Thousands of women took part in last night's Race for Life
More than 5,600 women were cheered on by celebrities as they took part in Cancer Research's Race for Life yesterday.
Paula Radcliffe, Gloria Hunniford, David Cameron, male cheerleaders and a salsa dancer encouraged the participants as they made their way around Battersea Park.
The 5km run kicked off around 7.30pm.
Jane Bruccoleri, a journalist in our office, took part in the event for the second time last night.
"There was such a good atmosphere," she said. "It was a really warm night and I completed the course in about half an hour, walking and running some of the distance.
"It's a great event with everyone coming together to celebrate people who are surviving cancer and remember the lives that have been lost as a result of the disease."
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Since starting in Battersea in 1994, the Race for Life event has grown nationwide into the UK's largest woman-only fundraiser - attracting three million runners and raising more than £200million for Cancer Research in the process.
Race for Life started off with just few women taking part in an event and it stuck and has grown from there. The money raised at Race for Life is used for research into all types of cancer not just female cancers.
However Cancer Research UK have a mens 5k event called Run for Moore which was set up in memory of the late Bobby Moore who died from bowel cancer. The Run for Moore is a part of Cancer Research UK but the money raised goes directly to Bowel cancer research you can find out more on the Cancer Research UK website!
Race for Life started off with just few women taking part in an event and it stuck and has grown from there. The money raised at Race for Life is used for research into all types of cancer not just female cancers.
However Cancer Research UK have a mens 5k event called Run for Moore which was set up in memory of the late Bobby Moore who died from bowel cancer. The Run for Moore is a part of Cancer Research UK but the money raised goes directly to Bowel cancer research you can find out more on the Cancer Research UK website!
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