Carlisle 5k Your Way: Move Against Cancer

13/10/2026

👋 I am Faye, a Macclesfield 5KYW ambassador and also a doctor 🩺 at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

I joined the Oxford 5K Your Way, Move Against Cancer in 2019, mainly because of Brenda Kelly.

Brenda Kelly is an Obstetrician in Oxford, an avid outdoor swimmer and also someone who was recovering from breast cancer.

Her main frustration during her diagnosis and treatment was how little information she received from her clinicians about whether she could exercise, what form of exercise she was safe to do and whether she could open water swim.

She joined 5KYW to spread the word about the benefit of movement before, during and after a diagnosis of cancer.

I listened, and learnt, so I could better inform my patients.

Over the next 12 months I am going to be posting about the benefits of exercise in all types of cancer.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month 🎀

Exercise during and after breast cancer treatment is safe, and the research behind it is strong:
✅ Less fatigue, better quality of life: A Cochrane review found exercise during treatment improves fitness, fatigue and quality of life.
✅ Less joint pain: In a trial of women on aromatase inhibitors, regular exercise reduced joint pain.
✅ Linked to better outcomes: Studies of women who exercised after diagnosis found about 24% lower risk of recurrence and 34% lower risk of dying from breast cancer.

These long-term findings show a link rather than proof, but the pattern is consistent.

You don't need to run. Our 5K Your Way group walks, chats and sets its own pace every Saturday Macclesfield parkrun whatever stage of treatment you're at 💛

Join us this month at South Park, Macclesfield,
9am on the last Saturday of the month. We’re the friendly team in blue T shirts 👕 stood by the Macclesfield 5k Your Way, Move Against Cancer flag.

(Ibrahim and Al-Homaidh 2011 meta-analysis, Holmes JAMA 2005, Irwin JCO 2015, Furmaniak Cochrane 2016, ACSM 2019)

26/09/2026

Our monthly 5K Your Way group was a super special one this month as we also hosted a Macmillan Coffee Morning. Thank you so much to everyone who contributed, either by organising, baking or buying! We raised an amazing £254!! As usual we had a lovely social after at our favourite pub.. Well done everyone!! 🩵💚💙

20/09/2026

Come and join us this Saturday for 5K Your Way and Macmillan Coffee Morning with Carlisle parkrun….. everyone welcome! 💚💚💚

And don’t forget….. post parkrun catch up at The Horse and Farrier too 😍

💚 MacMillan Coffee Morning and 5k Your Way: Move Against Cancer this Saturday!!! 💚

On Saturday 26th September alongside our usual parkrun, we will be welcoming 5K Your Way and holding our very own MacMillan coffee morning. There will be cakes available for a donation to MacMillan and also The Horse and Farrier will also be open for our post parkrun coffee, catch up and their amazing breakfast butties!!!

Hope to see you there!

12/09/2026

💚 SAVE THE DATE - Macmillan parkrun Takeover! 💚

We’ve got something a bit special planned at Carlisle parkrun on Saturday 26th September…🍰

As part of Macmillan’s nationwide Coffee Morning parkrun Takeover, our 5K Your Way Carlisle group will be joining forces with the Carlisle parkrun team to turn parkrun green and help raise awareness and support for people living with cancer 💚

🗓 Saturday 26th September
📍 Carlisle parkrun
🟢 Wear something green
🧁 There will be cake!!!

Run, walk, volunteer or cheer from the sidelines - if you’re living with or beyond cancer, we’d love you to join us. Family, friends, supporters and carers are very welcome too.

We’ll share more details about how to donate the cost of a coffee to support Macmillan’s work but for now, pop the date in your diary and start hunting for something green! 🟢🦖🧤👒

See you on the 26th 💚💙

29/08/2026

Today’s 5K Your Way.. What a turnout!! Great to see you all and well done! 👏🏻
Thanks to The Horse and Farrier for hosting us afterwards! 🩵

26/08/2026

It’s 5K Your Way this Saturday!! (29th).
If you have been affected by cancer, we would love you to join us.
We meet at the start of Carlisle parkrun at 8:45. Look out for the blue stand and friendly faces 😊
If you would like to get involved in some physical activity- that’s great too!- No pressure!
For anyone just wanting the social aspect- cheer with us at parkrun and/or join us over the road at The Horse and Farrier afterwards for breakfast butties!
Please share for those who may be interested in joining us 💙

25/08/2026

Well done Carlisle United Community Sports Trust!!! This looks like an amazing initiative!!!

07/08/2026

A huge thank you to Chris Hoy for highlighting the health benefits of exercise when living with cancer…..

Our next 5K Your Way event is on the last Saturday of this month….. would be amazing to see you there! 🙌🏼

🚨 Sir Chris Hoy has hailed a 'miracle drug' in his fight against a terminal cancer diagnosis

The Olympics and Commonwealth Games icon revealed in 2023 that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer, which a year later he said had metastasised to his bones and that doctors had given him between two and four years to live. 💔

Sir Chris has been sharing his journey publicly and talked up exercise as a 'miracle drug' and he claims everyone would view it that way if it came as a tablet 😳

🗣️ "Exercise is a big part of my dealing with my cancer. There's numerous studies to show that exercise can improve the efficacy of the cancer medications. It can improve your time to relapse.

"If it was in pill form, it would be hailed as a miracle drug.

"Actually, for my diagnosis, it took a long time to find any positivity or opportunity from that really difficult situation. For me, that was saying maybe we can change attitudes to Stage 4 cancer."

05/08/2026

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