Local runner’s marathon effort to fund breast cancer research

Press Release For immediate release: 1 February 2010 Press contact: Louise Garrahan, Media Relations Officer, Breast Cancer Campaign, DD 0207 749 3724, Email: lgarrahan@breastcancercampaign.org Local runner’s marathon effort to fund breast cancer research Budding runner Lorna Clifford from Sutton Benger, Wiltshire has pulled on her running shoes to train for the Virgin London Marathon in aid of Breast Cancer Campaign. The mother-of-one will join thousands of runners at the starting line on Sunday 25 April to support her cousin, Marion, who is currently receiving treatment for breast cancer following a mastectomy in 2007. Lorna said: “Knowing what my cousin has been through, and currently going through, I feel I’m extremely lucky to have been able to breast feed my little boy, Some women don’t get that chance due to breast cancer and I want to run this race to show my cousin how much I admire her strength through her treatment. Training in all this ice and snow has been incredibly difficult, but then when I think about why I’m doing it I’m just grateful that I am able to go out and run. I’ll also be running in memory of my great aunt who sadly passed away from this disease 10 years ago.” To help Lorna reach her fundraising target of £1,000 please visit http://original.justgiving.com/lornaclifford and donate what you can. All money raised will help Campaign’s mission to beat breast cancer by funding innovative world class research into the disease throughout the UK and Ireland. If you have a place in this year’s Virgin London Marathon and would like to join Lorna on Campaign’s running team, please call the Events team on 0207 749 3700 or visit www.breastcancercampaign.org. As a Campaign runner you will automatically become a member of Linford’s All Stars – a new exclusive club captained by Linford Christie, who offers supporters helpful training tips and nutritional advice. Ends Picture caption: Lorna Clifford with her son 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 112 research projects, worth over £16.8 million, in 42 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/

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