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5 Siblings.......
£8500.......
One Marathon.......
One Dream!

 

We are Team Hocking!

Team Hocking consists of Rosie, Hannah, Sarah, Tom and Debs and on the 26th April 2009 we will be running the Flora London Marathon for the Parkinson's Disease Society.

Why are we doing this? Well our Dad has had Parkinson's Disease for 22 years. This is a progressive neurological disease and its effects mean that Dad now requires full time care. The Parkinson's Disease Society has provided our family with a lot of support and information over the years and so this is our way  of giving something back.

To follow our journey you can subscribe to this blog by clicking on the link to the right of this page and to help us raise £8500 please sponsor us at www.justgiving.com/teamhocking


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We did it!

So we did it! Yesterday we all finished the London Marathon. We found it tough, particularly with the heat, and Tom who was still suffering from tonsillitis. Some of us were disappointed with our times but we all got round the 26.2miles which was the main aim! Despite all this it was a fantastic day - We were interviewed by Jonathon Edwards for the BBC in the morning (but don't think it was shown), the crowd were fantastic, the other PDS runners were great and it was a real relief to finally cross the finish line and collect our medals.

But perhaps more importantly, we have raised over £10,000 for the Parkinson’s Disease Society which we’re really pleased about.

So thank you to everyone who has supported us and sponsored us. Its been a roller coaster journey but we're really chuffed with what we've achieved and while we might not do the London Marathon again we will hopefully keep on running!

 

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Well done all! A great effort and a huge amount of money raised for a fabulous cause. Many, many congratulations!

posted by Clouseau premium member on 27 April 2009 8:22p.m.

What a fantastic acheivement to raise so much money. To get round in such heat yesterday was a feat in itself. Congratulations x

posted by mollyfox16 premium member on 27 April 2009 10:38p.m.

Many congratulations you have all done brilliantly! I was slow too but getting round is the main aim.

posted by GETM on 28 April 2009 4:22p.m.

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