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Reading about Frank Gocht’s fight with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) in last week’s GulfWeekly took me back to the days when my mum was first diagnosed with this awful disease. 

Not so much was known then and it was thought to be a virus of some sort attacking the spine, and seemingly, more prevalent in the northern hemisphere. 

When my family first heard of this, we were told mum only had two years to live and that every part of her body would eventually stop working, leaving only her eyes able to blink on their own. In fact, she survived five years, she lost her speech early but used a voice machine and was fed through the stomach. 

She was incredibly brave and was always cheerful. This surely has to be one of the worst diseases imaginable, and hopefully there will soon be a cure – so Frank – hang in there – we are full of admiration for your indomitable spirit and courage.

Yvonne Trueman, Bahrain.

Editor’s note: Former Gulf Hotel Executive Chef Frank Gocht is writing a weekly blog with the help of a friend, Bahrain businesswoman, Sarah Clarke, about his battle with MND and memories of his colourful culinary career. Visit www.simplygocht.com

It is now mid-October and businessmen and women want to fill their 2014 diaries with commitments and dates for seminars and meetings, etc., to tie in with Arabic holidays and religious occasions.

Twice having driven and battled through the dreaded Manama traffic, I find not only are they unavailable but they have not even yet been printed.

Come on – pull your socks up companies, help Bahrain’s economy get back to business.

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The Bahrain Road Runners (BRR) has officially opened registration on its www.brr.com website for the upcoming Grand Prix Series.

These legacy races, due to commence on Friday, November 8, take place over three successive Fridays starting with a 5km race, followed by a 10km race and concluding with a 15kms race. These races are all grouped together to give final times for all runners that partake in it fully.

This year’s Grand Prix Series will start at the Al Ghous Corniche and will see participants running along the Seef and Muharraq bridges with the beautiful setting of Bahrain’s sea.

The event is open to runners of all levels and online registration will close on November 4 at midnight. For additional details, visit www.brr.com

Karla Solano,
Bahrain Road Runners – Public Relations.