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It has been a long standing ambition of mine to run a
marathon. After a number of unsuccessful attempts to enter the London Marathon via the ballot, I decided to take up the opportunity of a guaranteed place in this year’s Edinburgh Marathon, the culmination of the Edinburgh Marathon Festival (EMF).

My last half marathon was more than 20 years ago so I will be taking the 16 week training programme very seriously.

The most important reason for running, however, is to raise money for the Utange Orphans Charity in Kenya. - www.utangeorphans.org -  

Tina and I have been supporting this charity for a number of
years and were inspired by the founder, Debbie Scott, during a fund raising event at a local English Heritage site. 

The mission statement for the charity is, “Providing a loving and nurturing environment for disadvantaged children through Christian values and education.”

The current major project that I am aiming to help raise funds towards is to build a high school so that the children’s education can be
extended beyond primary level giving them a real chance of escaping poverty and building a sustainably  independent future.

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