Entry opens for Rosemere’s first ever virtual marathon

Entry is now open for Rosemere Cancer Foundation’s first ever virtual marathon with all finishers to receive a medal and certificate!
CLANs Michael Brennand with new shoes he had bought himself to
run for Rosemere Cancer Foundation in the London Marathon, which should
have been taking place this month but is postponed so which he is now going
to use to take part in the charitys first ever virtual marathon!CLANs Michael Brennand with new shoes he had bought himself to
run for Rosemere Cancer Foundation in the London Marathon, which should
have been taking place this month but is postponed so which he is now going
to use to take part in the charitys first ever virtual marathon!
CLANs Michael Brennand with new shoes he had bought himself to run for Rosemere Cancer Foundation in the London Marathon, which should have been taking place this month but is postponed so which he is now going to use to take part in the charitys first ever virtual marathon!

To stage the marathon, the charity has teamed up with the Central Lancs Running and Triathlon Club, which organises the annual English Athletics recognised City of Preston Road Race, an established 10-mile August run popular with elite club runners as well as fun runners. CLAN also partners with Rosemere Cancer Foundation for the charity’s annual 5km

Clitheroe Santa Dash in November.

Now, it is encouraging its members, as well as the wider community, to commit to achieving 26.2 miles – marathon distance – over a maximum of 30 days starting from today (April 6th) by running, jogging, walking or even cycling a route from home in stages during time outdoors for daily exercise. The marathon can be done solo or with family members from the same house to observe social distancing rules, but everyone taking part needs to visit https://clan.niftyentries.com/ to sign up. Entry is £6 per person and on completion, all finishers will receive an e-certificate and a medal through the post!

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Michael Brennand, of CLAN, who is hoping to run in the London Marathon for Rosemere Cancer Foundation, which has been postponed from this month to October, said: “It struck us that for a charity such as Rosemere Cancer Foundation, which relies on people being sponsored to take part in events such as the London Marathon and other organised runs, walks and cycles to raise funds, the postponement and cancellation of such is wiping out a large part of its income. By signing up to our virtual marathon, it’s a way of both supporting the charity

and setting oneself a personal fitness challenge with an end goal.”

Louise Grant, fundraising co-ordinator for Rosemere, said: “We are extremely grateful to Michael and CLAN for setting us all this novel challenge! It’s the perfect way to keep in shape and help us continue our work supporting local cancer patients. Like a lot of charities, our income is probably going to be less than half what we expected to raise this year. On top of that, we have commitments to a number of major on-going projects that we have to honour so these are worrying times for us for a number of reasons. Exercise is a great stress buster though so the marathon is something my colleagues and I will be signing up to! We’d also love it if others taking part shared their photos and experiences with us via our social media.”

Rosemere Cancer Foundation works to bring world class cancer treatments and services to cancer patients from throughout Lancashire and South Cumbria being treated at the region’s specialist cancer treatment centre, Rosemere Cancer Centre at the Royal Preston Hospital, and at another eight local hospital cancer units across the two counties.

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The charity funds cutting edge equipment, research, training and other cancer services and therapies that the NHS is unable to afford. For further information on its work, including how to make a donation, visit www.rosemere.org.uk

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