Local dance teacher’s big race to beat breast cancer
Press Release For immediate release: 9 March 2010 Press contact: Louise Garrahan, Media Relations Officer, Breast Cancer Campaign, DD 0207 749 3724, Email: lgarrahan@breastcancercampaign.org Local dance teacher’s big race to beat breast cancer Budding runner Laura Polson from Bath pounded the pavements on Sunday as she took on the Bath Half Marathon for Breast Cancer Campaign. Laura joined more than 10,000 runners for the 13.1 mile race to support her grandmother who had breast cancer. The delighted dance teacher finished the race in two hours and 27 minutes and raised more than £300 to help fund vital breast cancer research. She said: “I’m really pleased with my finishing time and had an amazing time on the day. The support from Campaign staff was great and I’ll definitely be doing it again next year.” If you would like to run a race for Breast Cancer Campaign, please call 0207 749 3700 or visit www.breastcancercampaign.org. As part of the team you will automatically become members of Linford’s All Stars – a new exclusive club captained by Linford Christie, who offers all his supporters helpful training tips and nutritional advice. ENDS Picture caption: Laura Polson 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 117 research projects, worth over £17.3 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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