Chris Birch, who lives in Reynalton and is employed by Pembrokeshire County Council as the Lifelong Learning manager, will be running the London Marathon in April 2009 in aid of 'Action for Children', the new name for NCH-National Children's Homes Cymru.

You can follow a light-hearted account of Chris's training progress through the cold winter months, counting down to the big day, and make a donation by going online to: http://www.justgiving.com/christopherbirch">www.justgiving.com/christopherbirch

Chris, who has already commenced his training programme, said: "It takes a lot of time and effort to ensure you complete the course, but I am determined to achieve this for 'Action for Children' which does so much valuable work locally from its base in Haverfordwest."