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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Unless we act now the beautiful city of Venice is likely to be uninhabitable within 50 years. What we can admire and enjoy will be lost to our children. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">The problems of Venice are similar to my own: too old and too heavy!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Unlike Venice I am lucky enough to be able to change my foundations; well I can move about. In fact I have decided to move about quite a lot, 26.2 miles. On 23 October I am running the Venice Marathon in order to raise money for </span><a href="http://www.veniceinperil.org/"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: #2a42c6; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">www.veniceinperil.org</span></a><span style="line-height: 115%; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">,</span><span style="font-size: small;"> a charity which is working to protect Venice in the long term, both as a monument and a living community. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Being too old and too heavy are real issues for me. At 16 stone and 49 years old I am far from the perfect physical form for completing the 50,000 paces required to finish a marathon. Sadly after weeks of training I am still 16 stone, which my legs remind me, every step!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks for visiting this page. Please give generously toward this cause. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><em><span style="line-height: 115%; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Venice In Peril gets your money faster and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation.</span></em></p>
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