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Virgin London Marathon 2012 · 22 April 2012 ·

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<div class="frp-message-body" style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 1.4em; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; height: auto; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"> <p style="color: #1c1c1c; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Muchas gracias por visitar nuestra p&aacute;gina.Hacer una donacion&nbsp;atrav&eacute;s de JustGiving es f&aacute;cil y seguro.</span></p> <p style="color: #1c1c1c; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Otro a&ntilde;o, otro marat&oacute;n! Este a&ntilde;o tengo compa&ntilde;ia! Vamos a correr Cristina y yo el marat&oacute;n m&iacute;tico de LONDRES.&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="color: #1c1c1c; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Llevamos 2 a&ntilde;os recaudando dinero para Arthritis Research UK -</span></p> <p style="color: #1c1c1c; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">2010 Marat&oacute;n de Madrid y Espicha Ben&eacute;fica - &nbsp; &nbsp;<span style="color: #ff0000;">10,450 libras</span></span></p> <p style="color: #1c1c1c; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">2011 Marat&oacute;n de Londres y Espicha Ben&eacute;fica - &nbsp; &nbsp;<span style="color: #ff0000;">9,280 libras</span></span></p> <p style="color: #1c1c1c; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Gracias a todos vosotro hemos recaudado un total de <span style="color: #ff0000;">19,730 libras</span> que han ayudado a apoyar 4 proyectos de investigaci&oacute;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">n llevados a cabo por Arthritis Research UK.</span></p> <p style="color: #1c1c1c; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Para aquellos que no conozcan la historia de nuestra hija, os la resumo - Ilana le diagnosticaron a la edad de a&ntilde;o y medio (hace 4 a&ntilde;os)&nbsp;<strong style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">SJIA</strong>&nbsp;- Artritis Idiop&aacute;tica Juvenil de forma sist&eacute;mica. Desde entonces ha pasado por varios tratamientos para intentar controlar los diversos s&iacute;ntomas de esta&nbsp;enfermedad como son&nbsp;inflamaci&oacute;n y da&ntilde;o de las articulaciones, fiebre y rash. Ilana lleva 3 a&ntilde;os probando "Tocilizumab" una droga revolucionaria y su mejoria ha sido increible. Nuestro manera de sentir es que nuestra hija esta asi de bien gracias al trabajo de investigacion y&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;debemos de aportar nuestro granito de arena. Arthritis Research UK han sido los pioneros en estos tratamientos biologicos y por eso les siguimos apoyando.</p> <p style="color: #1c1c1c; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Por todo ello hemos decidido correr el Marat&oacute;n de Londres el Domingo 22 Abril 2012 con el f&iacute;n de recaudar dinero un a&ntilde;o mas para&nbsp;Arthritis Research&nbsp;para que asi&nbsp;pueda seguir investigando las causas desconocidas, los tratamientos y cura&nbsp;de esta enfermedad y otras enfermedades reumaticas.</span></p> <p style="color: #1c1c1c; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><strong style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Por favor donar dinero para esta causa</strong></span></span></p> <p style="color: #1c1c1c; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><strong style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"></strong></span></span><span style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><strong style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">PRESS "READ MORE" TO READ IN ENGLISH</strong></span></p> <p style="color: #1c1c1c; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Thanks for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page&nbsp;- Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure.</span></p> <p style="color: #1c1c1c; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Another year, another marathon! This year I have company! Cristina and I are both going to run the LONDON marathon. </span></p> <p style="color: #1c1c1c; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">We have been raising money for the past 2 years for Arthritis Research Uk :</span></p> <p style="color: #1c1c1c; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">2010 Madrid Marathon and Fundraising lunch - &nbsp;<span style="color: #000000;">12,315 pounds</span></span></p> <p style="color: #1c1c1c; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">2011 London Marathon and fundraising lunch - &nbsp; &nbsp;<span style="color: #000000;">9,280 pounds</span></span></p> <p style="color: #1c1c1c; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Thanks to everyone out there, we have raised a total of <span style="color: #000000;">19,730 pounds</span> that have been used by Arthritis Research UK to help in 4 research projects.</span></p> <p style="color: #1c1c1c; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">For those of you who don&acute;t know our daughter&acute;s story, here it is - Ilana was diagnosed 4 years ago with&nbsp;<strong style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">SJIA</strong>&nbsp;- Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Since then she has been on various treatments to try to control the main symptoms of this debilitating disease which are joint swelling and damage, high temperatures and rash. Ilana has now been taking the revolutionary drug "Tocilizumab" for 3 years and her improvement has been incredible. We personally feel that Ilana is doing so well thanks to research work done and we need to support this.</span></p> <p style="color: #1c1c1c; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Arthritis Research UK have been the pioneers in this type of biological treatment and for this reason we continue to support them.</span></p> <p style="color: #1c1c1c; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">We have decided to run the London marathon on Sunday the 22nd of April 2012 to raise money for Arthritis Research so that continuing research into the unknown causes, treatment and cure of this disease and other Rheumatic diseases can be done.&nbsp;<strong style="border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">So please dig deep and donate now.</strong></span></p> </div>

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