The much-loved Cancer Research Race for Life  events are back! And anyone who joins this January can claim 50 percent off the entry fee by using the code RFL23NY  (until Tuesday 31 January). 

This is the 30^th year of Race for Life and participants will receive a special medal to mark the milestone. Every year around 33,200 people are diagnosed with cancer in Scotland.  Money raised at Race for Life enables scientists to find new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, helping to save more lives.   

 The Race for Life events take place across Scotland between April and June 2023 and are open to people of all ages and abilities.  Participants can choose from 3k, 5k and 10k events. There is also a chance to take part in Pretty Muddy, a mud-splattered obstacle course (a Pretty Muddy Kids option is also available). 

Cancer Research UK Race for Life, in partnership with Standard Life, is the UK’s largest charity mass participation event. Since it began in 1994, around 10 million people have taken part, raising more than £920m to help fund cutting-edge research into cancer.   

Cancer Research UK’s spokesperson in Scotland, Lisa Adams, says: 'January is the perfect time to commit to getting a little more active. We’d love for as many people as possible across Scotland to join us during our 30^th year of Race for Life. Race for Life is a powerful way to celebrate and remember loved ones affected by cancer and to raise money for pioneering research. Whether people are living with cancer, taking part in honour of or in memory of a loved one with cancer or signing up to protect their own children’s future, everyone has a reason to Race for Life.  Sadly 1 in 2 of us will get cancer in our lifetime* but support through events like Race for Life funds groundbreaking work to see more people surviving cancer.'

Andy Curran, chief executive of Standard Life, adds: 'We are extremely proud to have been chosen as the headline sponsor of Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life. This sponsorship will help encourage participation and raise funds for life-saving research to help beat cancer.'

Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life, in partnership with Standard Life, raises funds for world-class research to help beat 200 types of cancer, including bowel cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, testicular cancer, brain cancer, children’s cancers and leukaemia.    

To enter a race near you, visit raceforlife.org . Check out a list of Scottish Race for Life events below. 

^{* Based on Ahmad AS, Ormiston-Smith N, Sasieni PD.  Read study.}

Race for Life events in Scotland 

Stirling: 5k & 10k – 30 April 

Fife: 3k, 5k, 10k & Pretty Muddy – 14 May 

Glasgow: 3k, 5k, 10k – 21 May; Pretty Muddy – 17 June

Inverness: 5k &10k – 28 May 

Edinburg: 3k, 5k, 10k –  4,18 June; Pretty Muddy – 11 June

Dundee: 5k, 10k & Pretty Muddy – 18 June 

Falkirk : 3k, 5k & 10k – 25 June 

 Aberdeen: 5k & 10k – 2 July