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In 2014 Go Dad Run welcomed a new headline sponsor as the Sanlam Go Dad Run expanded and staged three small events on Father’s Day weekend (14-15 June) in
Crystal Palace Park in London, Bute Park in Cardiff and Cannon Hill Park in Birmingham. Boys aged 14+ joined their dads and the men on the
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Jackson founded it after two of his uncles developed prostate cancer and although one responded to treatment the other was less fortunate and died. That prompted him to find out more information about the illness and he was shocked to discover that whilst 1 in 8 men in the UK will develop
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October. The series will begin in Sunderland on 2 April and then move to London, Brighton & Hove, Worcester, Cardiff, Norwich and Bristol. The Lead Charity is
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A number of rule changes were introduced and there were 10K events at all locations, the 5K runs were opened to men and boys of any age and all aged 10+ were to be chip timed.
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Llangefni to greet the men and boys before they ran around the town. At Worcester Racecourse he was joined by two other world champions,
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