London Marathon in 2000, not only was Turner a first-timer, but he had no previous experience of running whatsoever. "I was approached by an AIDS charity to run the marathon for them, but I had never done any running before. I had asthma as a kid

’re working on one leg, moving into headwinds and with low spirits and even lower energy. Definitely in the top ten worst days of my life. In fact, the only thing that kept me going was thinking that even this was a piece of cake compared to orphan kids living

. But the reason I don't pressure him any more is because a lot of people have told me that if he wants to work, I should let him. I've heard stories of people who are 75 or whatever, and their kids have said, 'No, no, you must stop.' And as soon as they stop

first-timer, but he had no previous experience of running whatsoever. "I was approached by an AIDS charity to run the marathon for them, but I had never done any running before. I had asthma as a kid, and never did much exercise. Taking on the marathon