My name is Mark Scales and with the support of The Royal London Society for the Blind and Create Yourself I'm running the London Marathon in 2009 and raising well needed sponsorship funds for my chosen charity - The Royal London Society for the Blind.

I am visually impaired; my vision isn't what the majority of people would call the norm. I'm not special, I'm just me with an added special need and I needed a great deal of support when I decided to run 26.2 miles around London but I'm now starting to believe in myself. I'm going to run the London Marathon AGAIN! Some would call me a glutton for punishment, well they might be right, I'll let you know. This time my running partner and guide and friend Michael Staddon and I will be training hard, raising money for the Royal London Society for the Blind and running London in 2009.