Watch out Nessie, marathon man is on his way

A FORMER leukaemia sufferer who runs marathons in an antique deep-sea diving suit prepared yesterday to plumb new depths for his latest charity challenge.

Lloyd Scott, 41, who set a world record for the slowest marathon earlier this year, has entered next month??s Loch Ness Marathon, but aims to cover the distance under water. His only worry is that he might bump into the Loch Ness monster but, should he do so, he is determined to headbutt it with his diving helmet.

He will travel along the shelves and ledges of the loch??s banks and was training yesterday at Fort William in the new ??3 million Atlantic Reef Pool at Ocean Frontier. It is a 20sq m (215 sq ft) tank complete with flora and

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