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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: #ff6600;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thank you for taking the time to look at my just giving page.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As you know I have always had the ambition to run a marathon before I am 40 years old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So with only 1 year to go I am running the Virgin London Marathon on 17 April 2011.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: #ff6600;"><span style="font-size: small;">Even though I run at the moment the challenge of 26.2 miles is huge and with this in mind I wanted to take the opportunity to raise funds for a cause close to my heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Muscular Dystrophy affects more than 70,000 babies, children and adults in the UK alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have a close friend who was diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy in 1996 when we were 24 years old, because of this I am fully aware of the effects this disease has on people - and also how the work of Muscular Dystrophy Campaign can help.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: #ff6600;"><span style="font-size: small;">All donations, whatever the size, will really help me to hit my target of raising £2,000 for this amazing charity.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: #ff6600;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thank you </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; color: #ff6600;"><span style="font-size: small;">Love<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kirsten x </span></span></p>
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