By Emily Parsons

Last updated at 14:48, Wednesday, 23 January 2013

A rallying cry has been issued to the women of Carlisle, as the annual Race for Life opens for entries.

This year’s event has a new motto – ‘Cancer, we’re coming to get you’ – and organisers are encouraging mums, daughters, sisters, grandmas and friends to sign up as soon as possible.

The 5km event can be walked, jogged or run, with the aim simply for women to unite in the fight against cancer.

Cancer Research UK, which runs the Race for Life in partnership with Tesco, said around four people in the north west are diagnosed with cancer every hour.

This year’s Carlisle event will take place in the Sheepmount Stadium on Sunday, July 7.

Holly Howey, Cancer Research UK’s north west events manager, said: “Come on ladies, please play your part by entering Race for Life in Carlisle today. Together, we can hit cancer where it hurts.

“There are more than 200 cancers and we won’t give up until we find cures for them all. It’s fighting talk, and we mean every word we say. Cancer, Carlisle is coming to get you.”

Last year, 2,849 women took part in Race for Life in Carlisle, raising £171,210.

Money raised through the event allows Cancer Research UK’s doctors, nurses and scientists to advance research which is helping to save lives across the region.

Holly continued: “Participants may be decked out in pink or fancy dress but what’s inescapable is the power and strength that comes from thousands of women joining together to confront cancer.

“Don’t be fooled by the tutus and tiaras. Carlisle Race for Life is cancer’s worst nightmare.”

She added: “We are very grateful to everyone who took part in Race for Life in Carlisle last year and in the past. Thanks to them Cancer Research UK has been able to make progress against many forms of the disease. But the battle against cancer never stops and for this reason we need everyone to return to the fight in 2013 and bring new recruits with them.”

To enter Carlisle Race for Life, visit www.raceforlife.org or call 0845 600 6050.

First published at 14:47, Wednesday, 23 January 2013
Published by http://www.newsandstar.co.uk