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<p>***NEWSFLASH***</p>
<p>I am happy to report, as I lie incapcitated in bed, that I successfully completed the London Marathon yesterday. A very enjoyable 14miles soaking up the incredible support was followed by 12miles of unbearable pain stemming from my broken knees and back. Not sure who I was fooling, but I managed to hold back tears of pain and crawl over the line in 4h55.</p>
<p>I am so incredibly grateful to all who have supported me in this great cause!</p>
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<p>72 days from the London Marathon 2012, I find myself a charity ticket through Leukaemia Busters. </p>
<p>I am incredibly overweight, have not run in a year, have a decrepit knee and it is snowing outside.</p>
<p>For those who know me, I am pretty competitive and this is a challenge I am going to take by the horns. If I have to crawl over that finish line on my hands and knees, I am finishing.</p>
<p><a href="http://iamcharley-rose.blogspot.com/2011/02/journal-of-18month-old-leukaemia.html">My motivation stems from my daughter's battle with Leukaemia last year.</a> Not only am I running to honour her strength, but also all of those children who we got to meet during our journey. Some are living a full life in remission, some are still going through chemotherapy or bone marrow transplants and some lovely children were not so lucky and have departed.</p>
<p>So, when you are done:</p>
<p><em>(a) laughing your head off at my expense </em></p>
<p><em>(b) thinking how crazy I am for attempting this at such short notice or </em></p>
<p><em>(c) drying your eyes because of my personal story or those of so many others who have suffered/are suffering or who have lost loved ones to Leukaemia</em></p>
<p>...then I would like you to part with just a little bit of your money to support the AMAZING work which is being carried out by the very clever scientists at <strong><a href="http://www.leukaemiabusters.org.uk">Leukaemia Busters</a></strong> research labs in Southampton Hospital.</p>
<p><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al7A32a1ahCqdDg3Y3BTWi1rZ0FrbEliT2hQOU9JX2c">I have loaded my training schedule here, where you can see my progress.</a></p>
<p>In my current condition, I would be happy to achieve a run time of 5 hours.</p>
<p>If you feel like challenging me to run faster, then when you donate say £10, then in your comment, why not say, "I will donate another £10 if you run less than 5hours". Or push me further and say "here is £10 and I'll raise you £100 if you break 4:30!" Get it?</p>
<p>Thank you for supporting me in this. It is a very worthwhile cause!</p>
<p>And while you are at it, why not share my link on your social media pages!</p>
<p>See you on the road!</p>
<p>Rudi</p>
<p><em>***DONATE BY MOBILE***</em></p>
<p><em><strong>Text KEYS77 to 70070 to donate £10</strong> (UK Only)</em></p>
<p><em>100% of the text goes to Leukaemia Busters</em></p>