<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <div class="frp-message-body" style="height: auto;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">An annoyingly persitant&nbsp;and therefore currently disliked&nbsp;friend at work has resulted in me having to run&nbsp;the Great North Run again this year, dressed&nbsp;as a giant Tetris block.&nbsp; The one saving grace is I am being accompanied by other similarly dressed charitable folk/idiots.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The&nbsp;friend&nbsp;mentioned, Andrew Thompson,&nbsp;is completing ten marathons this year in memory of his good friend Chris Hills who put up a tremendous fight against <span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Leukemia </span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">but tragically died from it in</span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> 2003.&nbsp; You can follow his&nbsp;marathon progress&nbsp;on the following website <a href="http://www.elvet-striders.org.uk/"><span style="color: #2a42c6; font-size: small;">http://www.elvet-striders.org.uk/</span></a>&nbsp;and visit his fundraising page <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/Andrew-Thompson8"><span style="color: #2a42c6;">http://www.justgiving.com/Andrew-Thompson8</span></a>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Great North Run is a side project to these 10 marathons and will hopefully be completed by all 4 of us in the Tetris outfits, hopefully accompanied by nothing but the Tetris theme tune for the full 13 miles.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Any online sponsorship will go to Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Research.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cash sponsorship or other fundraising will be given to the COCO (Comrades of Children Overseas), who improve the lives of children living in poverty in the developing world through health and education initiatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thank you for your support</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: small;">Clark</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div>