Hurray!!!   Chris has done it!!! In a time of 3 hrs 50 mins!! Yipee!

As i predicted, it was painful for him and he hit the "wall" at 37kms and the last 5kms were miserable - but he was brilliant!!!!!

Thank you very much to everyone who has supported him, it is massively appreciated!!!

Chris has run a bit  for years, but now that he is turning 40 his "list of things to do" has appeared!!!!

First on the list... a marathon.

So he has entered the Geneva marathon, and much to his dismay has been put in the veterans even though he will ONLY be 39 ( only for 16 days after the run!!!!)

As this should be pretty painful for him, tee hee, he would like to raise some money for a cause very important to us.

Some very close friends of ours have a beautiful little girl, Mary (age 5) who has Cystic Fibrosis. The attached photo was during our holiday together this summer.

Unfortunately, Mary has had the last bit of her school summer holidays in hospital in the UK with a very painful blocked bowel which is all part of the disease.

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is the UK's most common life-threatening inherited disease.

Over two million people in the UK carry the faulty gene that causes Cystic Fibrosis - around 1 in 25 of the population.

If two carriers have a child, the baby has a 1 in 4 chance of having Cystic Fibrosis.

Cystic Fibrosis affects the internal organs, especially the lungs and digestive system, by clogging them with thick sticky mucus. This makes it hard to breathe and digest food.

Each week, five babies are born with Cystic Fibrosis.

Each week, three young lives are lost to Cystic Fibrosis.

Average life expectancy is around 31 years, although improvements in treatments mean a baby born today could expect to live for longer.

Research is the key to finding a cure so any donations are massively appreciated, thank you.

Sian and Chris
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