CANCER Research UK staff will begin a 200-mile walk, cycle and run from Leeds to Oxford today.
The team of 13 hopes to raise £1,700 for the charity by travelling from the Cancer Research Building in Leeds to the Cancer Research UK Institute at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington.
Each will travel about 20 miles in a relay through the night to reach Oxford by tomorrow afternoon.
The north and central events team, which works on the charity’s main fundraising event Race for Life, has so far raised more than £1,100.
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National event manager Adam Lockton said: “We’ve seen thousands of women raise millions of pounds for Cancer Research UK this year at Race for Life and we wanted to play tribute and complete our own fundraising challenge.
To donate, visit justgiving.com/northandcentralteam
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