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I am not the fittest I have ever been, nor am I a fan of running, but I have decided to sign myself up for the Vitality Oxford Half Marathon in October 2015. 

This started off as a social thing to do with some friends and colleagues, but I now want to use this as a way to raise money for a charity close to my heart, Meningitis Now.

Meningitis Now has no central government funding and they are reliant on people helping them raise the £4 million they need to support people facing meningitis every year. 

They Save Lives through research into life-saving vaccines and spreading disease awareness, and help Change Lives after meningitis with their specialist support, helping people to rebuild their futures.

• £10 can help save lives by getting 350 signs and symptoms cards out into the community.
• £25 can give someone living with the impact of meningitis a valuable day out at one of their local family days.
• £50 can provide someone suffering with the after effects of meningitis with an hour of emotional support from a specialist counsellor/therapist.

I'm not going to complete this half marathon in an amazing time and will probably end up crawling the last leg, but as of today, 27th May, I have 19 weeks of training to ensure that I survive getting around the course. ...Or I am going to imagine that I am chasing Ryan Gosling :D

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Many thanks,

Sophie x