Two new charity running events for 2016
Melanie May | 31 May 2016 | News
Alzheimer’s Research UK and Cancer Research UK are both launching new running challenge events this year to raise funds. Here are the details:
Running Down Dementia
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Alzheimer’s Research UK and parkrun’s new challenge for 2016 Running Down Dementia challenges people to run or walk 100km over the summer months and raise £100 for dementia research. Participants are invited to sign up online and connect their tracking app, and can then complete the challenge to suit them, such as running 20km a week, or running 5km parkruns. Participants have five months to raise the money and achieve their 100km, and are invited to post their runs to social media using the hashtag #runningdowndementia. Alzheimer’s Research UK was parkrun’s first charity partner.
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Tough 10
Cancer Research UK is launching Tough 10: a new series of physically challenging 10k runs that take place on some of the UK’s toughest terrain. There are three levels of toughness, and 10 events to choose from including a forest in Roundhay, Leeds, Box Hill in Surrey, the Peak District, and Pentland Hills in Edinburgh. People can choose their challenge at http://cruk.org/tough10.
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About Melanie May
Melanie May is a journalist and copywriter specialising in writing both for and about the charity and marketing services sectors since 2001. She can be reached via thepurplepim.com.