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I signed up for the Solstice run last July with a view to setting myself a challenge having never run before and the likelihood of me actually taking part when it came to the day was another thing,. However, in October last year I met Rachael, she was suffering from poor mental health, and a few hours after I left her, very sadly, she took her own life. Even though I only knew her for a very short time I took it badly, and the following month started going to a local support group to try and come to terms with what had happened and also to try and understand from others in the group what Rachael was going through as I hadn't had direct experience of mental health and the effects it has on peoples lives before. So, to cut a much longer story short I have decided to run the Solstice in Rachael's memory and raise much needed funds for the Samaritans in the hope that it will go some way towards helping people like her, who are struggling, in the future.     

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