Two marathon efforts to beat breast cancer
Press Release For immediate release: 26 April 2010 Press contact: Louise Garrahan, Media Relations Officer, Breast Cancer Campaign, DD 0207 749 3724, Email: lgarrahan@breastcancercampaign.org Two marathon efforts to beat breast cancer Breast Cancer Campaign is encouraging all budding runners to cross the Atlantic and fly the British flag for breast cancer research at the Chicago and New York marathons. If you watched Sunday’s Virgin London Marathon in awe and would like to tackle 26.2 miles, Campaign has places available for both runs and needs you to join the stateside race to beat breast cancer. This year 70,000 runners are expected to pound the pavements in the Windy City on Sunday 10 October and the Big Apple on Sunday 7 November while raising thousands of pounds for charities around the world. Events Executive, Karen Lambert, said: “The Chicago and New York marathons are two fantastic road races and we’re delighted that several people in the UK have already signed up to tackle these runs for Campaign. We have six places for Chicago and are hoping to be joined by 15 for New York so please join our team and cross the pond to support the 125 people who are sadly diagnosed with breast cancer every day in the UK.” To run for Campaign, please call the Events team on 0207 749 3700 or visit www.breastcancercampaign.org All runners who sign up automatically become members of Campaign’s exclusive club Linford’s All Stars. As an All Star you will receive helpful training advice from the team’s Captain Linford Christie as well as unrivalled support from Campaign staff. ENDS Picture caption: Campaign runners at New York Marathon Notes to editors • Breast Cancer Campaign aims to beat breast cancer by funding innovative world-class research to understand how breast cancer develops, leading to improved diagnosis, treatment, prevention and cure • Currently it supports 114 research projects, worth over £17.1 million, in 40 centres of excellence across the UK and Ireland • Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK and accounts for nearly one in three of all cancers in women • In the UK, nearly 46,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed each year - that’s 125 a day • Visit www.breastcancercampaign.org • Read Chief Executive Pamela Goldberg’s blog http://pamelagoldbergblog.blogspot.com/ • Breast Cancer Campaign is campaigning for all candidates standing for election to Westminster to sign up to the breast cancer research pledge: www.breastcancercampaign.org/election
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