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<p>In 2012 I have volunteered my services to the charity I work for to run the London marathon. This has led to people describing me as mad and stupid and commenting that this is an excessive way to lose weight!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial;">I am the Locality manager for Help and Care on the Isle of Wight.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial;">My husband and sons have been helping me train (well mostly by eating a lot of cake with me). But sometimes, we get the boys in the bike trailer and Ed paces me on the bike and we go up and down the promenade to Shanklin with people looking on in disbelief. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial;">Training is progressing well and I have been grateful to my friend James for his tips and the excellent piece of info that for every mile I run I lose 100 calories (or I can eat 100 more). Rocky bars are fast becoming my best friend.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Gretel x</p>