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<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Update : </span><span style="color: #0000ff;">We survived! We had a great weekend, thanks to all the NSPCC supporters on route and at the finish. Our JustGiving page will stay open for a while if you were waiting for the proof that we could do it! Thanks to everyone who sponsored us.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Karen and Amanda.</span></p>
<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 140%;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; color: purple;">On 18 September 2011 we will be taking part in the Great North Run. </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 140%;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c;">We both work for the </span><strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; color: #339966;">NSPCC</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c;"> and will be raising money for this charity.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 140%;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c;">Karen has run two half marathons, getting the running bug later in life! Amanda has run the Great North before (in 2000) but now prefers full marathons.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 140%;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c;">Both are looking forward to a weekend in </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c;">Newcastle</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c;">, seeing the finish line in </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c;">South Shields</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c;">, and raising as much money as possible for the </span><strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; color: #339966;">NSPCC!<span> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 140%; tab-stops: 309.75pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial;">We are training hard, boring colleagues with stories of our long runs, and have the aches and pains to prove it! Thanks to the help and support of our families and running clubs: Fleckney & Kibworth AC and Sutton Harriers AC</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 140%; tab-stops: 309.75pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial;">It would be great if you can support us and give whatever you can. We promise to update our page with all the gory details of our Great North Run 2011 experience once it’s over! <strong><span style="color: #339966;"><span> </span></span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; color: #339966;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 140%; tab-stops: 309.75pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; color: #339966;">Thank you!</span></strong></p>
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