Rowde pub landlord Phil Hale is running the London Marathon to raise money for the Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust.

Phil Hale The trust is a charity that fits security equipment to the homes of elderly and vulnerable people in the county.

This is 43-year-old Mr Hale’s second marathon – he ran his first in New York in 2008.

He has surprised himself by getting the running bug as he was never interested when he was younger.

He runs the George and Dragon pub in Rowde with his wife Michelle and business partner Christopher Day, and is also a sports massage therapist.

Michael and Claire Stynes The father-of-three hopes to finish the London Marathon in about four hours and wants to raise at least £1,000.

Husband and wife Michael and Clare Stynes, of Seend, are running the marathon for the Anthony Nolan Trust.

The charity has a register of bone marrow donors to help people who have leukaemia.

Mrs Stynes, 38, has been on the register of donors for a number of years.

She and her husband, who are both mental health nurses and have three children, have run the marathon before.

Mrs Stynes hopes to complete it in four-and-a-half hours while her husband, 46, is aiming to finish in three hours 45 minutes.

The couple aim to raise £2,500 and have been boosted by support from villagers as an auction of promises and raffle raised nearly £1,000.

Also running in aid of the Anthony Nolan Trust is Sally Hawkins of Poulshot.

This is the second consecutive year she is running the marathon and is doing so in memory of a friend who died of leukaemia. The married mother -of-two is hoping to improve on her time of five hours and 12 minutes last year.

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