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"The Only Way Is Essex&amp;#039;s James &amp;#039;Arg&amp;#039; Argent has taken to Twitter to celebrate completing the London Marathon today. Argent was one of a number of the reality TV programme&amp;#039;s stars to hit the roads of the capital this morning (April 22), in order to raise money for a variety of good causes.  Following completion of the 26.2-mile course, Argent posted a picture of himself holding his participant&amp;#039;s medal, captioned: &amp;quot;6 weeks ago I was 18 stone and couldn&amp;#039;t run down my road. Just completed London Marathon #LookAtMeNow (sic)&amp;quot; He continued: &amp;quot;Received so much stick n lots believed I wouldnt do it but proved those Haters/Doubters wrong! Hope Granddad Seamus is proud! #CancerResearch.&amp;quot; The Essex celebrity, who has raised a total of \u00C2\u00A33,313 for Cancer Research UK, added: &amp;quot;As @justinbieber says #NeverSayNever #VirginLondonMarathon2012 #CancerResearch @carakilbey @BilliMucklow NEVER FORGET! Lifetime Achievement!x&amp;quot;  According to the Daily Mail, Argent completed the course in 06:01:01, while his TOWIE cast mates Cara Kilbey finished in 05:47:45 and Billi Mucklow came in at 06:02:37. Prince Harry presented trophies to the winners of today&amp;#039;s race and joked that Prince William and Kate Middleton will participate in the race next year. Watch the TOWIE cast&amp;#039;s interview with Digital Spy below:  &amp;gt; TOWIE preview: Arg loses two stone, Lauren gets emotional - pictures "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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