Story
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 20px;"><strong style="text-indent: 0px !important; line-height: 20px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; line-height: 17px;"><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></span></span></strong></span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 36pt; line-height: 20px; padding: 0px !important;"><span style="color: #800080;"><strong style="text-indent: 0px !important; line-height: 20px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; line-height: 20px;"><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; line-height: 17px;">The Participant:</span></span></strong></span><strong><span style="text-indent: 0px !important; line-height: 17px;"> a thirty-something yank who loves cupcakes & a Saturday morning snoozefest wayyyy too much</span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;">Why? Well, if the challenge of getting my cupcake-loving self up early every Saturday for ten weeks to run a grand total of 50K raises even a little money for Save the Children, and gets me slightly more physically fit in the process, then it's a winning situation all around!</p>
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<p style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;">And perhaps some of you might even decide to join me on one of these free Saturday morning 5K Park Runs?!</p>
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<p style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #008000;"><strong>UPDATE:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><span style="color: #008000;">Week 1: 29th January 27:44 - New Personal Best!</span></p>
<p style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><span style="color: #008000;">Week 2: 5th February 28:23 </span></p>
<p style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><span style="color: #008000;">Week 3: 12th February 27:36 - New Personal Best! Yay!</span></p>
<p style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><span style="color: #008000;">Week 4: 19th February 27:33 - New Personal Best - wooo!</span></p>
<p style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><span style="color: #008000;">Week 5: 26th February 26.53 - New Personal Best - Woop! Woop! </span></p>
<p style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><span style="color: #008000;">Week 6: 5th March 27:47</span></p>
<p style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><span style="color: #008000;">Week 7: 12th March 27:10</span></p>
<p style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><span style="color: #008000;">Week 8: 19th March 27:02</span></p>
<p style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><span style="color: #008000;">Week 9: 26th March 27:06</span></p>
<p style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><span style="color: #008000;">Week 10: 2nd April 27:43</span></p>
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<p style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;">Read about each week's experience on my blog: <a href="http://www.melissaonthetyne.blogspot.com/">http://www.melissaonthetyne.blogspot.com/</a> </p>
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<p style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><strong><span style="color: #800080;">Save the Children</span></strong> works in more than 120 countries. We Save Children's lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. <a href="http://www.savethechildren.org.uk">www.savethechildren.org.uk</a></p>
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<p style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span style="color: #800080;">Park Run</span></strong>: <a href="http://www.parkrun.com">www.parkrun.com</a></span></p>
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<p style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial;">UK</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial;"> taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</span></p>
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<p style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">So please dig deep and donate if you can cuz every penny counts and no donation is too small.</span></p>
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<p style="text-indent: 0px !important; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Thank you for your help!</span></p>
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