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<p>I am running London Marathon 2011 for Action for Blind People, the charity that supports people with complete or partial loss of sight. <a title="Sponsorship money helps in many ways" href="http://www.rnib.org.uk/donate/impact/Pages/how_money_helps.aspx" target="_blank">Sponsorship money helps in many ways</a> and becomes available to the charity immediately.<br /><em></em>Running a marathon makes a difference from my usual routine - bridge is more like my type of sport, with a smidgen of short swims and runs for charity thrown in every year.<br />And then came a realization that to run a marathon - especially London marathon - before I am <em><strong>50 </strong></em>would somehow mean a lot to me. Am I confident of being able to do it? Of course... Actually, now that I made a commitment to raise funds for Action for Blind People I simply have to get through with this run. <strong>I am running on the charity place, so I do need your sponsorship to make my run happen.</strong><br />My training goes well; the races so far have been:</p>
<p>Fenland (Norfolk) 10 miles, 31/10/2010</p>
<p>Hadleigh (Suffolk) 10 miles, 21/11/2010</p>
<p>Bedford half marathon, 12/12/2010</p>
<p>Reedham (Norfolk) 10 miles, 30/01/2011</p>
<p>Brighton half marathon, 20/02/2011</p>
<p>Eton half marathon, 19/03/2011</p>
<p>Cambridge Festival of Running 10k, 03/04/2011</p>
<p>I am also becoming a regular at <a title="Cambridge parkruns" href="http://www.parkrun.org.uk/cambridge/Default.aspx" target="_blank">Cambridge parkruns</a>, so the confidence grows.<strong> I also added an extra challenge for myself - a marathon around Windermere just a month after London.</strong> This should be different in all respects, and definitely more demanding. So please keep your sponsorship money coming to help charity and to keep my training spirit up!</p>
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