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Has it been a MONTH?

No way! It can't have been?! Wow that is shockingly long ago. What happened in all those weeks? Well I kept going and guess what? I ran a 10km race under the hour and I felt so proud. The race was called Brettenloop and I got off to a good start, felt like a million bucks and kept going. Finally I could take off that red ribbon that has been on my wrist for nearly a year as a promise to myself that I would finish a 10km race under the hour. Next to all the training I've done I also started a new 30 days challenge. This time it is write a poem every day and...I have done my first jobshadow experience. That was a really great day. Hopefully I get to do two more this month. What else? well I have my startbewijs for the Damloop 2013 since I have already raised 200,73 euro's for ZZF. Check it out: My fundraiser page and please donate! Every penny helps to get research done on Neuralgic Amyotrophy a disease I suffer from myself. I have had two attacks and I want this disease GONE. Never heard of it? Well that is one of the biggest problems...docters haven't either and so most of the time they think you are completely insane and just don't believe you. Luckily for me I found an neurologist that actually recognized the disease and no thanks to my general practioner I got the help I really needed. So please help me raise money for the research on rare diseases such as Neuralgic Amyotrophy. Want to know more about it? read this: An article on Neuralgic Amyotrophy on wikipedia Together we can make it happen. I can run for it and I hope you will help me raise the funding these rare diseases so desperately need. Remember most sufferers are children under the age of five. That to me is unacceptable. We can make the change. Together.

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