IT'S her eleventh London Marathon, but this 60-year-old found love for more than just running as she prepared for the first on her 50th birthday.
Linda Bristow Tyler and her husband Keith Tyler have been married for ten years in June – and they first met when preparing for the 26.2-mile race in 2003.
This year, at 60 years old, she is running her 11th consecutive London Marathon – her 22nd in total – and running 40 miles a week to train.
Linda said: "I don't really feel any different to how I did when I ran my first marathon.
"You pick up a few more niggling little injuries when you get older, but it is something I still really enjoy. I'm happy that I can still get out there to do it and hope that other older people would read this and realise that they can do it, too.
"It's important to keep fit as you get older as you need to take extra care of your health."
Back in 2003, Keith, a member of Cleethorpes Athletics Club, posted a notice about places on the Grimsby Institute's internal website where they both worked – and it caught Linda's eye.
Despite not running since school, she made it her personal mission to run the 2003 London Marathon – which fell on her 50th birthday – and got in touch with him.
They first began training together, then seeing each other and after both successfully completing the race, they were married in Mexico two months later, in June 2003.
Since then, the couple have run marathons all over the world, the last being a Disney-themed run in Florida, and raised thousands of pounds for various charities.
Keith, 66, said: "The London Marathon was instrumental in us meeting, so running has given us some very happy memories, not only in our married life, but with all the places we have been and seen for marathons.
"She has been a great wife and training partner and seems to always get round the race, no matter what, which people seem to admire very much."
However, this year, she's flying solo – as Keith could not get a place at London – to raise money and awareness for prostate cancer.
She added: "We have usually chosen children's charities, but some friends and family suffered from prostate cancer over recent years – and Keith had a scare, but he is fine."
Linda says she's not sure how many more marathons she will do, but is looking forward to a half-marathon in Geneva, where Keith will be running his 36th marathon two weeks after London.
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