Thousands of people are set to take part in the London Marathon tomorrow in a bid to raise money for a worthy cause.

Temperatures are expected to reach sweltering highs of 23C on Sunday but this will not deter runners from dressing up or beating their best time.

Here are the inspirational stories of some of the people from Hertfordshire who are running 26 miles for a charity that is close to their heart:

Tom Allerton from Watford will take part in his first marathon while simultaneously DJing.

Mr Allerton, who is also known as Marathon DJ, will be raising money for Action Against Hunger, who have been leading the global fight against hunger for 40 years, as well as Trekstock, which supports young people with cancer.

As an amateur runner and DJ, he explained how he came up with the idea to combine his two passions: "I was out running and a song came on my playlist which was completely wrong for that point in my run. 

I really needed to hear an uplifting track and thought to myself, wouldn't it be great if someone could soundtrack my run in real time."

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Nathan Deamer, who lives in Watford and was treated at Mount Vernon Hospital in Northwood for testicular cancer in 2010, is running his first London Marathon for Macmillan. 

He said: "I had nine weeks of intensive chemotherapy over Christmas 2010 before getting the all clear in January 2011.

"Six years on I am still thankful for everything that Macmillan staff did to help me and my family.  Now I want to give something back."

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Richard Scott from Radlett will be running his third London Marathon - his sixth marathon in total - in aid of Aspire, the national charity that provides practical help to people who have been paralysed by Spinal Cord Injury.

Richard is currently working as redevelopment project manager at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore, where Aspire and the Aspire Leisure Centre are also based.

He was persuaded to run the London Marathon in 2018 by his two nieces who, following their move from Johannesburg to London, asked Richard to help them complete their bucket list.  

So far they have been to a few sporting fixtures including trips to the Six Nations, to Lord’s to see South Africa play cricket and to Cardiff to see them play rugby.  Next on the list is the London Marathon.

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