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A BLACKWOOD man is to run two mara- thons in seven days in memory of a dear friend. Daffydd Weetman, 40, hopes to complete the Llanelli Marathon on April 19 and the Lon- don Marathon on April 26 in tribute to Bethan Sims, 20, from Black- wood, who lost her bat- tle with cystic fibrosis last September. MsSims,who was the niece of Mr Weetman’s sister, Jennifer Sims, had suffered from the genetic disorder since childhood and had been on the waiting list for a lung transplant before she died. Mr Weetman, who
has only been running for 18 months, said that he felt the mammoth challenge of running 52 miles was the per- fect way to pay tribute to Ms Sims. He said: “Bethan was
a really funny and out- going person. “Nothing
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start to hurt on a long run, the inspiration to carry on comes from her. “It seemed natural to
do this in memory of her.” Last year, Mr Weet-
man ran the London Marathon in a time of five hours and 10 min- utes – having only been training for the event for four months. Mr Weetman, a mem-
ber of Islwyn running club, has been running bout 50 miles per week in training for this year’s event. He said: “When you
hit the 20-mile mark of a marathon, your body just goes and you have to push on and I think I can do it in four hours this time around. “It just felt the right thing to do in memory of Bethan.” Mr Weetman is fun- draising on behalf of the Better Life Appeal,
who supported Ms Sims throughout her life, and hopes to raise £400 through running the two marathons. The Better Life Ap-
peal supports the All Wales Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre based at Llandough Hospital in Cardiff. It is the only adult Cystic Fibrosis cen- tre in Wales and cares for almost 250 patients. To donate, you
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