A WOMAN is to run a charity race after she battled breast cancer. Tara Richards, 34, hopes to raise hundreds of pounds for Cancer Research when she takes part in the Race for Life, in Darlington's South Park, on Sunday, June 20.
Mrs Richards, from North Yorkshire, discovered she had the condition in August 2002.
The diagnosis came days before her 14-year-old son, Benn, was to start boarding school.
She said: "When the doctor said this is what you have, it was just absolute disbelief. I didn't feel ill at all."
Mrs Richards, who also has an eight-year-old daughter, Jordan, is now recovering.
She said: "One of my best friends lost her mum a month ago to lung cancer and that has spurred me on. She has lost her mum, but I am still here and I want to do something to help other people."
To enter, visit www.raceforlife.org or call 08705 134314.
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