Hundreds turn out for Sheffield Race for Life

Hundreds turn out for Sheffield Race for Life at Graves Park

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00:00 [Cheering]

00:07 Graves Park was packed this morning as thousands headed there to take part in, or watch,

00:13 the 2024 Sheffield Race for Life in aid of Cancer Research UK. We spoke to some of those taking part.

00:19 Who's hidden inside the dinosaur costume here?

00:21 That's my dad.

00:22 What's his name?

00:23 Mark.

00:24 Right.

00:25 How proud are you of him?

00:27 I'm extremely proud of him.

00:30 [Laughter]

00:31 It's been absolutely brilliant. We enjoyed everything.

00:34 We enjoyed it.

00:35 Yeah.

00:36 Have you run it for anyone in particular?

00:37 Yeah, my dad and my mum.

00:39 And are they still with us?

00:41 No, no, unfortunately not.

00:43 Do you think they'll have been very proud of you today?

00:46 Yeah, definitely.

00:47 You just run the race for life. What distance did you do?

00:51 3k.

00:52 How did it go?

00:53 God.

00:54 And how do you feel about it?

00:56 Amazing.

00:57 We're proud of ourselves. Really proud.

01:00 Is one of you injured as well, did I hear?

01:02 Yeah, I've got a sprained wrist. We've got a chest infection.

01:06 But we did it.

01:07 We did it.

01:08 We did it. Very proud of ourselves.

01:10 Why have you done the race for life today?

01:12 For everyone who's experienced it, and especially my auntie who wanted to do the race but wasn't here today.

01:21 We lost my auntie on my daughter's birthday just over a week ago.

01:24 My name's Alison.

01:28 My name's Alison.

01:29 And my name's Alison.

01:30 And we're from Home Instead in Sheffield and Barnsley.

01:34 We look after people who are vulnerable and need extra support maybe to live independently in their own home.

01:42 So we're running for them today and also for relatives and people that we care about, people we've loved, people we've lost.

01:50 We've had a great time as well.

01:52 It's been amazing. We've had a fantastic day. I'm very tired.