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Some people say it with flowers, but Felicity Holbrook has opted for the slightly unorthodox 26.2-mile run form of the 'thank you'. Her sister, Helen, was born deaf and her sight is deteriorating. Felicity will be running the Flora London Marathon with Brough Scott and The Sunday Telegraph team, on behalf of Sense, a national charity supporting and campaigning for deafblind children and adults.
We've had a lot of connection with Sense," Felicity says. "My sister is deaf. Her sight is getting worse. I've started to realise how much it has affected our family and how much a charity like Sense helps. This is me giving my bit back."
While her sister may well be her main inspiration for running, the desire to raise money and awareness for Sense is equally strong. "Sense really do help families. My sister was first born and it was very difficult. It's something totally unexpected. The charity were there to support my parents and offer help and assistance and to meet other families in the same situation."
It is completion of the Marathon and not some crazy time that she is looking for, which she says is "enough to make me proud, and hopefully Sense proud as well".
"It is refreshing to meet a participant who dislikes running. On the subject of training, she confides: "My main problem is that I hate running. To be honest it's quite tedious, so I have to push myself."
In the adidas flagship store on Oxford Street, at the starting point for three organised training runs, surrounded by thousands of pounds worth of running equipment, a run-hater is something of a rarity.
The commitment has reorg-anised Felicity's life. She plans training around a 10-hour working day with a long run on the weekends and admits: "This is the hardest thing I've done, because of the dedication to the training. There's been a few sessions where I've just stopped in the park and thought 'I can't do this'."
She plans a fundraising ball in May "to celebrate my achievement but also to get more recognition for Sense". She already has.
Some people say it with flowers, but Felicity Holbrook has opted for the slightly unorthodox 26.2-mile run form of the 'thank you'. Her sister, Helen, was born deaf and her sight is deteriorating. Felicity will be running the Flora London Marathon with Brough Scott and The Sunday Telegraph team, on behalf of Sense, a national charity supporting and campaigning for deafblind children and adults.
We've had a lot of connection with Sense," Felicity says. "My sister is deaf. Her sight is getting worse. I've started to realise how much it has affected our family and how much a charity like Sense helps. This is me giving my bit back."
While her sister may well be her main inspiration for running, the desire to raise money and awareness for Sense is equally strong. "Sense really do help families. My sister was first born and it was very difficult. It's something totally unexpected. The charity were there to support my parents and offer help and assistance and to meet other families in the same situation."
It is completion of the Marathon and not some crazy time that she is looking for, which she says is "enough to make me proud, and hopefully Sense proud as well".
"It is refreshing to meet a participant who dislikes running. On the subject of training, she confides: "My main problem is that I hate running. To be honest it's quite tedious, so I have to push myself."
In the adidas flagship store on Oxford Street, at the starting point for three organised training runs, surrounded by thousands of pounds worth of running equipment, a run-hater is something of a rarity.
The commitment has reorg-anised Felicity's life. She plans training around a 10-hour working day with a long run on the weekends and admits: "This is the hardest thing I've done, because of the dedication to the training. There's been a few sessions where I've just stopped in the park and thought 'I can't do this'."
She plans a fundraising ball in May "to celebrate my achievement but also to get more recognition for Sense". She already has.