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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;">.......THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT -....</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;">I finished Brighton Marathon in 5hours & 22 mins,which is fantastic!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;">The day was really hot, the support was brilliant and YES- I will do it again (when I stop acing that is).....</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;"> Hello you lovely people ! Thank you so much for visiting my Just Giving site ! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Please read my brief intro</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">duction,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> my reason for choosing this charity and a quick explanation of MS.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Intro</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;">On April 10<sup>th</sup>, I am doing an amazing thing! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;">I am running the Brighton Marathon (well, when I say running – I may finish on my knees, or someone elses even) but my goal is to finish on my own 2 feet. This is amazing for me because –</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> 1. My Mum </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I have never done a Marathon before, 26.2 miles is a long way!</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;">3. I have never wanted to do a Marathon before,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;">4. I am going to raise, with your help, lots of money for the MS Society </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;"> </span><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">My Reason</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">One of the most special people in the world to me has MS. My Mum</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;">. She</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> was diagnosed with MS in 2007</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> and the way s</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;">he </span><span style="font-size: 9pt;">gets on with normal life is inspiring. If it wasn’t for this 1<sup>st</sup> relapse I would challenge her having the illness!!! (Just kidding Mum x ) She </span><span style="font-size: 9pt;">makes me so proud every day</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;">.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Quick explanation of MS</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;">I am actually very scared and excited about this challenge, and very fortunate to be well enough to do so. For those of you who don’t know what MS is I will quickly explain.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The simplest way to understand what happens in MS is to think of your nervous system as an electrical circuit, with your brain and spinal cord acting as the power source and the rest of your body being the lights, computers, TVs, etc. Your nerves are like the electrical cables linking all of the appliances together and the myelin is the plastic insulation surrounding these cables. If the insulation gets damaged, the electrical current to appliances can become faulty or temperamental and there may be a short circuit, preventing the appliances from working properly. </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">A few facts</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">MS is a progressive disease of the nervous system, for which there is no cure and an estimated 2,500,000 people in the world have MS.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">More women than men have MS, with a ratio of 2 men to 3 women affected.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">There are four types of MS: benign, relapsing remitting, secondary progressive, primary progressive.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Inflammation and ultimate loss of myelin causes disruption to nerve transmission and affects many functions of the body.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">While the exact cause of MS is not known, much is known about its effect on immune system function which may be the ultimate cause of the disease, however many of the symptoms of MS can be successfully managed and treated.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;">Please give as much or little as you can and pass this link on to friends and family. I am training really hard and your generosity will make me train even harder!!!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #800080;">Thank you to my family, especially my Husband and son Lennon (who are enjoying the peace!)</span></p>
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