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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;">The Lakeland 50 is one the greatest ultra running challenges in Europe, perhaps the world. At 50 miles it's almost double the distance of a marathon, it's on rough terrain and there's approximately 3100m (approx 3 x height of Snowdon) of ascent to deal with. Now add running at night and map reading to the mix and we have an event.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;">The route starts from the Northern end of Ullswater within the grand Dalemain Estate before following the Eastern shore line as far as Howtown. A quick climb and descent followed by a trek along the banks of Haweswater to Mardale Head. The route from here visits Long Sleddale, Kentmere, Ambleside, Langdale and Tilberthwaite before the final climb and descent to the finish at Coniston. A truly amazing route ignored by the masses. There are 6 manned checkpoints on the course which are compulsory to visit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;">The event starts at 12:00 noon on Saturday 30 July from Dalemain Estate. The time limit for the event is 24 hours with the elite mountain runners completing the course in approximately 8 hours. (I’m expecting it to take me approximately 14 hours.)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;">Donations are all for a good cause, Pendleside Hospice did a fantastic job looking after my gran and gave a great deal of comfort to my family. As an organisation that relies on donations to make up 75% of its running costs, any donation is really appreciated and will help the hospice to continue its great work.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</span></p>
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