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Jenny Wood-Allen MBE (20 November 1911 – 30 December 2010) was a Scottish marathon runner and Guinness World Record holder, running in over 30 marathons since 1983 and earning more than £70,000 for charity. Career Hailing from Dundee, Scotland, Wood-Allen initially took up sport in 1983 as a "one-off". Wood-Allen made national headlines across the UK when she was 87 years old after completing the 1999 London Marathon. Her time of 7hours 14mins 46secs, earned her the current Guinness World Record for Oldest Female Marathon Finisher. In 2001, Wood-Allen ran for the last time in the London Marathon before walking it once more in 2002, aged 90. She received an MBE in the 2006 New Year Honours List, and took part in the 2006 Great Scottish Walk. In December 2006, she made the headlines when £700 worth of jewellery was stolen from her home.From 2007, she was still very active in sport, running up to 50 miles a week, and regularly appearing at meetings of the Dundee City Sports Council.Jenny Wood-Allen died on 30 December 2010, aged 99 in Dundee. Her funeral was held at the parish church of Douglas, Dundee on 12 January 2011, and she was cremated at Dundee Crematorium. References External links ABC News – Keep on running Run for your wife, BBC news, 16 April 1999. Discover the Jenny Allen popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Jenny Allen books.

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  • Restless Bible Study Guide synopsis, comments

    Restless Bible Study Guide

    Jennie Allen

    Do you feel like you're just waiting to find your purpose? Do you want to live like you were made for more?Many of us feel restless, and that might not be a bad thing. . . When our...

  • Chase Bible Study Guide synopsis, comments

    Chase Bible Study Guide

    Jennie Allen

    What are you chasing? Through deep Bible study and practical exercises with Jennie Allen, discover that God has carved out a space in each of us that only he can fill.Are you ...

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    The Bookshop of Hidden Dreams

    Karen Hawkins

    A brand new novel in the “sometimes whimsical, often insightful, always absorbing” (Shelf Awareness) Dove Pond series that follows a gifted historian investigating the mystery of a...

  • Anything synopsis, comments

    Anything

    Jennie Allen

    What if you promised God you would do anything . . . and he took you up on it? Anything is a prayer of surrender that will move you to stop chasing happiness and start living a sur...

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    The Book Charmer

    Karen Hawkins

    Prepare to fall under the spell of “this sometimes whimsical, often insightful, always absorbing story” (Shelf Awareness) following two fiercely independent women and their truly m...

  • Love in the Afternoon synopsis, comments

    Love in the Afternoon

    Karen Hawkins

    A woman with a legendary green thumb, a man living in an emotional desert, and a small boy unable to connect with others. Can the three of them, with a little help from the charmed...

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    Our World

    Little Mix

    Celebrate Little Mix's first UK numberone album Glory Days by reading the full story of the girls' astonishing rise to pop super stardom. Our World is full of exclusive photos an...

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    The Lotus Tree

    Jenny Allen

    Eight months ago, a string of horrific events shattered the life of Forensic Investigator Lilith Adams, who is still struggling to pick up the pieces. Things feel unfinished as if ...

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    Goodbye, Paris

    Anstey Harris

    International Bestseller A Book of the Month Club PickThe Little Paris Bookshop meets Jojo Moyes in Goodbye, Paris, an utterly charming novel that proves that sometimes you have ...

  • Stuck Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video synopsis, comments

    Stuck Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video

    Jennie Allen

    Do you feel stuck?  So many of us live stuck. Stuck in trying to seem perfect. Stuck in sadness. Stuck feeling numb. Stuck pursuing more stuff to make us happy. Stuck in ...

  • Restless Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video synopsis, comments

    Restless Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video

    Jennie Allen

    Are you numb? Bored? Are you afraid you're wasting your life?  We all desperately want to live for something. We die a little inside when we think we aren’t ...

  • Stuck Bible Study Guide synopsis, comments

    Stuck Bible Study Guide

    Jennie Allen

    Do you feel stuck?So many of us live stuck. Stuck in trying to seem perfect. Stuck in sadness. Stuck feeling numb. Stuck pursuing more stuff to make us happy. Stuck in something we...

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    Restless

    Jennie Allen

    Do you live for something? Or do you feel like you're just waiting to find your purpose? Many of us feel restless, but that might not be a bad thing. When our restlessness awakens ...

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    A Cup of Silver Linings

    Karen Hawkins

    Discover the “sometimes whimsical, often insightful, always absorbing” (Shelf Awareness) Dove Pond series with this novel that explores the magic in the tea leavesfrom New York Tim...

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    Anything

    Jennie Allen

    What if you promised God you would do anything . . . and he took you up on it? Anything is a prayer of surrender that will move you to stop chasing happiness and start living a sur...

  • Chase Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video synopsis, comments

    Chase Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video

    Jennie Allen

    What are you chasing? Are you doing everything right but still feel empty? Are you so busy doing things for God and everyone else that you altogether miss him? Do you ever, in...

  • The Secret Recipe of Ella Dove synopsis, comments

    The Secret Recipe of Ella Dove

    Karen Hawkins

    Three lives converge as a wildly talented baker returns to Dove Pond to face her past in this entry in the charming series that proves that sometimes miracles really do happen...El...