Coldstream Park Hosting 4th Annual Free to Breathe Run/Walk This Saturday

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 31, 2014) – Coldstream Park will host the city's fourth annual Free to Breathe fundraiser this Saturday, Nov 1. The inspirational event will feature a 5k run/walk and a 1-mile walk for all fitness levels, with awards for top fundraisers and finishers.

All proceeds from the event support Free to Breathe, a nonprofit lung cancer research and advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring surviving lung cancer is the expectation, not the exception.

Kentucky leads the nation in both new incidences of lung cancer and deaths from the disease. Though tobacco use is the biggest risk factor for developing lung cancer, anyone can develop the disease regardless of his or her smoking status. Lung cancer kills nearly twice as many women as breast cancer, and it is the leading cause of cancer deaths for both men and women in the U.S.  Despite this, lung cancer receives proportionately less government funding per death than other types of cancer.

Free to Breathe aims to rally Kentuckians to create change and help defeat lung cancer. Supporters and participants are creating communities of hope by raising awareness of the disease and funds which can fuel advances in detection and treatment and ultimately save lives.

Registration for the event will begin at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, followed by the opening rally at 9:40 a.m. The cost to register that day is $30. Registrants can choose to participant in one of three events:

·      5K Run, beginning at 10 a.m.

·      5K walk, beginning at 10:05 a.m.

·      1-mile walk, beginning at 10:10 a.m.

For more information on Free to Breathe, visit www.freetobreathe.org.