As you all know, my wonderful sister Mary Lou died in April 2012 with complications of Lupus.

She was an inspiration to so many people and the gap she leaves in all of our lives is immense.

The London Marathon falls the day before the first anniversary of her passing away. It seems absolutely the right way to raise money for Lupus UK WMLG whilst being an enormous personal challenge!

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