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<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I'm taking part in Moonriders - an overnight 100km cycle from London to Brighton on Friday 29th June </span><a href="http://www.moonriders.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">www.moonriders.co.uk</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> followed by my first ever half marathon the following weekend on 8th July, the Hitchin 'Hard' Half (please note the word hard).</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I’m cycling with Karen Moore-Haines and running with Steve, her husband, we are raising money for DBA-UK, a charity which supports families affected by Diamond Blackfan Anaemia.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">DBA-UK is a charity that is very close to all our hearts as Karen and Steve’s son, Max aged 5, suffers from the condition.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Diamond Blackfan Anaemia (DBA) is a rare blood condition usually diagnosed before 12 months of age. People with DBA fail to produce effective red blood cells and need various invasive treatments ranging from monthly blood transfusions to regular steroid treatment, and in some cases, a bone marrow transplant.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The charity aims to deliver <em>support, research and hope</em> to the DBA community in the UK by bringing families together, communicating the latest medical information and funding research into causes and cures.</span></span></p>
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