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My story

 

Hi everyone,

Thanks for visiting my donations webpage for the Belfast Marathon. Hopefully you're all here to donate your life savings, although considerably smaller amounts are also hugely welcome!

As some of you may know I've been training since January for the marathon and after a lot of ups and downs and rounds and rounds it looks like I'm finally going to make it. I hope.

I've heard that with a marathon it's one thing getting to the starting line and another getting to the finish. But I promise you that I definitely will make the finish, crawling if need be.

I'm running the marathon to help provide funds for the National Association For The Relief of Paget's Disease. (http://www.paget.org.uk/index.htm)They provide loads of support to sufferers of the disease as well as fund research into causes and treatment for the disease.

Paget's is a chronic disorder that typically results in enlarged and deformed bones. The excessive breakdown and formation of bone tissue that occurs with Paget's disease can cause bone to weaken, resulting in bone pain, arthritis, deformities, and fractures.

Hopefully see you all soon after the marathon and I can regale you with my many, many amusing stories of the joys of running 26.3 miles.

Any support you can give is appreciated and also please send this link to friends and family if you think they too would like to help out.

Thanks,

Paul.

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sorry I'm so late paul - presume you made it! Well done me boy! Donation by Julie Mac 20/05/09  

Late as usual! Congrats on the effort fella! Donation by Cian 05/05/09  

A pound a mile :) I don't like math! Donation by Dmcart 05/05/09  

Better late than never here i suppose!! Donation by M Cullen 05/05/09  

you have probably started at this stage Donation by conor 04/05/09  

Hope you realise this exchange rate is killing me! I mean, best of luck! Donation by Donal 04/05/09  

Hey Paul, Best of luck! Donation by Sinead Coyle 03/05/09  

Best of luck! Donation by Eimear McGuire 02/05/09  

and now your target is reached... good luck! Donation by Damien Noonan 01/05/09  

From your National U-18 4 x 400m relay medal to the Belfast marathon..so will be expecting a big sprint finish from you..and a PB from PB! Good luck! Donation by Daragh 29/04/09  

Donation by Naz 29/04/09  

Fair play to ya Paul, best of luck with it Donation by Ronan Barrett 29/04/09  

Break a leg ... oh wait don't! Donation by Dave & Maria 29/04/09  

Rather you than me Donation by Iain Reilly 29/04/09  

You were born to run my boy - set forth and fulfill the prophecy! Donation by condowds 28/04/09  

This is my good deed for the day!! Good Luck with it....., will hav to meet up for bevvies if u make it! ;) Donation by Deirdre MacNally 28/04/09  

Hi Paul, Mairide said you'd dump her if we didn't sponsor you.... Good luck with the marathon, that's some task. Donation by Cliodhna McGuire 28/04/09  

Best of luck paulie, you deserve some drinkies after this!! Donation by Niall M 27/04/09  

"PB takes tag training a little too far.." Good luck dude! Donation by Fintan 27/04/09  

best of luck, give it socks!!!xx Donation by rachel 26/04/09  

hope you make it sweetie!! sorry I can't give u more but I'm still a poor student after all! I'll be keeping my fingers crossed!xx Donation by Gilly 25/04/09  

Good luck and hope that you enjoy it!! Don't feel that you need to hang around to wait on me finishing - I'll be a while! Donation by Nicola Shaw 24/04/09  

Best of luck PB, all the training will be all worth while when u cross that finish line - well done!!! Donation by KK 23/04/09  

Go Paul!! Wanted to give more but I'm broke! Good luck from America!! Donation by Summer Moore 22/04/09  

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