Backwell teacher Robin Page is looking for a Batman to run alongside him in this year's Flora London Marathon.

Mr Page, 55, is dressing up as the comic book hero Robin – one half of the famous dynamic duo – for the 26-mile race next month.

He wants to raise £4,000 for the charity LAM Action, which supports patients with the incurable lung disease lymphangioleiomyomatosis, known as LAM.

Mr Page, who teaches French, said: "It can be a Batman, a Cat Woman or even a Joker.

"The main thing is that they can run the race in roughly three and a half hours."

Mr Page is pictured with sixth-form textile students Radha Sharma, left, and Loren Moller, both aged 17, who have helped put the finishing touches to his outfit.

Mr Page said: "They've really had their work cut out, but it's looking great and I'm raring to go."

LAM, which causes the lungs to deteriorate, affects only women and there are believed to be just 120 cases in the UK.

Mr Page, from Horfield, Bristol, wants to help people like LAM patient and friend Theresa Hewat, from Bradford-on-Avon, who underwent a lung transplant last year.

He said: "The charity LAM Action does a terrific job supporting women like Theresa.

"LAM is a horrible disease and I want to do all I can to help fund research into its causes and possible treatments.

"I am acutely aware of my own good fortune in being able to run when others have a disability that prevents them from taking any form of exercise."

Mr Page has also enlisted the help of pupils in his fundraising quest with a three-kilometre sponsored fun run and non-uniform day at the school on April 3.

To support Mr Page visit www.justgiving.com/robinpage.