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In 1994 I started running with my good friends from church Gill Davis and Pauline Sawyer. We entered and ran the Keynsham Scout Road Race ... a hilly 5 miles, or was it 6? Gill and Pauline went on to run the Bath Half the following year while I got out of it by becoming pregnant with Rachel! Both went on to run the London marathon in later years and were my inspiration when training to do my first half almost 20 years later at the age of 50 in 2012. 

Like many, I was devastated last year when my lovely friend Gill died following a brave fight with myeloma. The day after I heard she died I was out for a run and just knew then that I had to do something in memory of her. At the time she died Gill was training to do the Bristol 10k to raise funds for local charity Penny Brohn Cancer Care who were a great support and encouragement to Gill and her family during her illness. On the 26th April I will therefore run every step of the very first Southampton Half Marathon in memory of Gill and hopefully raise lots of money for Penny Brohn while I do so. Thank you for supporting me supporting them!

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