Cancer Research UK gets tough with new 10k challenge at Heaton Park

Cancer Research UK’s Tough 10 at Heaton Park

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Cancer Research UK’s Tough 10 at Heaton Park is daring men and women to take on the challenge and sign up for the event, the run has challenging muddy slopes, thigh burning hills and tough terrain.

Each event in the Tough 10 series is marked tough, tougher or toughest based on the level of difficulty of each course. The Heaton Park route is ranked tough so it is suitable for regular runners or first timers looking for a challenge.

Kirsti Thompson, Cancer Research UK Event Manager, said: “We know Greater Manchester residents have what it takes to tackle Tough 10 and we are delighted to be hosting the event in the city for the first time.

“Every day, around 110 people in the North West are diagnosed with cancer. That is why we need as many people as possible to double knot their trainers and take on our stamina-testing course.

Tough10 promises fierce inclines and stunning views to take your breath away. Every muddy slope conquered brings us a step closer to beating all cancers.”

Organisers hope around 600 people will enter Tough 10 in Manchester and raise around £35,000 to help Cancer Research UK’s scientists find new ways to prevent and diagnose the disease and to develop new, better and kinder treatments.

Cancer survival in the UK has doubled since the 1970s and Cancer Research UK’s work has been at the heart of that progress. More supporters, more funds and more research is needed to help bring forward the day when all cancers are cured.

Ms Thompson continued: “We have got cancer on the run. Today one in two people diagnosed with the disease survive, but we need to do more. Our ambition is to accelerate progress and see three in four people surviving the disease by 2034. That is why we urgently need as many people as possible to sign up for Tough 10 and to raise money to help fund vital research.

“There are over 200 types of cancer and we will not stop until we have beaten them all. The more research we are able to fund the sooner that day will come.”

To enter Tough 10, visit: cruk.org/tough10