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Ian Fowler
Hometown Witney
Age 46
Ian's nomination story
Although physically handicapped from an early age, Ian has never let this prevent him from pursuing his ambitions as a long distance runner. In order to compete in all the marathons that he has, he has to continue training even though he knows that he is likely to trip and fall many times. Alongside this, he works hard for his local running club and helps encourage the younger runners in their training as well as marshalling for local and national events. At work he is the epitome of selfless support, willing to help others for the benefit of the business whatever the personal cost - from staying late to making the multi bus journey into work at weekends to help resolve urgent issues. As a keen athlete, I know that Ian would also fully appreciate the honour of being the Olympic torchbearer.
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The project that didn't happen. After going to all the trouble of cutting and cleaning the parts, I found them to thick to weld with the oxy-acetylene torch's piss-poor penetration.
A drunken, home-made olympic torch to hold aloft as Southampton waved goodbye to the actual torch on it's journey around the country. We made these at 4.30am after a night out, before heading straight out to catch the torch at 5.30am. Tired.
The Olympic Torch - London 2012...
Olympic Torch Trivia 2: The torch has 8,000 holes - created with lasers - which give the torch a more transparent appearance and also prevents heat from being conducted down the handle. The 8,000 holes represent the 8,000 torch bearers who will carry the flame on its 8,000 mile journey around the UK over the 70 day relay period.