Broadcaster and DJ Adele Roberts has urged people to sign up to this year’s Cancer Research UK’s Race For Life events with participants who sign up in January eligible for 50 per cent off the entry fee.
The charity’s much-loved events, which raise funds for life-saving research, are returning to hundreds of venues across the UK this spring and summer including Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland and Durham. And if you sign up before the end of January you can take advantage of the ‘early bird’ sale by using the code RACE25NY.
In the North East, 17,600 people a year are diagnosed with cancer, based on the average annual number of new cases of all cancers combined excluding non-melanoma skin cancer (ICD10 C00-C97 excluding C44) diagnosed in the North East in 2018, 2019 and 2021.
The Race for Life events take place on various dates this summer, with Newcastle Pretty Muddy, on Saturday, July 12 and Newcastle 3k, 5k and 10k on Sunday, July 13. The Gateshead 3k and 5k take place on Sunday, 15 June, Sunderland’s 3k, 5k, 10k, Pretty Muddy and Pretty Muddy Kids all take place on Sunday, June 1 and the County Durham 5k and 10k take place on Sunday, June 29.
Events are open to all ages and abilities and people can choose from 3k, 5k and 10k events. There is also a chance to take part in Pretty Muddy, a 5k mud-splattered obstacle course, and there is a Pretty Muddy Kids option.
Adele was successfully treated for bowel cancer in 2021 and now lives with a stoma. Just 18 months after completing surgery and chemotherapy, Adele set a Guinness World Record in London as the fastest woman to complete a marathon with an ileostomy.
Adele is inspired to Race for Life by her sister Lois Roberts. Adele said: “I Race for Life because of my little sister Lois. Within the space of two years, my Auntie Ann had lost our Uncle Phil to cancer and then had to go through it herself – without her husband. Lois wanted to do Race for Life in tribute to Auntie Ann and Uncle Phil and to give back to the organisations that’d helped them. And she’s inspired me to do the same.”
Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life raises millions of pounds every year across the UK to help beat cancer by funding crucial research.
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Lisa Millett, Cancer Research UK’s spokesperson in the North East, said: “No matter how cancer affects us, life is worth racing for.
“Sadly nearly 1 in 2 of us will get cancer in our lifetime but all of us can help beat it. We’re proud that Race for Life has already helped double survival rates in the UK. Every penny raised at Race for Life truly makes a difference and powers progress.
“We’d love for as many people as possible across the North East and beyond to join us at Race for Life. There is an event for everyone and we mean everyone. Our events are strictly non-competitive which means everyone can have a go – and love every minute. There’s no pressure to finish in a certain time, just give it what you can. Lace up and join in.
“January is the perfect time to commit to getting a little more active. Whether people are living with cancer, taking part in honour of or in memory of a loved one with cancer, in it for the medals or just for the fun of fundraising, there is a place for everyone.”
To find out more about Race For Life and to enter one of the events in the North East, visit: www.raceforlife.org
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