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Hopkinton Mom Raises Nearly $40,000 to Help Find a Cure for Cancer by Running Four Marathons!
Amazing Annabel Champlin works full time, is mom to 4 small children and running her 4th marathon (one while 5-months pregnant!) and 2nd Boston Marathon as part of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team in Training.
Champlin started running in 2007 after her sister convinced her to sign up for the Nike Women’s Marathon in San Francisco with Team in Training.
The sisters ran in memory of their father who passed away in January 2005 after a 13-month battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
“I had literally never run a mile in my life except for in the eighth grade when it was required to pass gym class," says Champlin.
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"I didn't even know that a marathon was 26.2 miles until after I signed up!”
After running her first marathon in 2007, Champlin decided to run again the following year in her first Boston Marathon.
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That same year while she was five months pregnant with her fourth child she ran her second Nike Women’s Marathon.
Even though it took her eight hours, she crossed the finish line.