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About 5 years ago I started running again in an effort to get fit. I did the Couch to 5K programme then challenged myself to step up to 10K then half marathon distance. After doing several half marathon races with my friend Rachel, we decided to give a full marathon a go and we signed up for the Manchester marathon (after a few glasses of wine, one Sunday afternoon last April). We have been taking it very seriously, training for the last 14 weeks and eating very healthily. We have 6 more weeks to go! To make it all worthwhile, we decided to raise money for Suffolk Animal Rescue. It is a charity very close to home and where my 5 beautiful rescue cats Charlie, Pip, Murphy, Amber and Fliss came from. The charity rehabilitates and re-homes homeless and abused animals and particularly specialises in the taming and re-homing of feral cats. These animals have to endure horrible lives in the wild and our cats are living proof that they make the most loving pets, just as much as those born into domestication.

Both Rachel and I would love to raise as much money as we can and we would be so pleased if you could sponsor us. The marathon will be extremely painful but knowing that we're running for a good cause will make it all worthwhile and ensure that we get over the line somehow or another!!

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