"I've done full marathons before, and after a point it's mostly psychological," he said.

Well, a full marathon only makes up one part of the race.

The race will end at the same finish line as the full marathon, half-marathon, and 10K.

The event began as a full marathon in 1979, but later changed to a weekend of shorter events.

At 8am each morning, the 80-odd contestants were expected to run a full marathon while it was still cool enough.

There are also half marathon and 10k events, in addition to the full marathon.

Grandma's includes several other running events in addition to the full marathon.

The organisation hopes to run the race as a full marathon in the near future.

Start small and grow to challenges, such as the three peaks run (www.threepeaksrace.org.uk) or a full marathon.

It is currently unclear as to whether the full marathon will return in 2013.