If running a marathon contributes to raising enough money for a family not to have to worry about their loved one in their time of need, then I’m going to run a marathon.
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Since taking up the challenge, Miss Naughton has joined the Didcot Runners and improves on her finishing time every marathon.
They include Mark Searle, from Exeter, who now leads the congregation at St Mary Magdalene Church in Torquay; seven members of staff from Exeter College; Royal Devon and Exeter hospital Rhythm of Life Choir member Ruth Elliott; Sue Howe, a negotiator at Seddons Estate Agents in Tiverton; Exeter School PE teacher Hannah Rhodes; and Exeter runner Amber Grierson, 25, will almost lost her sight in 2010.
“I’m running the London marathon 2016 for Farleigh Hospice as I was so inspired by my friend who ran it previous year”.
From famous faces to local fundraising heroes, a variety of people from the region will be taking part to run 26.2 miles in England’s capital on Sunday.
“I am looking forward to racing in the event”.
Miss Varney is hoping to raise £3,000 in Liberty’s memory for road safety charity, Brake, after she was killed when a auto driven by Robert Blackwell mounted the kerb in Curbridge Road and hit her as she walked to school in 2014.
“If we can all act now, they believe that by 2050, no one will die from this heartbreaking disease”.
Finally, marking the finish line, St James’s emerges victorious at mile 26, with prices at an average of £2,478,034, dwarfing the other competitors.
HRCC provides support for the patient and the family which during my treatment was key for both of us. “It’s twice as far as I’ve run before”.
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True to her word, she completed her first marathon a year later, aged 69, raising money for breast cancer research.
In the summer the women run through the Washlands and in the winter the group uses different routes.
The London Marathon course is relatively flat and fast. “They are a fantastic and life-saving charity so please donate if you can”.
Her father and sister are now battling cancer and she is running to raise money for MacMillan.
She said: “I have always wanted to do the London Marathon – it’s on my bucket list and the diabetes threat has been a good a way to do that”.
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Around 50 runners from the conurbation gathered at Littledown Centre in Bournemouth ahead of the London Marathon.
