WARRINGTON Town boss Shaun Reid joined more than 100 other dads and lads to complete in the first ever Go Dad run to take place in Warrington.
Reid completed the 5km circuit at Victoria Park in an impressive 22 min 54 seconds.
The event is the brainchild of former World, European and Commonwealth 110m hurdles champion and Olympic silver medalist Colin Jackson who helped launch the 3rd annual Sanlam Go Dad Run 5K’s for men and boys which kicked off in the North West at Warrington.
It was one of six events being held around the UK during June and is a fundraiser for Go Dad Run’s official charity partner, Prostate Cancer UK.
Shaun completed his run in the “eye-catching” purple underpants which he is now offering for auction to help raise additional funds.
Meanwhile the Sanlam Go Dad Run was created in 2013 to raise awareness of men’s health issues and funds for our charity partner, Prostate Cancer UK.
Colin came up with the idea after two of his uncles developed prostate cancer and, sadly, only one survived and when he was researching the subject he was shocked to discover that 1 in 8 men in the UK will develop prostate cancer and that rises to 1 in 4 men of a black African/Caribbean background.
Inspired by the extraordinary success of Race For Life he organised his own pilot event in 2013, expanded that to 3 runs last year and is staging 6 this June. The ambition is to at least double that next year and spread the project out across the UK.
Colin saw Go Dad Run as a great opportunity to get dads and sons, brothers and uncles, friends and neighbours, all together to do something fun and healthy on Father’s Day or during the build up – but we also need all the mums, daughters and sisters to get behind the men and support them on the day!
Go Dad Run’s headline sponsor is Sanlam UK and their supporting sponsors are Big Yellow Self Storage and PUMA.
If you are interested in finding out more then please follow Go Dad Run on twitter and facebook and all information is on our website www.godadrun.co.uk
Shaun Reid with Warrington Town fan Graham Bell who also completed the run.
