Spectacle designer limbers up to run 90km in the South African heat

Will Luff, a Buckinghamshire grandfather who designs costume spectacles for the film industry, will run 90kms in the blistering heat of South Africa later this year to raise money for an Aids charity.

Luff will compete in his 14th ultra-marathon, the ‘Comrades Marathon’, which takes place in South Africa on May 29. Luff will race from Pietermaritzburg to Durban to raise funds for the Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust which is located along the route. In addition Luff, a director of The Fairplay Optical Group, will also donate 60 reading spectacles to destitute grannies, known as Gogos, who live close to the Comrades route. Many of the Gogos care for orphaned grandchildren.