People are being urged to look beyond lockdown by making a date to join Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life in Durham.
The charity’s much-loved events are aiming to return to the North East this summer/autumn but with socially distanced measures to keep participants safe. Money raised will help scientists find new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, saving lives as the charity fights back from the impact of the pandemic.
Anyone who signs up between June 21 and July 4 can claim a special 30 per cent off the entry fee by using the code RFLJUNE30. Every year around 16,700 people are diagnosed with cancer in the North East and one in two people in the UK born after 1960 will get cancer in their lifetime.
The Race for Life events, which take place at St Leonards Sports Fields, Durham on Sunday September 19, are open to people of all ages and abilities. Events include a 3K, 5K, 10K as well as Pretty Muddy, a mud-splattered obstacle course.
Niki Clinghan, Cancer Research UK’s spokesperson for Durham, said: “Race for Life offers the perfect opportunity for people across the North East to run, walk or jog and raise money for life-saving research. All 400 mass participation Race for Life events across the UK were cancelled last year to protect the country’s health during the COVID-19 pandemic. So this year, more than ever, we need people to enter the Race for Life – for the people we love, for the people we’ve lost and for the one in two of us who will get cancer.”
Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life, which has been in partnership with Tesco for 20 years, is an inspiring series of 3K, 5K, 10K, Pretty Muddy and Pretty Muddy Kids event which raise millions of pounds every year to help beat cancer by funding crucial research. Money raised funds world-class research to help beat 200 types of cancer – including bowel cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, testicular cancer, brain cancer, children’s cancers and leukaemia.
This year, participants will set off on the Race for Life course either alone or in small, socially distanced groups. Hand sanitiser will also be provided with participants encouraged to use it before and after the event.
People can visit raceforlife.org to enter.
If any Race for Life events are cancelled, people will be entitled to a refund of their entry fee or can choose to donate the fee to help fund Cancer Research UK’s life-saving work.
Enter now at raceforlife.org or call 0300 123 0770.
