Thursday 11 March 2010

The Bath Half Marathon

 I've just successfully completed the Bath Half Marathon on Sunday 7 March.

My mother Lena died from Liver Cancer last September and spent her last 10 days in a Marie Curie Cancer Care Hospice in London where she received the most wonderful care and attention. As a thank you to Marie Curie Cancer Care, my wife Nicola, my son Dominic and his girlfriend Lizzey and myself all decided to run the Bath Half in memory of my mum and also to raise funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

So far, we have raised just over £1,500 through sponsorship and donations offline and also online via our Just Giving website at http://www.justgiving.com/Liu-family. With Gift Aid, the total should rise to well over £1,600.

It was incredibly tough for us as we didn't start training until after Christmas and hadn't done any exercise previously. Also, Dominic was suffering from a sore knee and a terrible cold the Firday before the race. However, we all completed the race in respectable times and the amount of monies we've raised for Marie Curie Cancer Care has made us very proud.

Thanks to everyone who was kind enough to sponsor us.

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Brian Liu is the Creative Director of Imagine Design Associates, a Graphic Design Consultancy specialising in all marketing communications material for print and web.
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