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Caroline's London Marathon 2012

Caroline Williams is raising money for HEADWAY SURREY

Participants: Caroline Williams

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Virgin London Marathon 2011 · 17 April 2011 ·

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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1f497d; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">I am in the last leg of training for the 2012 London Marathon after deferring my place from 2011, all the money donated in 2011 has been rolled forward by the charity for my 2012 entry place. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1f497d; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1f497d; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">I have run a total of 298 miles since I started training for this marathon, with one more long run to complete this weekend before the &lsquo;tapering&rsquo; period.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1f497d; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1f497d; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">Some highlights in my training have been:-</span></p> <p style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1f497d; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1f497d; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">Completing the Brighton Half Marathon in a time of 2 hours and 8 minutes (this is 7 minutes quicker than 2011).</span></p> <p style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1f497d; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1f497d; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">Completing 21 miles in 3 hours and 40 minutes on the 25 March (with the last half of the run being quicker than the first half of the run)</span></p> <p style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1f497d; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1f497d; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">Running the 11.5 miles home from Canary Wharf twice a week</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1f497d; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1f497d; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">My aim is to complete the London Marathon 2012 in a time of 4 hours 30 minutes. All indications at this point in my training suggest that this is an achievable objective, so keep your fingers crossed for me!</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1f497d; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1f497d; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">Thank you to everybody for all your support and sponsorship in 2011 and 2012, your constant encouragement has really helped to keep me motivated throughout this challenge.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1f497d; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #1f497d; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">Any donations that you can make towards this worthwhile charity is very much appreciated.&nbsp;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</span></p>

Donation summary

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£1,342.06
+ £331.60 Gift Aid
Online
£1,342.06
Offline
£0.00

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