15-06-2025
Hundreds complete Race for Life at Alyn Waters Country Park
The Cancer Research UK Race For Life event took place at Alyn Waters Country Park in Llay on Sunday morning.
Starting out on grass, the course was designed to take runners into the woodland on gravel paths, following a largely flat route with a couple of small climbs in the woods.
Runners setting off on Sunday morning (Image: Staff) Will Peters from Wrexham and Andrew Slinn from Anglesey (Image: Staff) Elen and Leonie Griffiths from Coedpoeth (Image: Staff) Nigel Hughes from Wrexham (Image: Staff) Hundreds of runners attended to take part - supported by even more friends and family - and were led through a big group warmup routine before setting off.
Laura Cass, Cancer Research Event Manager, told the Leader: "We have 400 participants taking part today in our 3k, 5k and 10k events.
"We're aiming to raise £35,000 and (as of 11am) we've already raised over £25,000 - which is brilliant.
Runners setting off on Sunday morning (Image: Staff) Benjamin and Stef Heath from Wrexham (Image: Staff) Andrew Griffiths from Gresford and Kelly Whiting from Prestatyn (Image: Staff)"The weather has turned out lovely as well; it's a beautiful day to be in Wrexham.
"It's really uplifting to see everyone here as a community, helping to raise money for Cancer Research."
Many were taking part in such an event for the first time, including 64-year-old Nigel Hughes, from Wrexham.
Phoebe Ainsworth from Longton, Preston, and Cameron Jones from Machynlleth (Image: Staff) Group warmup before the run begins (Image: Staff) He said: "It's really great to be taking part today. I've been walking my dog for preparation."
Andrew Griffiths, from Gresford, took part in the 10k with his daughter Kelly Whiting.
After crossing the finish line, Mr Griffiths said: "That was great - it was pretty tough in the last quarter though!"
