<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <div id="story" class="frp-message-body" style="height: auto;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thank you for visiting my page.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">A drunken promise back in January has resulted in me running&nbsp; the Great North Run dressed in a Tetris costume.&nbsp; I am not doing this alone but in a team of similar idiots.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">A friend of mine (Andrew Thompson)&nbsp;is completing ten marathons this year in memory of his good friend Chris Hills who put up a tremendous fight against <span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Leukemia </span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">but tragically died from it in</span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"> 2003.&nbsp; You can follow his&nbsp;marathon progress&nbsp;on the following website <a href="http://www.elvet-striders.org.uk/"><span style="color: #2a42c6; font-size: small;">http://www.elvet-striders.org.uk/</span></a>&nbsp;and visit his fundraising page <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/Andrew-Thompson8">http://www.justgiving.com/Andrew-Thompson8</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Great North Run is a side project to these 10 marathons and will hopefully be completed by 4 of us in the Tetris outfits, hopefully accompanied by nothing but the Tetris theme tune for the full 13 miles.</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Any online sponsorship will go to Leukemia &amp; Lymphoma Research.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cash sponsorship or other fundraising will be given to the COCO (Comrades of Children Overseas), who improve the lives of children living in poverty in the developing world through health and education initiatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Thank you for your support</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Nicky</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; 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