Meanwhile, Sally Gunnell, John Regis, Suzi Perry and Blue Peter's Simon Thomas will be on the streets, talking to some of the "fun" runners, many of whom raise huge amounts of money for charity - a major part of the success of the marathon.

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"I don't cry at all for them, " countered Regis girls' athletic director John Koslosky, noting that Cherry Creek boasts more than double the enrollment of Regis, a private Catholic school.

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They include Lyme Regis's John Gerrard, killed in 1861, and Weymouth's Cdr J R Pennington Legh, who died in 1944.

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