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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">In a move that will most certainly result in me losing every last scrap of my professional credibility, I have decided to run the London Marathon... dressed either as a carrot, or a banana... and you have the opportunity to decide my fate.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">Why, you may ask, would I do this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The answer is simple - it's an unashamed effort to raise as much cash and awareness as I can for a fantastic charity called Find Your Feet. They do an incredible job of helping the poorest communities in Malawi & India – helping c.60,000 people break the cycle of poverty by enabling them to set up subsistence farming and other self-sufficiency businesses. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"> </span><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">In my drive to raise £1,600, I'm offering you the chance to vote on which outfit I will drag around London for 41km's on 22nd April. Simply make a donation on my Justgiving page below and indicate your preference (£1 = 1 vote). </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"> </span><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">Please make it all worthwhile by donating generously. It's for a great cause that will make a real difference to hundreds of people lives!</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks in advance for your support,</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">Robin </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">P.s. Please vote carrot!!! </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">Banana's have been done before;</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fastest ever time by a carrot is 4hr32... Very beatable and what an unbelievable record to hold! (fastest ever time for a vegetable of 3hr34 is more challenging); </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">Carrot's are more nutritious;</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">Carrot's are more aerodynamic (relatively speaking); and</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: small;">·</span><span style="font: 7pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">there is something special about saying I'll be "givin em carrots" when I run the race (it's a South African thing).</span></span></p>
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