<p><strong style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">***************************************NEWSFLASH***********************************</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="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;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Marathon No.1 completed</strong></span>...<span style="color: #ff6600;">Thank you for everyones fantastic support <span style="color: #000000;">and&nbsp;</span></span>thank you Milton Keynes for the wetest, windiest, and most miserable run of my life!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="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 class="MsoNormal" style="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;">However, &nbsp;I am super chuffed with the finish time of <strong><span style="color: #3366ff;">4h 37m 55s&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="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 class="MsoNormal" style="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;"><span style="color: #000000;">Ok, it was not under 4 hours, but we have Edinbrugh in a month...so lets see how much we can take out of my time.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="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 class="MsoNormal" style="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;"><span style="color: #800080;"><em><strong>I can go faster!!!!</strong></em></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="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 class="MsoNormal" style="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;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">*******************************************************************************************</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="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;"><strong style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="line-height: 18px; font-size: small; text-align: -webkit-auto; color: #0000ff;">Thank you to every one that's sponsored me, my</span><span style="line-height: 18px; font-size: small; text-align: -webkit-auto; color: #0000ff;">&nbsp;target of &pound;1000 has been breached!</span></strong></p> <p><strong style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Please, please, please continue sponsoring</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: left;">...it really means a lot...and have you seen the weather for Sunday :)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="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 Z</p> <p><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">*******************************************************************************************</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="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;">One is not enough, so on the&nbsp;<strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Sunday 27th May</span></strong>&nbsp;I'll be running the&nbsp;<em><strong>Edinburgh Marathon </strong></em>following the<strong>&nbsp;</strong><em><strong> Milton Keynes Marathon</strong></em>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="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 class="MsoNormal" style="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><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">!!!!&nbsp;</span>Two Marathons in four weeks&nbsp;<span style="color: #ff0000;">!!!!</span></span></strong></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="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 class="MsoNormal" style="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;">*******************************************************************************************</p> <p><strong style="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;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: small;">Why is Zach running?</span></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="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;">Back in 2005 when I was but a "beast" of a man I ran my first long distance run a half marathon, which was my biggest challenge of the time. I still remember all that time ago that such a run was but a "<em><strong>fun run</strong></em>" and "<strong><em>not a challenge</em></strong>" to some, this has stuck with me ever since.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="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 class="MsoNormal" style="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;">I have run a couple of half marathons now and a few 10kms, but have stayed a little clear of the marathon, until now...sod it, why not, let's double up then and take on the "<em><strong>challenge</strong></em>"!!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="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 class="MsoNormal" style="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;">On<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong> Sunday 29th April 2012</strong></span> I will be running all 26.2 miles of the Milton Keynes marathon, yes...a full marathon, this really is not a fun run. &nbsp;And as this does not feel like a challenge enough, I am targeting to complete it in <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">under 4 hours</span></strong>....why not???</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="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 class="MsoNormal" style="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;"><strong style="line-height: 14.25pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Who is Zach running for?</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">My dad has type 1 diabetes and has done so since he was a small boy. Over the past years my dad&rsquo;s kidneys&nbsp;have deteriorated, becoming less and less effective, functioning at only a small percentage. As a result my dad had to go to hospital three times a week to have kidney dialysis treatment, each treatment taking up to 5 hours and leaving my dad absolutely drained of any energy for the remainder of the day.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="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;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="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;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Due to the necessary, regular, amount of time taken for the treatment and the resulting lack of energy, my dad found it difficult to find work and lead a so called normal life, but with the help of the&nbsp;<a style="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: transparent; color: #2a42c6; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" title="http://www.sixcountieskpa.org.uk/" href="http://www.sixcountieskpa.org.uk/"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #2a42c6;">Six Counties Kidney Patients Association</span></a>&nbsp;he is now fortunate enough to be able to complete his dialysis treatment at home allowing him now to have some independence and to plan his own treatment.</span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="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;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="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;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please give generously to the charity&nbsp;I'm looking to raise sponsorship for, the&nbsp;<a style="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: transparent; color: #2a42c6; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" title="http://www.sixcountieskpa.org.uk/" href="http://www.sixcountieskpa.org.uk/"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #2a42c6;">Six Counties Kidney Patient Association</span></a>, who have already provided great help and support to my family.</span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="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;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="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;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you</span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="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;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="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;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Simon</span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>