AFTER months of training Dorset’s London Marathon runners finally hit the streets of the capital to raise thousands of pounds for charity.

Participants from across the county took part in the 32nd race alongside fun runners, amateur athletes, celebrities and elite sportsmen and women.

Conditions were bright and sunny in the capital with temperatures of 13 degrees as people set off on the gruelling 26.2-mile course.

Kenya’s Wilson Kipsang took home the men’s marathon crownwith a time of two hours, four minutes and 44 seconds and Mary Keitany, also from Kenya, defended her women’s title with a time of two hours, 18 minutes and 37 seconds.

In the wheelchair event Great Britain’s David Weir took first for the sixth time with a time of one hour, 32 minutes and 23 seconds and in the women’s competitions Britain’s Shelley Woods came first with a time of one hour, 49 minutes and ten seconds.

This year there were 35,970 starters, the third highest total since the marathon began.

Hayley Morby

Dorchester runner Hayley Morby, 23, ran her second marathon for the Joseph Weld Hospice in memory of her boyfriend’s mother Katrina Green, who passed away in April 2010.

Unfortunately, during last year’s race she became injured so wanted to do the marathon again to better her time and raise even more for the Dorchester hospice.

This year disaster struck again with another injury but she was still able to beat last year’s time.

She said: “Once again I was plagued with injury but nothing was going to stop me getting to the end. I was especially pleased that although I didn’t get the time I was hoping for I did beat last year’s time.”

Hayley finished in five hours, 28 minutes and hopes to reach her £2,000 fundraising goal.

Tony Freudenfeld

A DORCHESTER police worker ran the marathon in aid of motor neurone disease.

Tony Freudenfeld, desk officer at Dorchester police station, is a veteran marathon runner and fundraiser and has raised hundreds of pounds for local charities.

This year he ran for the West Dorset branch of the Motor Neurone Disease Society and has raised hundreds of pounds for the local cause.

The 64-year-old of Cerne Abbas completed his fourth London Marathon in five hours and 25 minutes.

He said: “It’s all completed now and I’m just feeling really tired.

“It went very well, it’s my fourth marathon so I knew what to expect.

“I’m back to work Monday morning so there won’t be much time to rest.

“It was a great day.”

The former Army man is no stranger to sporting challenges and has completed many charity feats over the years.