Sprightly and bearded, he completed a half marathon at the weekend in five hours 13 minutes. The former Army physical training instructor works three days a week for a London plumbing firm and says he has trained for the April 13th race in his spare time.

• 留着大胡子的马丁精力十足。他于上周末参加了一个“半程马拉松赛”，并以5小时13分钟跑完了全程。马丁曾是一名陆军体能训练师，现在他每周在伦敦一家管道公司工作三天，他说他主要利用业余时间备战4月13号的比赛。