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Pete Doherty To Run The London Marathon
WITH new celebrity Leon Jackson bedding in old celebrity Pete Doherty needs a new headline-making song, or failing that, a stunt.
So here’s news in the Mirror that Pete Doherty wants to run the London Marathon. Whether he will run or not is beside the point. It is that he should want to run that is newsworthy.
The Mirror says Doherty has already started jogging in preparation for next year’s gruelling 26-mile road race.
Says the Doherty camp: “There is some truth to this - you never know what could happen.”
We don’t know but we have a rough idea, given that Doherty’s career to date has been a varied as a Gregorian chant.
The real fear is that Doherty will turn to running and do too well, revealing a commitment to speed that his drugs history demands.
As such, marathon champion Doherty may find himself drugs tested and his run rendered null and voice when his blood samples are found to contain more than the usual builders’ dust, burnt kebab and coffee fumes most Londoners inhale.
Posted: 17th, December 2007 | In: Celebrities, Tabloids Comments (7) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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February 7th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Well i for one commend his enthusiasm, if he does it good for him.
Maybe Ann its an achievment he wants to do while he is young!
I hope that i will be able to run along with him some of the way.
If anyone who bothered to write anything here actually knew anything about Pete you would be encouraging him rather than just adding negative comments. He is a very clever guy who has made some bad choices in life and is trying to get back on track, stop believing all the garbage the press release and do a little research on the guy.
GOOD LUCK PETE!
December 18th, 2007 at 11:40 am
Ann - Is that a threat?
December 18th, 2007 at 10:31 am
If he had a carnival dragon running ahead of him he would chase it ok.
December 18th, 2007 at 8:04 am
This may come as a surprise to you but I took part in the Marathon two years ago on the 25th Anniversary of same and - even though I was 63 at the time, let me assure you, Pete Doherty would DIE if he tried to do it !! The ravages that drugs have wrought on his body would render him helpless in a very short time.
FYI, I only trained for four months and finished in 6 hours 14 minutes and 50 seconds, beating my daughter’s time of 7 hours 31 minutes from the previous year ….hurr !! hurr !! I raised £1600 for “Get Kids Going” a charity that provides wheelchairs for disabled kids so that they can take part in sport
Oh - and I am not a nutter (JuneJohnson) it was just one of those “things-to-do-before-you-die” moments but in Doherty’s case, it would be “things-to-do-and-then-you-die”
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Did you read all the comment, I said how much I admired people who ran in it, especially the not so rich and famous
December 18th, 2007 at 3:51 am
Might check ebay for a wheelchair and get some fit bastard push me.
December 17th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
I know a few nutters who run in the LM, and they raise loadsadosh, actually I’m really proud to know them as I am an armchair runner…..
December 17th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Just follow the white line mate.