That's my friend and coursemate Clare Dutton in full training regalia - she's running the London Marathon on behalf of Bowel Cancer UK next month.

If you have a bit of cash to spare, anything from a pound or two upwards, please take five minutes to sponsor her!

From Clare:

Running this year's London marathon is a massive undertaking for me and I really want to do a good job and raise loads of money for Bowel Cancer UK - a great charity.

If you're on the LCC course and know Clare then you'll already have every reason to give the wee girly some of your hard-earned cash, but if not, think of it this way: donate now and next time you see one of those heartbreaking, phenomenally guilt-inducing cancer-related adverts on TV, you'll be able to think you've at least given a little something to the cause and sleep easier for it...

If anyone wants to go down on Sunday, 23 April and get some photos of our own adopted marathonette to put on Dayorama, I'd be much obliged (I'll be on the way to Manchester otherwise I'd love to be there). Good luck Clare!