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<p>Hello and welcome to my marathon fund raising page.</p>
<p>Yes that is right… I am running the London marathon in April.</p>
<p>This stupid idea first came into my head when I watched a friend of mine compete in the marathon last year. Then in November a place became available and I thought, how hard can it be? (I can answer this already - very) </p>
<p>For someone who once struggled to run a mile, the thought of running 26 and a bit is pretty scary, but also rather exciting and am enjoying the training so far.</p>
<p>The charity that I am going to be running for is Crimestoppers.</p>
<p>A good friend of mine works for them and I have seen what great work they do in helping those who have been affected by crime and the work they do with teenagers in our inner cities in trying to deter them away from crime.( Please see fearless.org)</p>
<p>Crimestoppers also played an important role last summer during the London riots when they saw traffic on their website increased up by 500% and the number of calls to their bureau was up by 300%.</p>
<p>Many people are unaware that Crimestoppers is a charity, but they are, and they need help from the general public to continue their good work.</p>
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<p>For further information please check out their website, as it has some interesting facts on the work that they have done over the past 23 years.</p>
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<p>Any shillings or pennies you can spare will be greatly received.</p>
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<p>Also if you are free on the 22nd of April please come along to cheer... I will be the big bloke at the back.</p>
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<p>Many thanks,</p>
<p>Tom</p>
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<p>PS - If you are a UK Tax payer please make sure that you tick GiftAid.</p>
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