BROADCASTER and DJ Adele Roberts is urging people to kick start the New Year by signing up to one of Cancer Research UK's Race for Life events in Worcester.
The charity's much-loved events, which raise funds for life-saving research, are returning to hundreds of venues across the UK this spring and summer including Worcester Racecourse.
Every year around 33,700 people are diagnosed with cancer in the West Midlands and Worcestershire region. Cash raised at Race for Life enables scientists to find new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer - moving closer to a world where everyone can live longer, better lives free from the fear of the disease.
Worcester Race for Life, on Saturday July 19, is among the last of 28 events to take place across the West Midlands region. People of all ages and abilities can choose from 3k, 5k and 10k Race for Life events. There is also a chance to take part in Pretty Muddy, a 5k mud-splattered obstacle course, which includes a Pretty Muddy Kids option for children aged 12 and under.
Inspirational Adele Roberts was successfully treated for bowel cancer in 2021 and now lives with a stoma* which she affectionately refers to as 'Audrey'. Just 18 months after completing surgery and chemotherapy, Adele set a Guinness World Record in London as the fastest woman to complete a marathon with an ileostomy.
Now she's on a mission to conquer all six World Major Marathons including Berlin, Chicago, New York, Tokyo, Boston and London to raise funds for Cancer Research UK and the Attitude Mag Foundation. She is aiming to set the record for the fastest combined time for anyone with a stoma. And closer to home, Adele is inspired to Race for Life by her sister Lois Roberts.
Adele said: "I Race for Life because of my little sister Lois. Within the space of two years, my Auntie Ann had lost our Uncle Phil to cancer and then had to go through it herself - without her husband. Lois wanted to do Race for Life in tribute to Auntie Ann and Uncle Phil and to give back to the organisations that had helped them. And she's inspired me to do the same."