RAVENSHEAD man Mike Farley (pictured) has completed his second Cancer Research Shine Night Walk in London in memory of his wife, Carol (Cazi), who died from breast cancer.

He finished the full marathon course in 5 hours 58 minutes, an hour quicker than in 2014. He was also sixth overall in his group of 4,000 people tackling the event.

So far he has raised £2,900 from the night walk — donations can still be made at www.justgiving.com/mikefarley2015 — and in the past year has walked 1,000 miles and raised more than £11,000, including Gift Aid, for Cancer Research UK to help beat breast cancer.

He said: “I am sure that Cazi was with me every step of the way helping me to achieve this result. Through people’s generosity we have made a real difference and helped to bring forward the day when we beat cancer and created a lasting legacy in Cazi’s name.”

“I managed to get near the front of the power walker group at the start line and got off to a really good start. After a couple of miles I was on my own I knew there were a couple of “Shiners” ahead of me and lots behind me but I couldn’t see any of them as I had built up a big gap from the main group behind.

“I was so pleased that I was able to keep up a really good pace throughout the marathon, obviously my training had paid dividends as it wasn’t until very near the end that a couple of people caught me up.

“I was over the moon to finish sixth in the end.”