AT THE age of sixty-two many people are thinking about retiring and enjoying a gentler pace of life — not Bill Smith, a civil servant from Bude; he is busy training to run his first ever marathon!

Bill, who has dubbed the feat his '26@62 Challenge', will be taking on the twenty-six mile Virgin London Marathon course on Sunday, April 17, to help raise funds for Children's Hospice South West's Precious Lives Appeal.

For the full report, see this week's edition of the 'Post'.