Broadcaster and DJ Adele Roberts is urging Lanarkshire locals to kick start the New Year by signing up for Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life.
The charity’s much-loved events, which raise funds for life-saving research, are returning to Glasgow and Strathclyde Park and anyone who joins in January can claim 50 per cent off the entry fee as part of a special ‘early bird’ sale by using the code RACE25NY.*
Entries are open now for the Race for Life 3K, 5K and 10K events which take place at Glasgow Green on Sunday May 18. People of all ages and abilities are welcome.
And those in search of some mud-splattered fun can take part in Pretty Muddy Glasgow, a 5K obstacle course at Strathclyde Park on Saturday June 14. Pretty Muddy Glasgow Kids for boys and girls aged six to 12 will be held at 9.45am. And from 11am, teenagers and adults can take on the Pretty Muddy course.
Inspirational Adele was successfully treated for bowel cancer in 2021 and now lives with a stoma* which she affectionately refers to as ‘Audrey.’
Just 18 months after completing surgery and chemotherapy, Adele set a Guinness World Record in London as the fastest woman to complete a marathon with an ileostomy.
Now she’s on a mission to conquer all six World Major Marathons including Berlin, Chicago, New York, Tokyo, Boston and London to raise funds for Cancer Research UK and the Attitude Mag Foundation.
Adele said: “I Race for Life because of my little sister Lois.
“Within the space of two years, my Auntie Ann had lost our Uncle Phil to cancer and then had to go through it herself without her husband. Lois wanted to do Race for Life in tribute to Auntie Ann and Uncle Phil and to give back to the organisations that’d helped them. And she’s inspired me to do the same.”
Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life, in partnership with headline sponsor Standard Life, part of Phoenix Group, raises millions of pounds every year across the UK to help beat cancer by funding crucial research.
Lisa Adams, Cancer Research UK’s spokeswoman in Scotland, said: “No matter how cancer affects us, life is worth racing for.
“Sadly nearly one in two of us will get cancer in our lifetime but all of us can help beat it. We’re proud that Race for Life has already helped double survival rates in the UK. Every penny raised at Race for Life truly makes a difference and powers progress.”
Since it began in 1994, more than 10 million people have taken part in Race for Life, funding 30 years of hope and progress.
To enter, visit raceforlife.org
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