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Marks Marathon challenge
Mark Cottle is raising money for Stepping Stones-District Specialist Centre For Children With Special Needs and WILLIAMS SYNDROME FOUNDATION LIMITED
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My story
I am taking on the massive challenge of running the London Marathon 2025 to help raise money and awareness of Stepping Stones (a small local charity) and the Williams Syndrome Foundation. Both charities have helped support my daughter Amy and all of us as a family over the last 19 years. This year is very special for Stepping Stones who are celebrating their 50th Birthday, so what better way to celebrate than to run not only my first London Marathon but my first Marathon!! Please help me to raise as much money as I can for these two amazing charities. Any help you can give me would be very much appreciated, wish me luck, I think I am going to need it!!
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My updates
He's done it!! 4hrs 22mins, not the time he wanted but it was very hot out there!! Such an amazing achievement! Thank you so much to everyone who donated it means so much!!

Today's the day!!! Very nervous but excited!! At the start ready to go, hopefully everything will go well, it's warmer than I would have liked but I will try my best!!

It is now less than 4 weeks to go until the big day, I managed my longest run yet of 22 miles on Sunday. Thank you so much to everyone who has sponsored me already, please keep sharing and help me to raise more money for both theses amazing charities. Thank you.
With 6 weeks to go I have been keeping up with my training. I managed 20 miles last weekend and have just completed the equivalent of a half Marathon. Thank you so much to everyone who has donated so far, please continue to share, to help me raise more money for these 2 fantastic charities, that are so close to mine and my families heart. They have both done so much to help Amy.

With less than 9 weeks to go I had a wonderful change of scenery last week, running every day along the beautiful Cornish Coastline.

My 2 charities
Event
London Marathon 2025
27th April 2025
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