AFTER the London Marathon 2020 was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic a mum of three was determined to run the distance.

Beth Port, 36, of Stroud had tried twice to get a spot at the marathon but it was only until this year that she got in.

But she was disappointed when it was decided to be postponed until October because of Covid-19.

She told the Adver: "I've never ran that far before the most is maybe a 5k park run. When I realised it was cancelled, and rightly so, I decided to go for the Berkeley race which was still on.

"I ran to the finish line and back so I still did the length of a marathon. It was really hard and everyone was looking at me like 'what are you doing?' I just wanted to make everyone proud."

Her husband Daniel Port, her two-year-old twin boys Billy and Sidney, and their son Jasper who is four were all waiting at the finish line for her.

Beth is an anesthesia associate at Great Western Hospital and was one of the healthcare workers who saved a lorry driver's life.

She was on her way home from work driving on the A419 when she passed Kevin Lothian 49 in October last year.

He was on the side of the busy main road and noticed that he was in cardiac arrest.

Beth along with her co-worker Claire Bagley took turns giving him CPR for 25 minutes in torrential rain until an ambulance arrived.

She said: "It was a massive mental challenge, it really was like nothing else.

"The reason why I wanted to do it was because I'm really passionate about training people up in CPR so that's why I was doing it to raise money for the British Heart Foundation."

The money raised on her Virgin Money Giving page will be split between SHED and St James' City Farm in Gloucester.

SHED is a group for dads who have babies that have ended up on the neonatal unit at Gloucester Royal Hospital.

Her twin boys ended up on the ward after they were born and Beth's husband has since been involved in the planning group for it.

And she picked the City Farm because her children go there once a week and so she wanted to give something back.

Despite already running the length of the London Marathon she still plans on going in October

She said: "I hope I can raise enough to give to all of these charities, I just want to give back."

So far she has raised just over £1,000 for her £2,000 target.

To donate to her cause visit virginmoneygiving.com