Local Police Officer’s 21st Marathon to help beat breast cancer
Press Release For immediate release: 21 February 2011 Press contact: Louise Garrahan, Media Relations Officer, Breast Cancer Campaign, DD 0207 749 3724, Email: lgarrahan@breastcancercampaign.org Local Police Officer’s 21st Marathon to help beat breast cancer Budding runner Kirste Snellgrove, from Little Dunmow, Essex, has been pounding the pavements in training for her 21st marathon in aid of Breast Cancer Campaign. The Police Officer at Essex Police College will join thousands of runners on the starting line for her 10th London Marathon on Sunday 17 April after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005. So far, she has clocked up more than 550 miles running in marathons around the world. Kirste said: “When I was diagnosed with cancer my first question was whether I could still run. Training through chemotherapy is very tough but the actual feeling of finishing a marathon makes it all worthwhile. Running marathons keeps me positive and happy - despite being frequently overtaken by wombles and stormtroopers! Breast Cancer Campaign has funded a drug that has kept me alive today so I simply want to give something back.” Kirste will be running with her friend Natalie Watkins and they hope to raise £3,000 so if you would like to sponsor the pair, please visit www.justgiving.com/teamkirstesnellgrove and donate what you can. This year around 48,000 people will be diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK and sadly approximately 12,000 will die from this disease. So if you have a guaranteed place in this year’s Virgin London Marathon and would like to make a difference to the lives of all those affected by breast cancer, please join Kirste on Campaign’s team. For more information, please call the Events team on 0207 749 4114 or visit www.breastcancercampaign.org If you have your own place there is no minimum sponsorship amount and each runner who signs up will receive a fundraising pack including a Breast Cancer Campaign running vest, sponsorship forms and lots of support from the charity on the day. Ends Picture caption: Kirste Snellgrove (right) and Natalie Watkins 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 84 research projects, worth over £15.9 million, in 31 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 48,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed each year - that’s 130 a day • Visit www.breastcancercampaign.org • Read Chief Executive Pamela Goldberg’s blog http://pamelagoldbergblog.blogspot.com/
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