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Radio Stoke,4 mins

Sandbach man running 50 marathons for 50th birthday

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Mark Barrett, from Sandbach, is running 50 marathons to celebrate his 50th birthday. He also wants to raise £10,000 for the British Heart Foundation after his wife Hayley, 42, underwent surgery following the discovery of a hole in her heart, likely there since birth. She has since recovered. Mark joined BBC's Lee Blakeman to tell him all about it, starting with how he felt when his wife's condition was discovered.

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