Record-breaking runner Gary McKee could scoop a national award after his mammoth feat saw him ranked in the country's top three fundraisers.

The award-winning runner completed 100 marathons in 100 days in April and collected in excess of £100,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support.

Gary, from Cleator Moor, has been invited to a glittering ceremony in London by JustGiving, the online platform he using to raise the cash.

More than 30,000 people responded to the social platform's plea to nominate their favourite fundraisers.

Sellafield worker Gary, who has impressed broadcaster Piers Morgan with so much with his efforts that he has tweeted his support, secured a place in the top three of the endurance fundraiser of the year category.

Now, he needs public backing in an online vote to be named the winner.

"To reach the top three in that category is an honour," said Gary. "The other two people have completed remarkable feats of endurance and it is quite humbling to be in the same category.

"It is a good platform for Macmillan so I am pleased with it. I've been on Facebook and a lot of people are pushing my nomination, it just shows how many people have supported me."

Gary will attend the awards ceremony, with his wife Susan and a few friends, on November 21.

"It should be a great night," he said. "It will be an opportunity to meet a lot of people who have carried out remarkable things. It's all about raising funds and awareness for charity."

In May, Copeland councillors backed plans to give Gary the Freedom of the Borough, the highest accolade the council can hand out.

And the runner, who is well known in the community, carried the Olympic torch through Whitehaven in 2012, which was the same year he was Macmillan's volunteer of the year.

He is currently preparing for his next charity challenge, which will see him become the first person to run the 112 mile Fred Whitton cycling challenge in May 2018.

Named after the former racing secretary of the Lakes Road Club, who died of cancer at the age of 50 in 1998, the challenge takes in some of the Lake District's steepest climbs, with nearly 4,000m of ascent.

Gary started fundraising for Macmillan in memory of his late father Victor, who was diagnosed with lung cancer 20 years ago and passed away in 2003 from an unrelated illness.

You can vote for him at www.justgiving.com/awards/2017/voting