GOOD luck to all our London Marathon 2017 runners who will take on the 26.2 mile course this morning.

AMY BECKETT - Amy Beckett, 26, of Woodside, Southminster, will be pounding the pavements in aid of Bloodwise.

She hopes to raise £1,500 to mark five years in remission after she was diagnosed with stage three Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

To donate visit www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Amy-Beckett9.

JOHN MALONE - John Malone, 37, of Lavender Drive, Southminster, is raising money for Seafarers UK, after being inspired by his father-in-law.

To donate visit uk.virginmoneygiving.com and search for John Malone.

MARK RIBET - Mark Ribet, 51, of Tideway, Maldon, is running in aid of the Leonard Cheshire Disability charity.

To donate visit JustGiving and search for Mark Ribet.

CHRIS WHISKIN - Chris Whiskin, 28, of Memory Close, Maldon, will be taking on the 26 mile race to help raise money for Bliss, which helped his family when his son George was born eight weeks premature.

Chris, who has previously completed the Maldon triathlon and 10km races, hopes to raise £2,500 for the charity.

To donate visit bit.ly/2kprRZE.

STEVE HOUGHTON - Steve Houghton, 48, of Heron Way, Mayland, is running in aid of Children With Cancer UK at his third London Marathon.

To donate visit uk.virginmoneygiving.com and search for Steve Houghton.

BURNHAM RNLI - Burnham RNLI crew members Steve Harris, Tom Hart, Tom’s wife Louise and Celia Terry, whose husband is a helmsman, signed up to run the 2017 race.

To donate, visit uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/BOC_Coast_Busters or www.facebook.com/RNLICoastBustersBOC.

MARK ENDACOTT - Mark Endacott, 40, of Falcon Fields, Maldon will hopes to raise £2,500 for Farleigh Hospice.

The hospice cared for his fiancée Christine’s brother Fred during the last months of his life, before his death in January 2016.

To donate visit http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/MarkEndacott.