Tri your best to beat breast cancer

Report this content

Press Release For immediate release: 29 March 2010 Press contact: Louise Garrahan, Media Relations Officer, Breast Cancer Campaign, DD 0207 749 3724, Email: lgarrahan@breastcancercampaign.org Tri your best to beat breast cancer Breast Cancer Campaign is encouraging all fitness fans in the south to join the ultimate race to beat breast cancer at the Mazda London Triathlon this summer. Last year 10,000 competitors raised thousands of pounds for charity as they swam, cycled and ran around London and Campaign wants you on its team to race for research on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 August. Events Executive, Karen Lambert, said: “Last year Campaign’s London Triathlon competitors raised more than £15,000 to help us continue our mission to beat breast cancer. This year, we have 15 charity places still available and would also welcome anyone who has secured their own place in the triathlon to join our team. So why not sign up to tackle the world’s biggest triathlon and support the 46,000 people who will be diagnosed with this disease in 2010?” Minimum sponsorship is £575 for an individual and £1,150 for a maximum team of three. There are different distances to choose from depending on your fitness level, such as a 400m swim, a 20km bike ride and a 5km run. For more information or to sign up, please contact the Events team on 020 7749 3700 or email runners@breastcancercampaign.org. The deadline for entries is Tuesday 1 June 2010. ENDS 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

Tags:

Breast Cancer Campaign London Triathlon