VALENTINE Inglis-Jones, the vicar of St Mary's Church, Bramshott, is due to run his first London Marathon, next month.

Not only is he planning to run all of the 26.2 miles on Sunday, April 22, but he will be competing in special "barefoot" shoes, which make participants run on the balls of their feet while the rest of the foot never touches the ground.

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