Yesterday, together with thousands of women, we wore pink outfits and sleek pink bobs to brave one of the hottest days of the year to take part in the York Race for Life.
Temperatures soared to nearly 30 degrees C as 5500 women of all ages from 101 to primary school age tackled the 5km course on York’s Racecourse on the Knavesmire.
We were so many that it took several minutes for all the runners, joggers and walkers to cross the starting line in a vast parade of many colour but predominantly pink. The atmosphere was awesome. A lot of us had been touched personally by cancer and there were some very touching memories written on our backs. But for those 5km we were all united in our hope to do something (although it seems very little) to defeat this terrible disease. The target was to raise £340,000 for Cancer Research UK and I really hope we did it!
My daughter was the first in our group to cross the finish line. She ran/jogged the 5km in just 42 minutes, not bad for a 10-year old who didn’t want to leave her old ma behind!
And as the cherry on the cake there they were, the handsome male cheerleaders who had first helped us to warm up, then supported us all the way and finally welcomed us at the end with refreshing water and cheers….the little joys of life…
