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The original Marathon challenge has extended to include Ride To The Sun, a 101 bike ride from Carlisle to Cramond through the night, fuelled by fish'n'chips at Moffat half-way through and bacon sarnies at the finish at 4.30am. Details at www.ridetothesun.co.uk

Part 1 completed! Thanks to Mark Oliver for the company and to Watbus for the lift back to Newcastle. An epic event.....loved it so much I might do it again next year,

Now you can't just  do 2 challenges as these things come in threes so I'm cycling the 170miles Coast and Castles challenge from Newcastle to Edinburgh from 28-30 July,

After various unsuccessful attempts to get to the start line of  a marathon in 2016 I've entered the 2017 Edinburgh Marathon.

 I'm taking this challenge on because of 2 reasons. First, and least important,  is that I've done more than 25 half marathons and don't want to finish running without ever having done a full marathon. The Morpeth to Newcastle event looked like "fun" but its been postponed so I'm doing Chester instead.

 Second, and much more important, is that I want to help raise money for Team Evie, a charity that does fantastic work to provide support  for sick babies and their families across the North. It was set up by Greg and Jill, 2 inspirational people,  in memory of their daughter, Evie. The Chester marathon will happen around the time of Evie's first anniversary. Although running a marathon might be hard work (who knows?)  your support will help ease me through the hard miles of training and , on the day itself,  any tough  moments. And more importantly, will help Team Evie to continue their fantastic work helping to provide equipment and support for poorly babies and their families.

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