Leanne Quigley who won this years The Traitors has urged people to get involved with race for life, saying its an event close to her heart, as her partner was recently diagnosed with grade three breast cancer.
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00:00The Race for Life is a fundraising event organised by Cancer Research UK, first held back in
00:071994 in Battersea Park in London, as a women's-only 5K run to raise money for cancer research.
00:13The event grew rapidly, expanding to multiple locations across the UK. Since its launch,
00:17Race for Life has raised over £950 million to fund research into 200 types of cancer.
00:22The first Race for Life in Wales took place in Cardiff in 1997, and following a successful
00:27first outing, more events were introduced across the country, including in Swansea,
00:31Wrexham and Newport. Over the years, the event has evolved, introducing different distances
00:36and even pretty muddy obstacle courses, and in 2019 it became open to everyone, regardless
00:41of their gender.
00:42Today, Race for Life remains one of the UK's largest mass participation fundraising events.
00:47They're still going strong, possibly bigger than ever, with thousands of people already
00:51signed up this year. But Leanne from The Traitors, who lives in North Wales, wants to see more
00:55people sign up and raise money for cancer research.
00:58Yeah, absolutely. I think these events are really lovely, actually, because it brings
01:03people together. Everybody's there for a different reason. You know, there's over 200 different
01:07types of cancer, so everybody there is racing for a different reason, but we're actually
01:12all there for the same reason, and that's to raise money for Cancer Research UK. That,
01:17you know, this research saves lives, and I think it's something everybody is grateful
01:23for, so these types of events are very special to a lot of people.
01:28This year, you can also get involved and add songs to the playlist for the event called
01:31Play for Life, where you can upload a song that could mean a lot to you or a loved one,
01:35or just a great upbeat track that gets you in the running mood.
01:38Yeah, so the Play for Life playlist is basically you submit a song that is personal to you,
01:47to your journey, or to a loved one's journey, and you add it to the playlist for this year's
01:52Race for Life, and music is known as a motivator, you know, it encourages people to keep going,
01:59so it will be a playlist that's played throughout these races, and you can submit your own song
02:06by visiting the raceforlife.org website and submitting your song there.
02:12Leanne says the charity is very close to her heart, as her partner was diagnosed with grade
02:17three breath cancer. She's since got the all clear, but says that the Race for Life is
02:21something she wants to be a part of.
02:23So it's really close to my heart, actually, and being involved in the Race for Life this
02:27year means a lot to me, because my partner was diagnosed with grade three breast cancer
02:32last year, and that is something she has been fighting since last July, and we're very,
02:38very lucky to say that she has beaten cancer, and the chemotherapy, the radiotherapy, everything
02:45has worked, so that is why we'll be doing this together. She'll be doing it with me,
02:51alongside our family, who have helped us through the toughest times as well.