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which has a minimum age limit of 18.

He has never run a full marathon before and admits to being "very nervous" about taking on the 26 mile and 385 yard course, alongside around 50,000 runners.

Nick works as a counsellor at the Southmead Project for his own business, Tangata counselling.

The pair have been training around the area ahead of the race, including indoors during the winter, when dark evenings and mornings meant Nick needed to adapt because of his visual impairment, caused by choroideremia, a rare degenerative genetic condition.

Jude and Nick will run together in the marathon itself, on April 23.

Jude said: "He is very fast, and has done a marathon and half marathon before.

"His volume and intensity of training definitely drives me.

"He is very self sufficient, but having extra eyes whilst running will always help."

Nick and Jude have an online fundraising page for sponsorship, which can be found at 2023tcslondonmarathon. enthuse.com/pf/nick-tuftnell.