Win32 Threads in C++

/* thread.cpp
 */

#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <windows.h>
#include <process.h>

class Thread
{
    HANDLE m_hThread;
    UINT m_idThread;

public:
    Thread()
        : m_hThread(NULL), m_idThread(0)
    {
    }

    virtual ~Thread()
    {
        CloseHandle(m_hThread);
    }

    bool Start()
    {
        unsigned threadId;
        HANDLE hThread = (HANDLE)_beginthreadex(NULL, 0, StaticThreadRoutine,
                        this, CREATE_SUSPENDED, &threadId);
        if (!hThread)
            return false;

        m_hThread = hThread;
        m_idThread = threadId;
        ResumeThread(hThread);

        return true;
    }

    unsigned Join()
    {
        WaitForSingleObject(m_hThread, INFINITE);

        DWORD result;
        GetExitCodeThread(m_hThread, &result);

        return result;
    }

protected:
    virtual unsigned Run() = 0;

private:
    static unsigned __stdcall StaticThreadRoutine(void *pParams)
    {
        return static_cast<Thread *>(pParams)->Run();
    }
};

class MyThread : public Thread
{
protected:
    virtual unsigned Run()
    {
        Sleep(1000);

        return 0;
    }
};

int main(void)
{
    MyThread *myThread = new MyThread;
    myThread->Start();

    myThread->Join();
    delete myThread;

    return 0;
}