A KEEN runner from Okehampton has continued her quest to raise money for charity, after she took part in the London Marathon.
Jenny Rice, who has so far raised £1,200 for the charity Living Hope in Uganda, suffered a major training setback at the beginning of March due to an injury.
She said: 'I hadn't really trained properly since then, so on the morning I was incredibly nervous as I had only run 16 miles way back at the end of February.
'I had no idea how I was going to cope but somehow I managed to get round in under four hours.'
Jenny ran the marathon in 3 hours and 53 minutes.
'I still don't quite know how I did it.
'The support from the crowd played a big part in keeping me going and I never walked once.
'The hardest thing for me was the heat, but thanks to the regular water stations and showers, I managed to keep just about cool enough.'
Jenny, who intends to run the marathon again in a few years to try and improve on her time, is currently back in training for her summer trip cycling Land's End to John O' Groats for two weeks in July.
Pictured left is Jenny on her 23rd mile during the London Marathon.