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69-yr-old runs 69th marathon
By: Agencies

London: 
 
Pauline Newsholme has just run her 69th marathon - at the age of 69.

Her amazing achievement is part of a fundraising effort she undertook after her daughter was paralysed.

She ran her first half marathon in February 1982. Pauline wanted to raise money for a children's charity after her daughter Clare was paralysed at the age of six after suffering a rare complication from measles.

Clare made a full recovery but Pauline carried on running and her efforts have helped raise money for children's charities.

She added, "I may be at the age when most grannies are taking it easy, but not me."








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