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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #1f497d;">I suspect many of you harbour a hidden hatred for me…some less hidden than others…</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #1f497d;">What better way to celebrate this than to sponsor me to run the Preston 10k and the Garstang Half-Marathon (a week apart)? For your kind sponsorship I will be able to provide an account of the agony I have endured and a picture in which all blood has drained from my face and I look near-dead. </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #1f497d;">Need further convincing? </span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #1f497d;">All the sponsorship money will be going to Rosemere!</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;">As the analyst’s work is never done, I will be carrying a GPS tracker, and will be able to plot my distance, time and pace for each event…and if I stop at any stage I will consider the event incomplete and wont be collecting any of the sponsorship (an extra carrot to drive me on)</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;">Updates:</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;">16th August - 4.5 mile run completed at a steady 9mins 04 per mile</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;">18th August - 7.5 miles completed. My longest ever run...not an easy one either...samelsbury is quite hilly! completed in 1:13 need to pick up the pace a little but the miles are taking their toll on my knees. The intended run was 8.5 miles but blisters stopped me at 7.5 miles :(</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">21st August - 7km row in 30mins. I was sick last time I did the 30 minute test...faired a lot better this time!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;">23rd August 4.5 miles: knocked 2.5 mins off my total time (down from 40:57 the previous week to 38:33. This is the power of head phones when running...very stiff calves today...and aggrevated my blisters...</span></span></p>
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