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<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">In memory of my fantastic & dear Dad, Alan Ovel.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">In early 2009 Cancer meant very little to me, although I was aware of how horrible it could be it thankfully had not affected any of my loved one’s & in all honesty I didn’t give it much thought.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">In September 2009 my wonderful Dad was diagnosed with terminal Cancer & since then it has never been far from my thoughts.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Sadly my Dad passed in December 09 after a short but painful fight. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Everybody says it but my old man really was the best! There was nobody I loved spending time with more & I miss him terribly. In honour of such a great man I have foolishly decided to participate in the 2012 Virgin London Marathon in aid of The Helen Rollason Cancer Charity.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">When my Dad was first diagnosed our local hospital told us to go home with palliative care & wait for the inevitable which as you can imagine is just not an option & our family went about trying to do many things. The one thing that really made a difference was when we contacted The Helen Rollason charity. Although unfortunately they could do very little to prolong my Dad’s life, they did give us hope & treated my Dad with the dignity he deserved while putting an optimistic spin on everything we came up against. I will never forget the support & treatment Professor Davidson & his team gave to my Dad & our family.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Sadly my best friend also lost his Dad, Bobby Fisher another fantastic man in 2011 to this awful illness & I would also like to dedicate my run in memory of Bob as well as all the other poor buggers that have suffered.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">In my opinion all Cancer charity’s do great work however I do believe that The Helen Rollason Charity does that little bit extra. With this in mind I am currently in the process of getting through the miles in all weather’s, aching from every joint in my body & getting very use to walking like John Wayne.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">It would be much appreciated if you could spare a few quid & help me smash my target of £1,500 for this very worthy charity.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">With my thanks in advance,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">James</span></p>
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