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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; background: white;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: #1c1c1c;">Why a Marathon?<br /></span></span></span></strong><span style="color: #1c1c1c;">I have been running fairly regularly since 2001 and last year Chitrani, Aaron & I helped with the marshalling of the first Brighton Marathon. On that day I decided I should run next year. So here I am !<br /></span><span style="color: #1c1c1c;">View my <a href="http://mahesanrun.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">training blog</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; background: white;"><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Why </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Friends First?<br /></span></span></strong><span style="color: #1c1c1c;">Friends First offers a place of stability, safety and support for homeless men and women, where issues from the past can be thought about and addressed and where realistic and achievable plans for the future can be made with confidence.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; background: white;"><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: #1c1c1c;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">“There is little doubt that Friends First has saved my life. I know that is a sweeping statement but it is also absolutely true. I would not have survived much longer as I was</span></span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 8pt;"><em>.”</em> (Bill, ex-resident)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: #1c1c1c;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Visit their website here: </span></span><span style="color: #2a42c6; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.friendsfirst.org.uk/">www.friendsfirst.org.uk</a></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; background: white;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: #1c1c1c;">Please help me to help them by sponsoring my efforts in the 2011 Brighton Marathon.</span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: #1c1c1c;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation.</span></span></span></p>
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