<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;">On Sunday 9th October I ran and completed the Kielder Marathon.&nbsp; I was running for the Haydon Bridge Red Squirrel Group, raising funds to help with the ongoing grey squirrel control.</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;">Although it was an&nbsp;incredibly beautiful run, in one of the most important red squirrel reserves in England, it&nbsp;was the hardest marathon I have ever&nbsp;taken part in&nbsp;- it was hilly, windy and raining and took me 5 hours 1 minute and 25 secs to complete.</span></strong></p> <strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">It's not too late to donate!</span></strong></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>