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I am running the London Marathon on the 24th of April this year for Independent Age. Older Age is something we can't avoid and I want my loved ones to grow old with love and care. Please do donate to this fantastic cause! For more information please check out the charity's website: http://www.independentage.org/ 

I plan to run the marathon in under 3hrs and 30 minutes so I need to crack on with my training! I am also doing the Cambridge Half Marathon on the 28th of February this year as a warm up. I hope to do the Cambridge in 1hr 30 mins which is probably an even bigger challenge as I only have short legs! I am also committing to giving up booze until the marathon - this is probably the biggest challenge of all for me - so please do back me up!

I am going to try to arrange a number of fundraising activities and events over the next few months so please do watch this space for more info. I will also try to post regular facebook (https://www.facebook.com/md564) updates on how the training is going and you can follow my progress by checking out my Garmin Connect profile where you can see all my training sessions: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/profile/mijd01

all my very best and thanks in advance, Matt. 

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