<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p>After a shaky start to the year and my first proper running injury, the physio has worked her magic and I will be competing my first marathon on 29 April 2012.</p> <p>I will be running so that a brave and beautiful little girl can walk!</p> <p>Briefly, Mia was born at 27 weeks and given only 3 weeks to live.</p> <p>She is the very definition of a fighter: she has constantly surpassed all medical expectations and, after a heart operation at 6 weeks old, she went home when she was&nbsp;8 MONTHS old!!</p> <p>Mia has Cerebral Palsy, she is profoundly deaf in both ears&nbsp;and cannot walk unaided but she is cheeky, always smiling and is loved by everyone who knows her.</p> <p>To read Mia's FULL story go to <a href="http://www.justgiving.com/mias-missouri-mission">www.justgiving.com/mias-missouri-mission</a>.&nbsp; <strong>Once read, please come back to THIS PAGE&nbsp;to donate/sponsor me!</strong></p> <p>I am truly blessed to be able to experience the joy (and pain) of running, completing assault courses, climbing mountains and snowboarding down them and that is why I want to raise as much money&nbsp;as possible to help send Mia to America for surgery that will help her to join her friends at play.</p> <p>Every step of the 26.2 miles (around 41,280 steps)&nbsp;I will be&nbsp;thinking of Mia.&nbsp; Please dig deep and help a courageous little girl to achieve her first.</p> <p>Thanks!!</p> <p>Nic&nbsp;</p>