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My grandmother, who raised me from the age of six months, recently died at the age of 81. She had successfully battled heart disease all her life, surviving serious heart attacks when I was eight and sixteen. Unfortunately, she could not defeat old age.
I am running the Belfast Marathon on 3 May 2010 - originally I wasn't doing it for charity, but so many people have offered me sponsorship that, in her memory, I would like to run it for the benefit of the British Heart Foundation.
The fantastic cardiac units at the Erne Hospital, Enniskillen and the Royal Victoria in Belfast not only saved her life on the two occasions above, but gave her a quality of life that otherwise would not have been possible - it certainly allowed her to cope with me as a baby, toddler, stroppy teenager and see me as a happy adult.
Please give whatever you want. My thanks to you all.
Russell