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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">I can't quite believe it either...but yes, I’m running the London Marathon this year!<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">It has always been my goal to run the London Marathon, and after four years I've won a place. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">When I found out I was so pleased and excited...then I thought “HOW far???”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Well...They say you should 'walk before you run' and that is how I started my journey. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">I began with 'run for a bit, walk for a bit' and, when I could ‘run a bit’, I joined the local athletic club. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">A big thank you to the Loughton Athletic Club for your warm welcome, advice and encouragement. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"><br>The charity I have chosen to raise money for holds a special significance for me. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Team PB is the Prostate Cancer Charity and Breast Cancer Care. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">We lost my brave and beautiful sister to breast cancer in August last year, and my Dad to prostate cancer in 1991. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">I know they will be with me on April 22.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">They would be proud, but would find it hard to believe I’m running a Marathon!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Unfortunately there are many people battling against prostate and breast cancers, so I felt it was important to do my bit and help raise some much-needed funds.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Hopefully more loved ones will win the battle.<br><br>Please donate as much as you can - every £1 goes a long way.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Love Tracey X</span></p>
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