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For those that know me, you’ll understand that running any distance is quite a challenge for me let alone a marathon distance! During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have been working from home and/or restricting our movements therefore I decided to set myself a healthy challenge that not only would keep me active but would also hopefully benefit others. As a result, I’ve entered the Edinburgh Marathon Festival Virtual Challenge and would really appreciate your support in the form of a donation to my chosen charity - Prostate Scotland.

I confess that I won’t be doing the marathon distance in a single run. I’ll be breaking this distance up over a few weeks and doing a series of 5K runs to make up the distance but considering the fact that I couldn’t run for more than a minute at the start of the pandemic, it’s still a big challenge that I’ve set myself.

Prostate Cancer is the single biggest cancer for men in Scotland and affects 1 in 10 of us. A friend of mine was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer and has received excellent treatment from our wonderful NHS. He’s now on the road to recovery but many men go undiagnosed until the disease has developed much further therefore more help is needed to save lives. For more information on Prostate Scotland please visit their web site http://www.prostatescotland.org.

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Any contribution would be gratefully received.

Many thanks,

Bill