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<div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; color: #000000;">Thanks for coming to look at our page.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Arial; color: #000000;">About 3 years ago our Mum, Marilyn, was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). MND is a cruel disease that attacks the brain's ability to communicate with the muscles. It is a terminal disease and there is no cure. First, Mum lost her speech (we have not heard her voice in 2 years) and then she became unable to walk. Now, there is very little that she can do without assistance. She has had to miss things like being able to dance at John's wedding, buying ridiculous presents for her sons and playing with her grandchildren, all of which she would dearly love to do. </span></div>
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<div style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="509540315-26012012" style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">We have therefore decided to raise money for the MNDA by running the Paris Marathon together this April. John has been suffering with a groin injury and Dan is still recuperating from a knee injury, so the training hasn't quite gone to plan so far. We're not expecting to break any records but we're both determined that we will run the whole thing (together if possible).</span></span></div>
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<div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">We should mention that <span class="509540315-26012012">the cost of entering this marathon </span><span class="509540315-26012012">(</span>travel<span class="509540315-26012012">, </span>accommodation<span class="509540315-26012012">, race entry</span></span><span class="509540315-26012012" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span class="509540315-26012012" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">was considerable </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">and therefore </span><span class="509540315-26012012" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">a small proportion of </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">the sponsorship money raised on this page will </span><span class="509540315-26012012" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">go towards covering some of these costs (£300)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">. </span></span></div>
<div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">If you would like to sponsor us - please do so by clicking on the donate button. Thanks very much in advance,</span></span></div>
<div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; color: #000000;">Dan & John Geddes</span></div>
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