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<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">My last 'long run' was 20 miles on 6 Feb 2011 - it took 3 hours and 17 mins so I am still cracking 10 min miles and on track for sub 4:30 if I can keep up the pace in the last few miles!</span></strong></p>
<p>Whether you are family, friends, a colleague or a business please know both that I really appreciate your donation and also how much more difficult it makes it for me to back out of this ludicrous venture!</p>
<p>My marathon has something for everyone; the pleasant people out there will be happy in that I am raising money for a really worthwhile charity - <strong>The Oxford Children's Hospital (CHOX) </strong>which is also Allen Associates' chosen charity.<strong> </strong>T<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">hey do a fantastic job treating 65,000 children every year and I am running to raise money for new</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">equipment</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> .</span></span></p>
<p>The sadists will be happy knowing that I will be spending a great proportion of this winter's early mornings training in the cold, wet and dark! Finally, and hopefully, I will be happy as I get reintroduced to my rib bones.</p>
<p>Seriously, many thanks for contributing; it's a big target and I really appreciate your support - to be honest this is one of those occasions when 'quantity' <strong><em>IS </em></strong>more important.</p>
<p>Think of the children! (only works for the pleasant people)</p>