After his mother passed away from an asthma attack, a Tonbridge man ran the London Marathon in her memory.

26-year-old Chris White successfully completed the run in aid of Asthma UK, after the death of his mother 13 years ago.

Wanting to do something positive, Chris decided to train for his first ever marathon, completing the 26 mile route, on April 26, in 3 hours 42 minutes.

Though he remembers the struggle his mother his mother, Caroline, went through with her asthma, her passing came as a complete shock to the family in March 2002, when she was aged just 41.

Chris, who was 11 at the time of his mother's death, said: "It made so much sense for me to run in aid of Asthma UK, because 5% of people with asthma have symptoms so severe that current treatments don’t work, which means that these people have difficulty breathing almost all of the time.

“I have to say the marathon was very tough and I don’t think I’ll ever do one again. There were some emotional points during the run when I thought about the reason I was doing it, but I was able to reel it in and find my focus again."

There’s still time to donate to Chris White’s donation page in aid of Asthma UK here.

If you are interested in joining Asthma UK’s running team at the London Marathon 2016, go to www.ashma.org.uk.