Michelle’s great race to beat breast cancer

8/30/2011 11:04 AM EST

Press Release

For immediate release:

Budding runner Michelle Waldock from Weymouth has pulled on her running shoes to train for the Bupa Great North Run in aid of Breast Cancer Campaign.

Mum of one Michelle, will join 54,000 runners on the starting line for the 13.1 mile race in Newcastle on Sunday 18 September after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007.

She said: “I was only 32 when I was diagnosed with breast cancer and had just had my baby. I think that lots of people think that breast cancer only affects older women so I really hope that my fundraising will help Breast Cancer Campaign raise the awareness of this disease to other women who may be in a similar position.”

Michelle is aiming to raise £350 or more for Campaign and is already well on her way to reaching her target. She said: “I am really proud to run the Great North Run for Campaign as I know that every penny I raise will go towards helping the charity fund vital research into breast cancer.”

Michelle has never run the Great North Run before but is excited about the big day. She said: “I am running with my brother and a friend, and we’ve been training together for a while. It’s hard work, but it will all be worth it when we cross the finish line!”

To help Michelle reach her fundraising target of £350 please visit http://www.justgiving.com/Michelle-Waldock and donate what you can.

If you have your own place in the Great North Run and would like to join Michelle on Campaign’s team, please call 0207 749 4114 or visit www.breastcancercampaign.org

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Notes to editors
• 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
• 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 charity currently funds 95 projects worth almost £16.5 million in 31 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