<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Thank you for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page &ndash; as you probably already know I have set myself two big challenges for this year.<span>&nbsp; </span>The first and easier of the two is to run six half marathons in six months.<span>&nbsp; </span>The second is to find 100 people impressed enough to sponsor me &pound;6 in recognition of this challenge and help me raise &pound;600 for Octavia Foundation.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Octavia Foundation is a small charity providing support, advice and services to improve the life of disadvantaged individuals in west and central London.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Below are the details of the six half marathons I am taking part in &ndash; if any of you fancy coming down to cheer me on it would be fabulous to see some friendly faces in the crowds!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Run 1</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">22nd May, Edinburgh</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Run 2</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">12th of June, Southend</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Run 3</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">24th July, Thames Towpath Marlow to Windsor</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>&nbsp;</span><strong>Run 4</strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">21st August, Isle of Wight</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><span>&nbsp;</span><strong>Run 5</strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">25th September, Windsor</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Run 6</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">9th October, Royal Parks &ndash; London</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">By visiting this page you have already shown your interest in my challenge and I thank you for that.<span>&nbsp; </span>But without the facility of sophisticated tracking software I won&rsquo;t actually know who you are unless you make a pledge and sign your name!!<span>&nbsp; </span>So please if you can spare &pound;6 and 6 minutes out of your day to complete the online sponsorship page it would be gratefully received.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Thank you so much.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><!-- @font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } --></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>