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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt;">So, The Great Manchester Run ... at the moment I'm thinking hordes of cheering people, the Rocky theme on my ipod and my friends and family cheering me over the finish line.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt;">The reality? Very sweaty, panting heavily and … Let's stop there ... this isn't about me.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><strong><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt;">I'm trying to raise money for the <a title="http://www.cftrust.org.uk/ Cystic Fibrosis Trust" href="http://www.cftrust.org.uk/">Cystic Fibrosis Trust</a>.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><strong><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt;">I know a few people affected by CF, <span class="main-hd">so if you'd like to help spur me on and help find a cure please leave a donation!!</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span class="main-hd"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt;">What is Cystic Fibrosis? </span></span><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; color: #1c1c1c; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Over two million people in the UK carry the faulty gene that causes Cystic Fibrosis - around 1 in 25 of the population. </span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; color: #1c1c1c; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">If two carriers have a child, the baby has a 1 in 4 chance of having Cystic Fibrosis. </span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; color: #1c1c1c; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Cystic Fibrosis affects the internal organs, especially the lungs and digestive system, by clogging them with thick sticky mucus. This makes it hard to breathe and digest food. </span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; color: #1c1c1c; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Each week, five babies are born with Cystic Fibrosis. </span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; color: #1c1c1c; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Around half of the CF population can expect to live over 38 years, although improvements in treatments mean a baby born today could expect to live even longer. </span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; color: #1c1c1c; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; color: #1c1c1c; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">So please dig deep and donate generously.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; color: #1c1c1c; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Many, many thanks!</span></span></p>