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I am running the London Marathon on the 2nd October because I always have said I would do so before I turn 40 - and I am running out of time! If all goes well, I will do it the day after my 39th birthday! I am TERRIFIED! 

I am also running because I have worked for Outward Bound for a long time - I LOVE what we do as a charity and feel so passionately about it. We work with over 25,000 young people every year to experience the outdoors. Most of those young people are from underrepresented communities and coming on Outward Bound is their very first time seeing the sea or mountains. 

At least a few times a year a young person will take my breath away about their Outward Bound experience. Not so long ago a 14 year old lad from Stepney Green said to me “When I meet the person I want to spend my life with - I’m taking them to the mountains in Wales, because that’s the happiest I have ever been, and where I have felt most ME”. 

If I raise £2,000 from running the Marathon, 4 young people will be funded to have 5 days in the outdoors. So please please support me - a huge THANK YOU in advance. 

Wish me luck! I will need it! 

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