Thousands turn Herringthorpe playing fields pink: PICTURES

THOUSANDS of women clad in pink converged on Herringthorpe playing fields yesterday for the annual Race for Life in aid of Cancer Research.

A PLAYING field became a sea of pink yesterday as thousands put their best feet forward for Rotherham’s biggest annual women-only fun run.

Rotherham’s Race For Life event took place at Herringthorpe playing fields, with more than 2,500 women and girls running for Cancer Research UK, many of them in memory of lost loved ones.

Last year’s event raised £115,000 and sponsored runners from around the borough donned their trainers and pink tops again this year for a warm-up session before taking on the 5km course around the field.

Among them were staff from Bubbles Cleaning Services, of Woodlaithes, including Lesley Taylor (50), who lost her father Trevor Taylor to throat cancer in 2010 ,and Sarah Stacey, who is in remission from skin cancer.

Meanwhile, betting shop worker Amy Bellamy, from Rawmarsh, joined 15 friends and family by running in memory of her own father, who died from cancer in December.

Advertiser photographer Steve Mettam was on hand to capture the fun.

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