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I made it across the finish line just ahead of a galloping rhino!  However, I think there was a whole herd taking part as I was passed by several during the day, not to mention a  tyrannosaurus rex, a camel and someone dressed as Big Ben.  It was very cold but at least it was dry and I got round in 6:24:47.   I was quite leery about how I would fare this time as I knew I hadn't put in the training I had for previous marathons but as usual, the enthusiasm of the crowds lining the route, my fellow runners and walkers and the loud and rhythmic bands, gave me energy and kept me buoyant.  At one point I ran alongside a girl who was running for St Michael's Hospice - it was her first marathon and she told me she was doing it because of the wonderful care her mother-in-law had received which enabled her to die peacefully at home.   She said she hadn't realised until then how wonderful hospices were, the support they gave to families or that they had to raise most of their running costs themselves.  I found the whole experience emotionally uplifting and to make it across the finish line ahead of a rhino was just the icing on the cake! 

Thank you, thank you so much for supporting me and for raising this enormous sum for our hospices.

Kathyx

Friends of Sussex Hospices is a registered charity run entirely by volunteers. It raises funds for and champions the 12 hospice care providers that serve the adults and children of Sussex.

FSH was formed in 1995 and to date has distributed £1.3 million towards the running costs of the following hospices:

Chestnut Tree House Children's Hospice, Arundel

Demelza Hospice Care for Children, Lewes & Sittingbourne 

Hospice in the Weald, Tunbridge Wells 

Leo House at Home, Brighton 

St Catherine's Hospice, Crawley

St Michael's Hospice, Hastings

St Peter & St James Hospice, Chailey

St Wilfrid's Hospice, Chichester 

St Wilfrid's Hospice, Eastbourne  

The Sussex Snowdrop Trust, Chichester.

Our adult hospices must raise an average of 80% of their funding themselves. So please dig deep and help them.

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