Rebecca Tomlinson: Twenty-six miles is a lot of effort if you don’t enjoy it, but the truth is I’ve always wanted to run the marathon – Times Online
Those who believe that Rebecca Tomlinson will enter the London Marathon today in honour of her mum are missing the point, and missing the essence of what makes her a true Tomlinson.
Rebecca is a university student, running for her own sense of achievement among the 40,000 who come from around the world to take part. And, yes, her chosen charity, Jane’s Appeal, bears her mother’s name and will most likely shoot through the £2m mark this morning.For her mum’s cause, maybe. But not in her mother’s stead.
“Dad knows that I’m very stubborn and I don’t get pushed into anything for my mum’s sake or anybody else,” she says. “That’s just wrong. Obviously I want to help with the charity, but I don’t feel the need to run for mum. Twenty-six miles is a lot of effort if you’re not going to enjoy it. Truth is, I’ve always wanted to do the marathon.”
* Jane lost her battle, but her spirit lives on *
A tribute to Jane Tomlinson Rebecca, if you haven’t already guessed, is the daughter of Jane Tomlinson, the Yorkshire woman who died last September after responding to the prognosis that she had months to live with incurable cancer by stretching out her life for a further seven years in which she ran, swam and cycled astonishing distances to raise money for cancer research and children’s charities.
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How hard do you try at something before you give up?
You don’t need to be a hero, just defeat your own insecurities. You CAN do it.
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And yes…JMo is too sexy for his shirt 
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