Two Stoke on Trent runners prepare for 10 marathons in 10 days for charity.

Two Stoke-on-Trent runners are preparing to run 10 marathons in 10 days, to raise money for charity.

Sam Matthews and Simon Fawcett are hoping to take on the Brathay 10 in 10 challenge in May next year.

The challenge is organised by the Brathay Trust, which delivers residential programmes to young people from across the UK at their Lake District centre, as well as working in community settings in Bradford and Cumbria.

The participants must run a 26.2-mile lap of Lake Windermere every day for 10 consecutive days.

For Sam, 39, this will be his second time undertaking the challenge, which he completed for the first time in 2024.

He will also mark a personal milestone, by running his 50th marathon during the event.