<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><span>Great North Run 2011 - 18th September 2011</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;">Hi All,</span></p> <p><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;">This year will be my 10th Great North Run half-marathon. In the past I've run for Cancer Research </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;">UK</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;"> and Ovarian Cancer Action but this year I want to make a difference for <span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>children with life-threatening illnesses</strong></span> so I'm running for <span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Make-A-Wish Foundation</strong></span>.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;">There are 20,000 children and young people living in the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;">UK</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;"> with a life-threatening illness and Make-A-Wish Foundation aims to grant the wishes of 1,200 of those children. To do this they need to raise &pound;5.5m in 2011, they receive NO government funding or lottery grants and they only rely on generous support of the public.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;">Most of us had a great childhood and were able to enjoy growing up but for those struggling with life-threatening illnesses everyday can be a fight to survive and all they want is to do is enjoy the time they have - by supporting me for this run you can make a real difference to a child&rsquo;s life so please give as much as you can. </span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;">In the last 10 years my fastest time has been 1 hour and 28 minutes but this year I'm looking to smash that time. <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Challenge me by offering to double your donation if I beat a certain time and I'll do my very best to do that and raise even more money. </span></strong></span></p> <p><span><strong>Follow my training Blog:</strong></span></p> <p><span><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.itc-tennis.com/category/gnr-2011">www.itc-tennis.com/category/gnr-2011</a></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p>