The Kirste 5 Memorial Race
Sunday 24th July 2022
UKA Licence Number: 2022-43292
Kirste was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005, and underwent six bouts of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. She passed away on February 9th 2012, at the age of just 42 after raising more than £50,000 for breast cancer charities by running 23 marathons while fighting the disease.
Her smiling face will be forever missed.
“Superb,uplifting,inspirational – just as Kirste would have wanted.
This is a memorial race in honour of my extraordinary brave and special wife Kirste.
She loved running because of the camaraderie ,warmth and friendship she found with fellow runners.
These gave Kirste the courage to fight cancer and to continue running for seven years. This race exemplifies all these values and is also a lovely friendly and great value race.”
To design a more fitting tribute would be difficult if not impossible, the event you guys created is the perfect tribute. You will find nobody that knew Kirste saying anything different.
I am certain anyone that knew Kirste knows how much she loved running and encouraging others to run.”
John Bowman
All profits from this race will be donated equally between Macmillan Cancer Support (261017), and Southend Breast Unit (1057266).
We are proudly inclusive of all members of the LGBT+ community and we welcome entrants as female, male or non-binary.
We are committed to ‘spreading the message far and wide that there is no room for homophobia, transphobia and biphobia in sport’ by signing up to the Sports Charter.
We are so pleased and humbled that The Finish Line Fund will be sponsoring our First Aid Cover, through EuroMed Ambulance for our 2022 event.
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“Thank you to all our Marshals, Partners and to all the Runners.
We had some excellent comments about the race again this year, so thank you for making it a special day. ”
Karl Cadman, Race Director
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