Local runner’s second pink race to beat breast cancer

Press Release For immediate release: 14 September 2010 Press contact: Louise Garrahan, Media Relations Officer, Breast Cancer Campaign, DD 0207 749 3724, Email: lgarrahan@breastcancercampaign.org Local runner’s second pink race to beat breast cancer Budding runner Tracy Arkley from Moorhouse Estate, North Shields, has pulled on her running shoes for a second year running to train for the Bupa Great North Run in aid of Breast Cancer Campaign. The Sales Assistant will join 54,000 runners on the starting line for the 13.1 mile race in Newcastle this Sunday (19th September) after her mother Ann was diagnosed with breast cancer in November 2006. Ann underwent a lumpectomy to remove the cancer and several weeks later was told she needed a second operation. There was a three week intensive course of radiotherapy to follow, two years of taking the drug tamoxifen and she is currently taking the drug arimidex which this treatment is ongoing for another year and a half. The treatment is going very well and she is doing fantastic. Tracy’s auntie Angela was also diagnosed with the disease in 2000. Tracy, who ran the Great North Run last year for Breast Cancer Campaign, said: “After seeing family members affected by breast cancer running for this charity was an obvious choice. It was a fantastic day and the atmosphere was brilliant. I enjoyed running for the campaign last year and hope that lots of people will sponsor me this year to raise as much money as possible to help the charity continue their mission to beat breast cancer.” To help Tracy raise as much money as possible she is asking family, friends and work colleges to sponsor her. Last year 300 Campaign runners wore their pink running vests with pride and raised a whopping £160,000 for vital breast cancer research. If you have your own place there is still time to join Campaign’s team –simply call 020 7749 4114 or email greatnorthrun@breastcancercampaign.org to sign up. All runners who sign up with Campaign will automatically become a member of Linford’s All Stars – an exclusive club captained by Linford Christie, who offers supporters helpful training tips and nutritional advice. Runners will also receive a fundraising pack containing a Breast Cancer Campaign running vest and lots of fundraising ideas. Picture caption: Tracy Arkley 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 104 research projects, worth over £16.1 million, in 38 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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