Bobby Moore - It was a heartbreaker

The slightly altered words of Rod Sewart in "Maggie May" - "The Morning Run when it's in your face really shows your age" ring true for the Master this morning. 5:30am, it's dark, not another dog about and he's wearing that head torch and daglo lycra jogging pants again. He looks such a lemon. Maybe that's why we're out at this early hour - to avoid total embarassment. I am almost ashamed to be seen with him; but then again, 50 minutes out, stretching my legs - I'll take the humiliation if anyone sees us. One thought that seems to have been running around the Master's head today is that of Mr R Moore, ESQ, England's most famous and celebrated Football (Soccer) captain. He, of course, lifted the World Cup in 1966 - the proudest moment in a proud career. but this was a man who was a fitness fanatic; didn't smoke, ate well, didn't overinduge in alcohol and of course spent his life exercising. He was often out for a run at 5:30am (which was the thought that prompted these musings) and continued his fitness regime in his post-playing days. Take a look at the shirt swapping picture with Pele at the 1970 World Cup - a physique most 30 year old would be proud off. And yet, despite the relative abstemious lifestyle and fanatical fitness regime, Bobby sadly passed away from bowel cancer aged 51. The Master was musing on this and wondering whether it really was worth the effort of trudging the streets at such an ungodly hour, even before the dawn was even thinking of making an appearance. But he decided that it is about awareness of one's body and being able to catch such horrid diseases early, and to use it as a reason not to exercise was fallacious. In fact, so preoccupied with these thoughts was he that he paid little attention to the soundtrack of the run, AC/DC's If You Want Blood, You Got it - the classic Bon Scott vocals and the Youngs driving power chords and full-pelt lead runs - surely one of the greatest live rock n' roll albums of all time. Talk about auditory masking. Riff-Raff and Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be could both be easily used instead of anasthetic.