Chilly Willy – Hot off the press

by Matt Mecham on March 13, 2007

After the Action4MensHealth 5k race on Sunday I spoke with a reporter with the local paper on the phone who were covering the event as they were interested in the connection between me, my father-in-law and his surgeon who is also involved in the Action4MensHealth charity.

They asked a few questions, I said a few things and they took my race number as they had a photographer at the race taking snaps. They said that if it was going to be used, it’d be in Tuesday’s edition.

So we go into the local supermarket and grab a copy today and flip it open to be greeted with my ugly mug on page 11.

Here’s a scan of the article.

I like the fact that my name and photograph is now synonymous with having cold genitals.

{ 5 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Wilko March 13, 2007 at 4:00 pm

If you were just skimming through the paper, you could easily be mistaken.

2 nitr021 March 13, 2007 at 7:24 pm

Nice.
You beat em all! with the power of the internet Quote: “The Prize for the most sponsorship raised was won by Mathew Mecham who raised nearly £400. Big thanks to Mathew.”

And nicely done for coming 29th

3 Brendon March 14, 2007 at 10:37 pm

I plan to join a runners’ club this summer for health, the good causes, and the girls! (I’m a sad, desperate man…) However, if the whole US-based IPS Conference happens and there’s a fun-run at the same time, I think that’d be a really cool idea to merge the two.

4 Jack Chapple March 19, 2007 at 10:48 am

Is it common for your local newspaper to have glaring grammatical mistakes? o_O

5 Harry March 27, 2007 at 7:37 pm

Hi Matt

Just a heads up on a possible license issue. http://www.d2jsp.org i believe is ripping you off.

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