Route revealed for the new Asda Foundation Bury 10K

The route of a major new charity run in Bury can today be revealed.

The Asda Foundation Bury 10K – which takes place on Sunday 18 September - will start and finish outside The Rock retail and leisure venue and take runners on an exhilarating journey through the town, taking in a host of landmarks including Bury Town Hall, Bury Parish Church, the Fusilier Museum and Bury Art Museum.

Runners can explore the route further and sign up at http://www.runforall.com/10k/bury/

The Bury 10K will also include the Arena Group Bury Family Fun for those who are too young for the 10K or want to take on a shorter distance. The event is completely free for children aged 3 to 14 and will also start and finish at The Rock.

For more information on the family fun run, go to http://www.runforall.com/fun-runs/bury/

The new Asda Foundation Bury 10K is being organised by Jane Tomlinson’s Run For All, a not-for-profit company, in partnership with I Will If You Will (IWIYW), a fitness movement in Bury that’s helping women, girls and their families to be more active, more often. IWIYW is delivered by Bury Council with Lottery funding from Sport England.

Charlie Tatman, Run For All event manager, said: “We’re very excited to be able to announce the route of the new Asda Foundation Bury 10K. It’s a brilliant new challenge for the area and we hope lots of people will be inspired to sign up and give it a go.”

Councillor Catherine Preston, deputy cabinet member for health and wellbeing at Bury Council, said: “We’re really looking forward to Bury hosting its inaugural 10K race in September and to see the route released has definitely seen excitement step up a notch. The run will not only see runners and spectators racing around the town’s streets but will also raise funds for good causes.

“I’ve taken part in the Greater Manchester Run for over a decade and I still love the challenge and sense of achievement when I cross the finishing line, so I’d recommend people of all ages and fitness levels to sign up for the Bury 10k with me.”

The Bury 10K is the latest addition to the hugely successful Asda Foundation 10K series which includes runs in Leeds, York, Lincoln, Burnley, Nottingham, Sheffield and Hull.

The series is organised by Run For All, part of the legacy of the late Jane Tomlinson who raised nearly £2m for charity by tackling a string of endurance challenges despite being diagnosed with incurable cancer.

Arena Group managing director Adrian Fitzpatrick said: “We are proud to be involved with this fantastic new event in Bury and we look forward to seeing lots of families taking part.”

For more details and to enter go to http://www.runforall.com/10k/bury/

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Press release issued: 21 July 2016.

Notes to editors:

About Run For All

Run For All is part of Jane Tomlinson’s lasting legacy. Jane Tomlinson CBE raised £1.85m for children’s and cancer charities before her untimely death from cancer aged just 43 in 2007. She made headlines across the world by competing in a series of epic endurance challenges from the London Marathon, ironman and triathlon competitions, to a 4,200 mile cycle ride across the width of the USA – despite being diagnosed with incurable cancer.

Her family continue to raise funds in her name, and the Jane Tomlinson Appeal has to date raised a massive £7.6m.

Run For All also organises the Plusnet Marathon series, which features half marathons in Leeds and Sheffield and the Yorkshire Marathon in York.

For more information the Run For All press office on 0113 826 7764 or email press@runforall.com.

About I Will If You Will

I Will If You Will is focused on changing women’s and girls’ behaviours towards taking part in sport and physical activity with the aim of getting more women and girls being more active, more often, and helping improve the health and wellbeing of people in Bury.

It aims to overcome the many practical and emotional barriers to being active, while encouraging women to support each other by joining the I Will If You Will community.

The Phase One campaign (2013–14) was delivered by Bury Council with £2.3 million of National Lottery funding from Sport England.For the Phase Two campaign (2015–16), Sport England has allocated a further £2 million to extend delivery.

The successful IWIYW pilot campaign identified valuable insight and helped develop the foundations for Sport England’s national This Girl Can campaign, which launched in January 2015, as well as Sport England’s practical guide to helping women and girls get active (www.sportengland.org/womenandgirls).For more information visit the website www.iwillifyouwill.co.uk

About Asda Foundation

The Asda Foundation is a charitable corporate foundation making independent grants throughout the UK. Its aim is to ‘transform, communities’ improving lives for people and communities in the UK both now and in the future. It funds the charitable projects and activities that have ideas and the ability to achieve change for the better. Go to www.asdafoundation.org for more information.