Training in store for Mark ahead of run

FUNDRAISING athlete Mark Cooper has been staying indoors to prepare for a multi-marathon.

The 27-year-old from Mountcastle is preparing to run 50 marathons in 56 days – from Amsterdam to Barcelona – to raise money for Edinburgh Headway Group in memory of his mother Sheila.

He has already completed an indoor marathon at Cameron Toll shopping centre. He will complete similar runs in Princes Mall on Saturday and the St James Centre on 10 April.