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<p><span class="TextRun SCX162589841" style="font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt;">Why am I running the Virgin London Marathon 201</span><span class="TextRun SCX162589841" style="font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt;">2</span><span class="TextRun SCX162589841" style="font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt;"> for Wellbeing of Women?</span><span class="EOP SCX162589841" style="font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Well, in my work as a</span><span class="TextRun SCX162589841" style="font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt;"> freelance writer for the female market, I </span><span class="TextRun SCX162589841" style="font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt;">deal</span><span class="TextRun SCX162589841" style="font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt;"> with health issues that affect women every day. </span>
<p>This is not going to be easy for me - I'm guessing I'll be running for close to six hours (!) so please sponsor me.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph SCX225930078" style="text-align: left; color: windowtext; text-indent: 0px; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;,Tahoma,Verdana,&quot;Sans-Serif&quot;; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"><span class="TextRun SCX225930078" style="font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt;">And w</span><span class="TextRun SCX225930078" style="font-family: Calibri,Sans-Serif; font-size: 11pt;">hy London? Well I have always wanted to run London but despite entering the ballot for the last ten years, I’ve never got a place. </span></p>
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