fundraiser Neil Bygate is training for the Great North Run - his ninth in as many years.
The 42-year-old, from Carlton Minniott near Thirsk, North Yorkshire, is running up to 20 miles a week to prepare for the half-marathon.
Although his best time in the event so far has been two hours and five minutes, this year he is determined to go under two hours.
Mr Bygate works for GSM Graphic Arts, in Thirsk, and the label manufacturer is among his sponsors. He has always raised cash for cancer charities as the disease has touched on his family in the past.
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