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Hillside runner fights back to complete marathon
A MOTIVATED runner survived being tripped and suffering injuries to complete the London Marathon in under four hours.
Karen Balcombe, of Hillside, Harefield, battled through the pain to help raise almost £1,000 for Harefield Heart Hospital.
She held a charity raffle, for which Atul Sodha from Londis donated a flatscreen television as a prize, and Harefield Football Club also gave wine and spirits.
She said: "I would just like to say thank you to the people of Harefield for all their support during my fundraising.
"During the run I was tripped over at the 10 mile mark and I was black and blue, I really injured myself, I was treated by first aiders and in the end I was just glad to finish.
"The adrenaline kept me going, I would have liked to have done three hours and 45 minutes but in lieu of what happened to do three hours 59 was great.
"All my family came along to watch and the crowd were fantastic, they kept me going."
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