mathew, it was a sterling effort and I am sure that the good people at the Cystic Fibrosis Trust will be delighted with the sponsorship money you raised for them. And yes, I am sure it was a great personal achievement.
But did you consider the wider implications of your actions? Did you even once think about us other men for who Sundays are set aside for noble pursuits like couch warming, football viewing, and snoring quietly in the corner?
It was a great achievement Mathew and you are to be applauded. But know this – You have let your fellow men down in a big way.
The sponsorship money’s on its way!
