RACE for Life in Southampton is the largest single event of its kind in the country.
On Sunday July 13, thousands of women will gather to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
It will be a day of high emotion - loved ones remembered and survivors celebrated coming through the disease. There will be great sadness at the loss of so many and immense joy at what can be achieved when people unite for a common cause.
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Click here for some of the pictures from the 2008 Southampton Race for LifeFriends race for woman fighting cancer for third time
IT WAS four days before
Christmas in 2004 when
Julie Crockford discovered
she had breast cancer.
But brave Julie is not running
Race for Life to celebrate her own
triumph over the disease.
Instead she is running with others
in mind - including her recently
widowed friend Jeanette
Palmer who is facing cancer
treatment for the
third time.
"She is trialling a
new type of drug
which just shows how
important it is to raise
money for research into
cancer," said Julie, 60.
Julie, from
Bursledon, is running
Race for Life
with friends including
her pal's daughter
Abby Standing.
Abby, 12, is running
in memory
of a classmate
who lost his battle
with cancer just a few
weeks ago.
"It's wonderful that
Abby is taking part," added Julie. "She is so enthusiastic."
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Julie has
already raised an
impressive £1,750
for Cancer
Research UK and
this year hopes to
beat her 2007 total
of £750.
"I'm so committed
to Race for
Life," she said. "I feel so fortunate
with the way I came through cancer
and now I want to help other
people.
"It's a tremendous event with
such a great atmosphere. It's a
happy day but tinged with sadness
and I always burst into tears when
I cross the finish line."
Women and girls of all ages are
invited to Race for Life on July 13.
The Southampton event is the
biggest single Race for Life in the
country and regularly raises more
than half a million pounds to help
in the fight against cancer.
If you want to be part of
England's biggest women only fun
run, register at raceforlife.org.uk/
southwest or call 0871 641 2279.
12:07pm Saturday 14th June 2008
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