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Over the past 7 years I've been involved in raising funds for various local cancer related charities which are very close to my heart for a number of reasons.

I've recently completed the 2012 Marathon des Sables which basically consisits of 6 day foot race covering 154 miles of the Sahara Desert. 140 degrees, 1000 metre sand dunes the odd sidewinder and scorpion, carrying all your food and kit along the way. Nothing too stressful as long as you don't really give it too much thought. It's generally accepted as being the worlds toughest race and (believe it or not) very difficult to get a place so I'm lucky to have had the opportunity to participate. I finally finished 576th out of 900 which considering the competition I was pretty pleased with.

I'm attempting to raise £20,000 for Yorkshire Cancer research and have been training and fundraising for approximately two years. The training has involved running upto 100 miles a week and having done in the ball park of 6000 in total. As you can see the fundraising is going well but if I'm going to reach my target I'm still dependant on peoples genorosity and support.

Once again thanks for taking time to look at my page.A huge thank you to everyone who has given me support over the last 2 years which has got me to this point. Anything you can give is more than kind and greatly appreciated

Mark Valente