<p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>16 Jan 2012 Update</strong>: I finished the 21km half marathon yesterday in a new <strong><em>personal best of 2:00:28</em></strong>. Thank you very much for your support. So far I have raised <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">&pound;7,144 and my still trying to get to my target of&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>&pound;7,500</strong></span>. It isn't too late to donate and I promise Magic Bus will put your contribution to very good use.</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Jan 2012 Update</strong>: Like in a marathon, I have decided to push myself and have increased my fund raising &nbsp;target from&nbsp;<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">&pound;5,000&nbsp;</span>to&nbsp;<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>&pound;7,500</strong></span>. Please be generous and support a wonderful charity.</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></span></p> <p><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">I am running my&nbsp;</span><strong style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">second</strong><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;">&nbsp;</strong><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">half marathon (21 km) in a few weeks on Sunday 15 Jan 2012 in the SC Mumbai Marathon. I ran my first half marathon last year at the same event and did a time of 2:10:44 beating my target of 2:15:00. My target this year is to beat last year's time of 2:10:44.</span></p> <p style="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: #ffffff; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="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: #ffffff; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Once again&nbsp;I am running for the one charity I have been supporting over the last 9 years, the wonderful&nbsp;<span style="background-color: transparent; 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; 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;">Magic Bus</strong></span>. Last year you, my family, friend and supporters, helped me raise &pound; 4,630. This year my target is to raise&nbsp;&pound; 7,500.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p style="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: #ffffff; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Magic Bus is a non-profit organisation in India that works with children living in some of the most marginalised circumstances in the world. You can get more information at&nbsp;<a style="background-color: transparent; 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; color: #2a42c6; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" href="http://www.magicbusindia.org/">www.magicbusindia.org</a>.&nbsp;Any amount,small or large, can help change lives and make a&nbsp;difference. I only ask that you be generous and give what you can.</p> <p style="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: #ffffff; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="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: #ffffff; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Thank you for your support and I look forward to running for Magic Bus.</p> <p style="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: #ffffff; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="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: #ffffff; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">If you are making a donation from India please go to the United Way website at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.unitedwaymumbai.org/609-deepakshahdadpuri.htm">http://www.unitedwaymumbai.org/609-deepakshahdadpuri.htm</a></p> <p style="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: #ffffff; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="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: #ffffff; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Thank you.</p> <p style="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: #ffffff; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="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: #ffffff; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><em 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;">Deepak</em></p> <p style="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: #ffffff; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</p>