2:48pm Monday 20th April 2009
● Race for Life is the UK’s largest women-only fundraising series – and the Southampton race is the biggest single event in the country.
● Last year 9,700 women walked, jogged or ran the event, which took place for the 12th time in the city and raised £564,500.
● Organisers are encouraging 10,000 women to put their best feet forward and raise £590,000.
● Women of all ages and fitness levels can take part in the 5k event and you don’t even have to run – many women walk the course.
● Cancer Research UK spent over £3million last year in Southampton on some of the UK’s leading scientific and clinical research. The charity is funding a number of scientists at the University of Southampton who are investigating ways to harness the power of the immune system to help treat people with cancer.
● Southampton Race for Life participants will join 680,000 women from across the UK, taking part in over 230 events between May and July.
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