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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #003366;"><strong>The Big Five-O!</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">This race is now over. I finished it in 58mins, 35 secs, with which I was very happy! </span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">It was the first of five 10ks I will be running (having never run one before), in celebration of my 50th birthday and Burkina Faso's 50th year of independence, </span><span style="color: #003366;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">to raise funds for our work with APT, bringing God's blessing to Burkina Faso. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">This page will continue to receive donations until the five races are over, but you can also sponsor me for the four coming races by going here:</span><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.acaciapartnershiptrust.org.uk/current-projects/faso-five-o">http://www.acaciapartnershiptrust.org.uk/current-projects/faso-five-o</a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">The remaining runs are:<br /><br /> * 19 Jun: Glasgow</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"> * 10 Jul: London</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"> * 14 Aug: Whitwick, Leics</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"> * 11 Sep: Cardiff<br /></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Half of all funds raised will go towards the building of the Gorom-Gorom primary school, and the rest will be used where most needed for APT's other work of poverty relief, community development, church planting etc. <br /> <br />Read more about our work in Burkina Faso and about "<strong>Faso-Five-O Fundraising</strong>" at the APT website: <a href="http://www.acaciapartnershiptrust.org.uk">www.acaciapartnershiptrust.org.uk</a><br /></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Please Sponsor Me! Thank you.</span></p>
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