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On October 11th 2026, Sam (me) and Katy (my lovely partner) and my wonderful friends Lucy and Ollie are running the Oxford Half Marathon in memory of my mum, Justine Brown.

Following in (half) her footsteps, as she also ran the New York Marathon in her 20s to help raise funds for a motorised wheelchair for a friends son – a friend she had met whilst volunteering at a charity. As such I will try to channel "my Inner Justine".

In 2020, after being given her terminal Breast Cancer diagnosis, Sobell House Hospice supported my mum and the rest of us in the hardest of times.

Their support helped allow my mum to come home and be comfortable throughout, to be surrounded by family.

Afterwards, they supported us by providing their bereavement service giving us people to talk to during and after.

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