Penny Simpson is running her first ever marathon, aged 60, in memory of a son who died of a heart attack aged 26.  He eldest son Ben was a personnel executive for Price Waterhouse-Coopers but suddenly died while playing hockey in 2005. 

Penny, who moved to Boscombe Manor from Kent in 2001, aims to raise at least the minimum £1,500 target for CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young.) 

She has a punishing training schedule ahead of the London Marathon on April 26.  Husband Rob, 60, a retired personnel manager, said: "She's never done anything like this before. 

"It's amazing really.  It will take in excess of six hours." 

"She is expecting to walk 100 miles of it." 

He added: "Deaths like this claim 12 people a week under the age of 35." 

Ben lived in the family's original home town of Forest Hill. 

His brother Joe, aged 27, and two other friends, will also be running. 

You can donate by contacting CRY and quoting the Ben Simpson Memorial Fund.