Somerset woman running London Marathon as a stem cell
Louise Cato is hoping to become the fastest cell in the world.
Last updated 27th Apr 2025
A Somerset woman is running the London Marathon today dressed as a stem cell.
Louise Cato is hoping to break a world record becoming the fastest running cell.
She's raising money for Anthony Nolan as well, after her dad had a bone marrow transplant over 30 years ago.
Louise said: "I wanted to always run for charity and know I can commit to raising a proper amount of money for a charity that I care about.
"I'm running dressed as a stem cell to raise as much money as possible, I'm going all in!
"It feels really good and I hope I can do it and raise the money and try and get that record."
Louise added: "We're all running for really personal reasons and that alone is enough to get me there and get me running for it."
The London Marathon starts at 9:35am.