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LISTEN BACK TO TWO LONDON MARATHON STORIES. ANNIE AND LAURA ARE RUNNING FOR THE CALDECOTT FOUNDATION AND CHLOE IS RUNNING FOR MARIE CURIE. · The Folkestone & Hythe Sports Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Okay, So moving on with the sport now London Marathon. Well,
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  Speaker 1: it's about seven weeks to go into the London Marathon,
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  Speaker 1: which takes place on Sunday, April twenty sixth a date
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  Speaker 1: setting stone for those taking part now, whether you're an
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  Speaker 1: experienced runner or somebody doing it for the first time.
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  Speaker 1: Training in recent weeks it's been awful, isn't it. It's
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  Speaker 1: been where, It's been cold, been soggy, it's been really terrible.
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  Speaker 1: Hopefully the weather will be a bit brighter hour as
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  Speaker 1: you pound out those final miles in those long runs
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  Speaker 1: leading up to the marathon itself. Now, in recent years,
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  Speaker 1: I've had several runners in the studio, but my favorites
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  Speaker 1: are the ones that tick the following boxes. It's their
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  Speaker 1: first ever, ever ever marathon. They are local to our
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  Speaker 1: folks in shep Wave region and they're raising money for
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  Speaker 1: a charity. Now, if you fit into that category and
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  Speaker 1: want to come into the studio and share your story,
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  Speaker 1: then please get in touch. I've made a post on
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  Speaker 1: my Kevin Daily Facebook page where you can send me
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  Speaker 1: a pro I have a message, you can have a
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  Speaker 1: chat on the phone. Now worked last year for three
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  Speaker 1: first timers that's what I'm looking for. Three first timers.
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  Speaker 1: Now might have one, Phil King. I'm hoping I can
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  Speaker 1: drag him in to the studio. He's running for the
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  Speaker 1: Aspenill Foundation. But last year three first timers came in.
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  Speaker 1: They were quite nervous when they came in, but they
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  Speaker 1: soon got used to it, told us their stories and
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  Speaker 1: the end result was fantastic. That was Carly Morgan, then
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  Speaker 1: Kelly and Ellie Current. Now I'm not just interested in
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  Speaker 1: first timers, of course, So if you've got a story
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  Speaker 1: you want me to read out on your about your
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  Speaker 1: London marathon, perhaps you're raising money for a special cause
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  Speaker 1: that is close to your heart, then once again, please
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  Speaker 1: get in touch, because this is what community radio is
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  Speaker 1: all about, connecting local people and local stories. We're here
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  Speaker 1: radio folks, and we all volunteers. We give our time
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  Speaker 1: up to give back to the community, to get people
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  Speaker 1: from the community into the radio station to tell to
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  Speaker 1: share stories about what's going on in our region so
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  Speaker 1: that everybody can hear them. And this is the beauty
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  Speaker 1: of local radio. Now, I do have a couple of
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  Speaker 1: stories to read out today about local runners raising money
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  Speaker 1: for their chosen charity. But first of all, let's listen
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  Speaker 1: to this track. Now, if you actually run the London Marathon,
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  Speaker 1: you won't hear this track, But when you get home
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  Speaker 1: or will you watch it when you've taped it, taped it.
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  Speaker 1: That's going back a bit in it when you've recorded it.
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  Speaker 1: This is the song you're here. Well, that's the theme
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  Speaker 1: from the London Marathon, and I mean it's it's it's
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  Speaker 1: known as the theme from the London Marathon, but it's
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  Speaker 1: actually called the Trap. It was a theme song from
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  Speaker 1: a film. I do believe. I must have to look
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  Speaker 1: at it, look out the Girl I used to know.
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  Speaker 1: I'll ever look it up again and tell you on Saturday. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: So staying with our London Marathon theme then, now my
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  Speaker 1: first story heading towards their running day in London, is
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  Speaker 1: about two friends, Annie Hobby and Laura Holly. Now Annie
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  Speaker 1: is raising money for the Cardicot Foundation and Laura was
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  Speaker 1: lucky enough to gain a ballot place, but it's helping
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  Speaker 1: Annie with her fundraising. Now a ballot place. How rare
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  Speaker 1: is that? When was the last time you heard of
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  Speaker 1: anybody getting a ballot place. I know people that have
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  Speaker 1: entered the London Marathon for fifteen eighteen years never got
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  Speaker 1: in and had to go down that charity route. So Laura,
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  Speaker 1: you are so lucky to have a ballot place and
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  Speaker 1: run with Annie. Now. The Cordycock Foundation is a local
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  Speaker 1: charity that perhaps goes under the radar a bit. You
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  Speaker 1: know now, you may have driven past it loads of
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  Speaker 1: times and not noticed it its location. It's on the
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  Speaker 1: A twenty between Hive and Ashford. Now. Annie is passionate
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  Speaker 1: about this charity, being a primary school teacher and a
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  Speaker 1: mother of two young children. As the Caudicott Foundation helps
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  Speaker 1: children in their schools and foster homes who have had
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  Speaker 1: huge challenges to the start of their lives. Annie and
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  Speaker 1: Laura are training buddies and Annie will never run on
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  Speaker 1: her own unless it's with her other training partner, a
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  Speaker 1: lurcher Enid, Annie, how did you think up of a
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  Speaker 1: name like that for a dog? Enid? There's no other
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  Speaker 1: Enis out there, I bet anyway. The two ladies love
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  Speaker 1: to travel and run. In October last year they ran
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  Speaker 1: a half marathon in Rome and he ran the Paris Marathon,
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  Speaker 1: raising three two hundred pounds for British Heart Foundation and
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  Speaker 1: went on to do a fifty three kilometer run for
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  Speaker 1: White Ribbon, which is a leading charity in England and
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  Speaker 1: Wales addressing men's violence against women. And he has a
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  Speaker 1: long term NEEE issue which requires a chiropractive visit every
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  Speaker 1: two weeks, but it sounds like that's not going to
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  Speaker 1: stop her. Annie and Laura are going up on a
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  Speaker 1: Saturday and staying over. Then the families and friends are
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  Speaker 1: coming up on a Sunday and they've organized a big
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  Speaker 1: meal afterwards to celebrate. And he wants to say a
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  Speaker 1: big thank you to Laura for always agreeing to sign
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  Speaker 1: up for races. Sounds like she's been a bit press
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  Speaker 1: ganged into that, but it's great to have a running
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  Speaker 1: partner that's got ther same interest and so world unto you, Laura,
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  Speaker 1: and a big thanks for the support given by her husband,
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  Speaker 1: Simon and the children Dulcie and Marley. And likewise, Laura
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  Speaker 1: wants to thank her husband Chris, and her children and
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  Speaker 1: the cheerleaders evening and Noah. Now, so far Annie and
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  Speaker 1: Laura between have raised twelve hundred pound for the Cardycott
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  Speaker 1: Foundation and nowadays well certainly this year I've noticed that
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  Speaker 1: the charities, perhaps it's not therefore they are having to
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  Speaker 1: pay more for the entries. It used to be like
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  Speaker 1: fifteen hundred than it was two thousand, but now they're
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  Speaker 1: wanting two and five hundred pound for an entry. Now,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not blaming the charities. I don't know what goes
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  Speaker 1: on behind the scenes, but that is it's a massive
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  Speaker 1: amount to find, isn't it. But people still go out
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  Speaker 1: there and they do it, and they do all sorts
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  Speaker 1: of things, cake sales, you know, quiz nights. So big
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  Speaker 1: World done to Annie and Laurie. Laura, you're what halfway
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  Speaker 1: at least halfway there? And once this story goes out
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  Speaker 1: on my Facebook page, I will attempt to put a
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  Speaker 1: link up there to boost you're just giving. Okay, so
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  Speaker 1: we've got I've known this for a while. This is
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  Speaker 1: nineteen eighty six. Can't be a touch of on Jovi,
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  Speaker 1: Bad name Jovi nineteen eighty six, you give love a
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  Speaker 1: bad name, average white band as the song runners hate. Here.
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  Speaker 1: Let's go around again, and I must have met been
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  Speaker 1: on the finish line at a race. I do learn
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  Speaker 1: a few new swear words, things like oh my gosh,
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  Speaker 1: that was really hard or words to that effect. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: so we've got another marathon story to read. Out now.
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  Speaker 1: This story is from Chloe Westhead, who will be running
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  Speaker 1: her second marathon in London. Her first was in Southampton
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  Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen. Who chosen charity for both these races
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  Speaker 1: is Mary Curie, who are the UK's leading end of
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  Speaker 1: life charity, a charity very dear to Chloe's heart. Chloe
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  Speaker 1: is a born and bred South Londoner and always wanted
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  Speaker 1: to run London. She and her partner and now husband
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  Speaker 1: moved to a house in Somerset Road in Folkston and
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  Speaker 1: her dad Andy Handy Andy as he was known, helped
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  Speaker 1: them with a complete renovation of the house, But then
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  Speaker 1: they had the devastating news that dad Andy was diagnosed
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  Speaker 1: with pancreatic cancer. He was given six to nine months
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  Speaker 1: to live, but passed away just seven weeks later. On
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  Speaker 1: hearing the news, Chloe immediately moved back to London and
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  Speaker 1: to help care for a dad along with her two sisters,
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  Speaker 1: an identical twin called Lucy, her older sister Sophie and
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  Speaker 1: her mum Kay. Andy was adamant his last days were
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  Speaker 1: to be spent in the family home, a home he
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  Speaker 1: totally renovated in Brixton at the age of twenty one,
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  Speaker 1: so The family took it in turns to give him
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  Speaker 1: twenty four hour care, but of course it took its
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  Speaker 1: toll as they all held down full time jobs. They
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  Speaker 1: were receiving support from the local Saint Christopher's Hospice, but
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  Speaker 1: this is where Mary Curie nurses came in. They offered
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  Speaker 1: overnight care, keeping him comfortable with the calm, loving presents
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  Speaker 1: and the family can praise them enough, which is why
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  Speaker 1: Chloe continues to fundraise so that other families can receive
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  Speaker 1: the excellent care that they received, and he finally passed
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  Speaker 1: away peacefully at the age of fifty three. Now, Chloe's
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  Speaker 1: training has been hampered by a hip injury, which she's
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  Speaker 1: progressing well. She is a keen cyclist that says this
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  Speaker 1: is her last marathon because of the commitment to training. Now,
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  Speaker 1: if you'd like to meet Chloe and have a chat
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  Speaker 1: with her about Mary Cury, she will be at Morrison's
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  Speaker 1: on Sunday, the eighth of March this Sunday from ten
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  Speaker 1: o'clock with a bucket and a smile. No doubt, Handy
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  Speaker 1: Andy will proudly be looking down on Chloe as she
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  Speaker 1: runs the London Marathon, cheering her on as she looks
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  Speaker 1: forward to with determination acrossing that finish line where she
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  Speaker 1: knows that her husband Dan and her two children Isabelle
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  Speaker 1: and Elliot will be waiting. Now, Chloe has a just
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  Speaker 1: giving page and I'll be sharing that as well. So
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  Speaker 1: now that is a really moving story, isn't it. Now.
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  Speaker 1: I put the word out to see there was any
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  Speaker 1: stories out there, but I didn't quite kind of hit
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  Speaker 1: me that one did. And so I hope I've done
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  Speaker 1: it justice, Chloe, because that was a tough thing to
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  Speaker 1: go through. Moving down here, they're moving back, but you're
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  Speaker 1: paying the Mary Cury people by running these marathons and
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  Speaker 1: raising money so that people will it'll just make people
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  Speaker 1: end of life, you know, they will call on Mary
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  Speaker 1: Curry and get the same treatment that Andy got. So
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  Speaker 1: big will dones to you so and also to Annie
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  Speaker 1: and Laurie. Annie and Laura keep getting them too mothered
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  Speaker 1: up Annie and Laura for their story about the Cordycott Foundation.
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  Speaker 1: And I will certainly be looking out for you, and
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  Speaker 1: I'll get your running numbers on the day and I'll
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  Speaker 1: be tracking you see how you're all getting on. So,
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  Speaker 1: if you've got a story and you want to share
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  Speaker 1: it with me about your London marathon. Now, I am
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  Speaker 1: basically looking for people to come into the studio. I
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  Speaker 1: think I've got one. I'm looking for runners that is
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  Speaker 1: their first ever, ever ever marathon, and their first ever
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  Speaker 1: marathon is running at London and they're running for a charity.
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  Speaker 1: So it's basically all new. If you've run a marathon before,
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  Speaker 1: you've got that little bit of experience. But I want
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  Speaker 1: runners to come in and tell me how they're feeling,
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  Speaker 1: whether they're confident, whether they're nervous, whether they're looking forward
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  Speaker 1: to it, whether they're dreading it. You know, it's a
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  Speaker 1: whole whole new ballgame for some people. So there we go.
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  Speaker 1: So that's the two stories for this week. If you've
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  Speaker 1: got a story that you want to share, then just
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  Speaker 1: get in touch via Mike Kevin Daily Facebook. I'll give
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  Speaker 1: you my email address so you can send me the
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  Speaker 1: full story and I would do my very best to
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  Speaker 1: read it out