Well us Launch ladies have done it again! Firstly, we’d like to say a huge congratulations to the ladies who coordinated the whole event, which as usual was a roaring success, and secondly to all the ladies who took part at Battersea Park and made it round the 5k course.

This year marked a decade of Tesco’s support for Race for Life. To celebrate this anniversary we’ve been doing our bit for fundraising and over the last 2 years raised well over £550 to help beat cancer.

Whilst we were out on the course the rest of the Launch team were doing a sterling job to raise as much awareness and coverage for the event as possible, as well as the other 300 Race for Life events happening across the UK from May to the end of July this year.

Needless to say KPIs are already smashed, with coverage achieved on Daybreak, The Metro, Hello and OK! to name a few.

Well done girls, we did it! Time now to don the leg warmers and get into training for next year.

Don’t forget to check out the RFL Twitter feed for all the latest news!

A massive congratulations to the Launch Group team who took part in Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life last month.

The 20 strong team joined British athlete Paula Radcliffe and 7,000 other women in Battersea Park to walk, jog and run the 5k course. The team smashed their £300 fundraising target and managed to raise a fantastic £505 to help beat cancer.

The whole team did incredibly well and are already looking forward to next year.

Check out the Supporters’ Network and its Twitter feed for all the latest Race for Life news!

This is the fifth year I have been involved in Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life as a Tesco ambassador, and, as always, the Battersea Park event last week was just fantastic. I walked the course with my mum, who is currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer, so this was especially poignant to me this year. It is such a privilege to be able to experience the incredible atmosphere of so many women joined together to support Cancer Research UK’s life-saving work.

I spent the day helping raise awareness for Race for Life as well as increasing participation levels, ultimately with the hope that together we can raise an unprecedented amount of money for Cancer Research UK. I got started early with a BBC Breakfast interview, followed by numerous TV, radio and print interviews. Catch me in Hello magazine and My weekly over the next few weeks!

And of course, I signed the Tesco World’s Largest Trainer and Lord Seb Coe even joined me to add his own good luck message on the shoe.

I’d like to say a really well done to the Launch Group team – over 10 girls took part in the race this year – I think you surpassed yourselves and did incredibly well. 

I cannot wait for next year…see you all again at the start line!!

Paula