Cheesemaker prepares for London Marathon in unusual way

A runner preparing for the London marathon has incorporated an unusual exercise into his training - lifting giant blocks of cheddar CHEESE.

Tom Elliott, 37, can lift huge wheels of cheese, otherwise known as truckles, weighing up to 27kg - and does so up to 200 times per day.

Dad-of-two Tom, who is training to run the London Marathon in April, works as a cheesemaker at Ford Farm on Ashley Chase Estate in Dorchester, Dorset.