Our thanks to all the incredibly generous people who have sponsored us to date.  Marathon progress to date;

25th April 2010 - London - Ben 3hrs 08 minutes. 

6th May 2010 - Leeuwarden, NL - Ben & Eric 3 hrs 19 min

26th Sept 2010 - Berlin - Ben & Eric 3hrs 12min

---  In memory of Harry Glennie who passed away 22nd May 2010 of Bowel Cancer  (see photos) ---

The team are now resting after the Berlin marathon but will be back in training soon for London 2011.  Michael has now come to the successful completion of his treatment and is looking forward to a full recovery and a return to normal life.  We will keep this page live for a little longer, thank all of you who have doanted for your generosity and hope to raise even more than the amazing total we have so far.   Thanks again for your support.

Bowel Cancer is the third most common type of cancer and affects 37,500 people per year in the UK.  Like all cancers, if caught early it can often be successfully treated through a combination of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

Bowel & Cancer Research has a vision that no-one should die of bowel cancer or be compelled to live with a stoma (colostomy or ileostomy). It carries out research into what causes bowel cancer to spread (metastasise) in individuals with the aim of improving diagnosis and treatment under its Saving Lives programme and research into other bowel conditions together with pioneering surgical interventions under its Changing Lives programme.

Any support you are able to give will be greatly appreciated and will go towards a very worthy cause.

With our most heartfelt thanks,

, H, Ben Vickers and

 

Some additional facts about Bowel Cancer

Bowel cancer is a disease of the large bowel (made up of the colon and rectum). It is also sometimes called colorectal or colon cancer

• More than 37,500 men and women are diagnosed with bowel cancer in the UK every year, making it the third most common cancer; that's someone every 15 minutes
• Bowel cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in the UK and more than 16,000 people die each year; that's someone every 30 minutes
• 97% of all diagnoses are in people over the age of 50
• If diagnosed at the earliest stage, bowel cancer is highly treatable, with a survival rate of more than 80% over five years

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