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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Hello generous person</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I decided to apply for the Edinburgh marathon, before I had even run to the end of my road, stupidly not </span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">realising</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> that it is indeed a marathon task I have undertaken. I have greatly underestimated how hard running for such a long period of time is, but I am determined to see this through now and complete the race.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I applied mainly for motivation to start exercising more regularly and also for a goal to aim for, but I am also running for a charity:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I am running for </span><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The British Heart Foundation </span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">which is a very worthwhile charity mainly because in the UK alone:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 42pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Cardiovascular disease causes more deaths each year than any other single disease or condition</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 42pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Someone dies from a heart attack every six minutes – that’s 10 people every hour.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 42pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In total, 146,000 people have a heart attack every year and 94,000 of them die.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 42pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">179 people lose one of their parents every day to a fatal heart attack.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 42pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">One third of people who suffer a fatal heart attack die before they can be taken to hospital</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 42pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">But also because...</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">There is some pioneering research taking place where Zebra fish are being used to discover the next preventative and treatment strategies for cardiovascular disease because these fish have the ability to repair their own hearts. A lot of money is needed to fund this. Watch the links below if you are interested:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYsX1MvIM7o"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYsX1MvIM7o</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djFb8PGS34g&NR=1"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djFb8PGS34g&NR=1</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I also work in health care and for a company which is primarily concerned with cardiovascular disease and how to prevent it. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So please give generously and support some great pioneering research</span></p>
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