London Marathon

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My dad was knocked off his bike, I wanted to give back to the service that saved his life

'You never think it’s going to happen to your family, or that you’re ever going to need to use the service, especially when you work within the NHS'

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I was unfit and struggling with stress but started running and found my spark again

Penny was inspired to run the London Marathon after losing close friends to cancer

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Londonderry dad runs 'bittersweet' marathon in wife's memory - to 'see good coming out of bad'

Alan Robinson raised more than £8,500 for Brain Tumour Research UK

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Runner finishes London Marathon three years in a row to raise a whopping £100k

Simon Robinson and colleagues achieved personal best times in the race to raise funds for cancer charity Macmillan

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Dover oil rig worker runs London Marathon to support cancer patients

Daniel Davidson wanted to raise funds for The Institute of Cancer Research, London, in memory of his mum

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Man who lost incredible 12 stone takes on marathon fundraiser for autistic adults

James, who works for a national learning disability charity, is also maintaining his own weight-loss journey

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Surrey woman won't let disability get in the way of five marathon challenge for UNICEF UK

Sarah Lynne Ward was inspired by her fight to save the life of an abandoned baby when she was volunteering in Kenya

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Cancer survivor takes on London Marathon again 30 years on

Wayne Morgan first completed the famous race in 1993

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Husband and wife duo ready to take on London marathon together for St Ann’s Hospice

Belinda Neild has been raising money for the hospice over the last 12 years, originally in memory of her mum and then for her mum’s siblings too

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Visually impaired Somerset woman runs two marathons in three weeks for Guide Dogs

Angela Blackwell described guide dog Flynn as her superhero who helped restore her confidence when she was registered blind

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Torquay resident to run London Marathon in aid of Sue Ryder

'Mum and I shared some good times in the hospice. We sat in the garden together and had some really open and honest conversations'

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Chessington four-year-old channels superpowers for his first mini marathon

Leo Stafford will be taking on the TCS Mini London Marathon to raise money for Queen Elizabeth's Foundation for Disabled People (QEF)