Entries open as Hartlepool's popular Race for Life prepares to return in 2021

The town event is a 5k run along the promenade at Coronation Drive, Seaton Carew on Sunday, October 3, from 11am with staggered starting time in force on social distancing grounds.

Niki Clinghan, Cancer Research UK’s spokesperson, said: “Race for Life offers the perfect opportunity for people across the North East to run, walk or jog and raise money for life-saving research.

“All 400 Race for Life events nationally were cancelled last year during the Covid-19 pandemic, so this year, more than ever, we need people to enter for the people we love, for the people we’ve lost and for the one in two of us who will get cancer.”

The money raised funds world-class research to help beat 200 types of cancer.

Participants will this year set off on the Race for Life courses either alone or in small groups.

Hand sanitiser will also be provided before and after each event.

 If any Race for Life events are cancelled, people will be entitled to a refund of their entry fee or can choose to donate the fee to help fund Cancer Research UK’s life-saving work.

The Hartlepool event costs £14.99 for adults, £10 for children with boys and girls aged six and under able to enter for free.

Starting life in 1994 as women-only events, men have been allowed to participate since 2019.

To enter, go to www.raceforlife.org or call 0300 123 0770.