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<p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">**UPDATE**</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I had an amazing day on Sunday, managing to complete the 26.2 in 4hrs 32mins, the first half absolutely FLEW by but the incredible support from the London crowds (and a fantastic band of supporters who cheered me on) really helped me out for the latter half. Naturally I did a 200m sprint finish and my feet/legs don't hurt AT ALL today....</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">On Sunday 17 April 2011 I will be fulfilling an ambition and running the London Marathon. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So far I have covered 300+ miles in training, running through snow, mud, dark nights and long lunchtimes. I</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">t's been a riot of aches, endorphins and carbs.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">As well as satisfying my own dubious 'love' of running and challenge, I will be doing all of this in aid of the Rainforest Foundation who support indigenous peoples and traditional populations of the world's rainforest in their efforts to protect their environment and fulfil their rights to land, life and livelihood. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">They're a great organisation who come up with practical solutions to protect a locally and globally significant natural resource. For example, £20 will enable a father to gain his identity documents, without which he would not be recognised by the State and have no rights over the land which he and his family are custodians of – more details of their work can be found at <a href="http://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/">www.rainforestfoundationuk.org</a>.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Anything you can donate will really make a difference ,both in spurring me along in the final furlongs and for the people supported by the Rainforest Foundation. I guarantee it will make you feel better than if you had spent the money on a Sting CD...</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Thank you!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Jo.</span></p>