Marathon man Mark reaches halfway point in challenge

A MAN who is running 50 marathons in 56 days has passed the halfway mark on his challenge.

Mark Cooper, 27, from Mountcastle, is running 1,300 miles from Amsterdam to Barcelona to raise money for head injuries charity Headway Edinburgh.

He is completing the challenge in memory of his mother Sheila, who died of a brain haemorrhage when he was just 14.

Mr Cooper set off on 1 May and has completed 25 marathons. Speaking from Burgundy, he said: "It's going brilliantly. I had to see a physio in Eindhoven because I had a lot of problems with the tendon at the front of my left ankle, but since then I've had no problems whatsoever."