With 600 training miles behind them already, a group of Swansea Council workers are continuing to pound the pavements ahead of the London Marathon. 

Bob Fenwick and Mark Thomas, who work in the council’s transport section, are gearing up for the big day on April 17. 

They will be running in aid of The Shaw Trust based in Llandarcy, a national charity providing training and work opportunities for people who are at a disadvantage in the labour market due to disability, ill health or other circumstances.  They are aiming to raise at least £2,000 for their chosen charity. 

Other council workers entered in the London event are children’s play officer Stephen Cable, who is running his fourth marathon, this time in aid of Cancer Research UK and food safety officer Katie Young, a marathon newcomer who is raising funds for Cardiac Risk in the Young.