Three Little Piggies Playing in the Mud

Last week we posted about Cancer Research's, Race for Life and why we felt inspired to run it. Now we can say we did it!!! We actually did it! Last saturday, in 45 minutes we ran, jumped, crawled, climbed and wriggled around the 5 KM obstacle course at Finsbury Park with our University friend Grace.

The day however started a little less muddy than the picture above. 

We were very lucky to have our little support cheerleaders for the day, on hand to scribble on our backs and hold all our clobber.

We saw hundreds of touching messages over the course of the day, which was heartbreaking but also incredibly encouraging. 

Although Race for Life fundraises for all cancer reaserch, we dedicated our run for all those women and men that have been affected by Breast Cancer. 

Military-fitness guys were on hand to warm up the runners, asking us to do some very strange things...

Finally the gun went off and the muddy run began...

They weren't lying when they said it was 'pretty muddy'; we finished the race considerably less pink and much much more brown than we started!

It was such an inspirational day, watching groups of colleagues, friends and family, teaming together to support research into a disease that has taken or affected so many loved ones from us all.

A big, humongous thank you to our cheer squad for cheering, shouting, supporting, filming and photographing us from start to finish, papping us in many unladylike positions; we had many memories to take away front the day.

P.s. Our JustGiving page is still open and we'd love to smash our target even more than we have done so, so we can say goodbye to cancer quicker and sooner. 

Doing our breast to help beat cancer

This weekend we are attempting to run Breast Cancer's 'Pretty Muddy' run in Finsbury Park.

Since we began Attollo, raising awareness and money to help fight Breast Cancer has always been at the top of our agenda. Boobs are our business and we want to do everything we can to support and help those women who are facing possibly the worst days of their lives while they experience the horrendous disease.

We are incredibly passionate about doing our bit to help save women in the future having to battle this horrible disease.

Last night, at Cosmopolitan's FashFest Lingerie Show, we were very lucky to meet the founder of Coppafeel, Kris Hallegna. Her story is absolutely inspirational and reminded us truly what why supporting charities such as these are so important.

What we didn't know when we met her was that her breast cancer, which was discovered five years ago when she was 23, is terminal. Her message last night was, "Love your boobs" and "make your bra save your life". 

Kris with her twin sister Maren Hallenga. 

So, to kick start our support for this wonderful cause we are running/walking/crawling the very feeble distance of 5KM. The fun side is that it's just one rather long, mighty, muddy obstacle course.

Please help us raise as much as we can. Our fundraising page can be found here.

Our goal is to raise £150 - this money could pay for:

15 glass slides to examine 500 tumour samples

or

One Cancer Chat nurse to learn more about the latest advances in treatment.

or

It'll contribute halfway towards a thermostat controlled water bath for accurate results.





Once Kris told us her cancer was terminal, her inspiring response was, "I'm not planning on going anywhere. I've still got a lot of living to do".

On saturday, we will be running for and on behalf of the ladies out there like Kris. So please support us so we can team together, beat this horrible disease and save the wonderful, inspirational people in our lives.