Fight the flab in 2012 with a marathon challenge!

1/10/2012 10:28 AM EST

Press release

For immediate release: 10 January 2012

Breast Cancer Campaign is encouraging runners across the UK to fight the festive flab and raise money for research at this year’s Virgin London Marathon or Brighton Marathon.

With just four months to go until both races take place (one week apart), the charity wants runners from across the UK to join their running team. And with Christmas behind us, now is the perfect time to banish the bulge through training.

Karen Lambert, Events Executive at Breast Cancer Campaign: “We still have charity places left for the Brighton Marathon and we are encouraging runners to join our team. We are also welcoming those who already have places in either the Brighton or Virgin London Marathon to join us and run for breast cancer research this spring.

“Christmas is always a time for overindulgence but what better way to get back in shape than by training for one of these marathons. So far we have more than 100 runners who are committed to running and raising money for Breast Cancer Campaign at both marathons, so why not sign up today and support the 48,000 people who will be diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK this year.”

The Brighton Marathon takes place on Sunday 10 April followed by the London Marathon on Sunday 17 April.

To sign up for a charity place the Brighton Marathon please contact the events team on 0207 749 4114 or email  

Alternatively, if you already have your own place in the Brighton Marathon or Virgin London Marathon, there is no minimum sponsorship amount. If you would like to join our team please contact us on 0207 749 4114 or email  .

Each Breast Cancer Campaign runner will receive a fundraising pack including a Breast Cancer Campaign running vest, sponsorship forms and lots of support from the charity before the event and on the day.

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Notes to editors

• Breast Cancer Campaign aims to beat breast cancer by funding innovative world-class research to understand how breast cancer develops, leading to improved diagnosis, treatment, prevention and cure
• The Breast Cancer Campaign Tissue Bank, the UK’s first ever national breast cancer tissue bank is a unique collaboration with four leading research institutions to create a vital resource of breast cancer tissue for researchers across the UK and Ireland. Visit breastcancertissuebank.org
• The charity currently funds 86 projects worth over £14.9 million in 37 locations across the UK and Ireland
• Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK and accounts for nearly one in three of all cancers in women
• In the UK, around 48,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed each year - that’s 130 a day
• Visit breastcancercampaign.org or follow us at twitter.com/bccampaign