Katherine Harvey

Kathy is Legging It Around London - Final Event - Royal Parks Half

Fundraising for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity
£1,039
raised of £1,000 target
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Event: BUPA London 10,000 2015, on 25 May 2015
We fund life-saving research to help cancer patients everywhere.

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THANK YOU!!!!

COMPLETED: Event 1: Sunday March 22nd  - 5 mile Marsden March - I walked 5 miles with Rosie Harvey, Tristan, Louis, Dom Wood, David Harvey and our dog Humphrey. More info: http://www.royalmarsden.org/march/home

COMPLETED: Event 2: Monday May 25th  - Bupa 10K - completed 10k in 01:04:33 for Team Marsden, beat my personal best by 6 minutes. More info: http://www.london10000.co.uk/ - By the time I completed this event I had raised £602 - 60% of my "Legging It" target for the year.

COMPLETED: Final Event: Sunday 11 October 2015 - Royal Parks Half Marathon  -- https://royalparkshalf.com/ - Completed in 2 hours 20 minutes.

Why?

I lost my friend Sally O'Regan to breast cancer this summer.

My Dad fought and survived throat cancer last year. He walked me up the aisle to give me away this summer at my wedding. His survival and ability to see me get married is something I have celebrated by raising money for the Marsden. 

The very sad reverse of that is my fiancee's Dad Mike Harvey died of throat cancer 14 years ago. The Marsden did everything it could to try to help him but sadly he lost his battle in The Royal Marsden Hospital in Chelsea. I raised money in his memory for The Marsden and hope he's somewhere where he can see and be proud and think I'd have made a good daughter-in-law. 

My fiancee's Grandfather and Godfather were also treated and sadly lost their lives to cancer at The Marsden,

My mate Suzanne Murphy's Mum is fighting it right now. She worked at The Marsden Hospital for years and they are doing everything they can to care for her now. Suzanne ran the 10k with me.

1 in 4 of us will die from cancer in the end.

Now try to imagine a future beyond cancer...

At The Royal Marsden they're dedicated to making this happen.

Thank you.

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We raise money solely to support The Royal Marsden, a world-leading cancer centre. From funding state-of-the-art equipment and ground-breaking research, to creating the very best patient environments, we will never stop looking for ways to improve the lives of people affected by cancer.

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Total raised
£1,038.33
+ £142.50 Gift Aid
Online donations
£782.33
Offline donations
£256.00

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