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Dad with terminal illness plans to break Guinness World Record swim

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A father of three diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) wants to raise awareness of the illness by breaking a Guinness World record.

In a bid to make a positive out of the negative Mark decided to take on the challenge to swim the distance of 10.5km at the lake in Denham Waterski Club.

Mark wants to do the swim to raise money for MND research. Right: Mark and his son David are Watford FC fans.Two other reasons include,He added: “I’m really close with my children, not that they need any more lessons, but one major life lesson I want to leave is to never give up. They know their dad is not going to curl up and go down without a fight.”

He said: “For people who live with MND, one of the only places they feel relatively normal is in the water.

 

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