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Mark Bennett is raising money for Home-Start Runnymede and Woking
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Surrey Half Marathon 2018 · 11 March 2018 ·

Home-Start provides a unique service - recruiting and training volunteers to give non-judgemental practical and emotional support to parents with young children at home, in situations as diverse as isolation, multiple births, illness, disability or just finding parenting a struggle.

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So, how did I end up running in a half marathon?

In March 2017 I took a Wellpoint health check at work in Dublin and I did not like the results.  I had to try something, so gave running a go. It wasn't easy at first. In fact it's never easy, but I finally did 5k without stopping, then later 10k.  After I finished working in Ireland I wanted to keep up running, but I'd never had any ambitions of running any distances until by chance I found a leaflet for the Surrey Half Marathon on the floor at home. Why not?.

So here I am less than a year after starting running and preparing to run just over 13 miles.    

On March 11th 2018 I am hoping to complete my goal of running a half marathon and at the same time raising some money for a local charity which Caroline works for.  

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