Organisers launched the event, which will take place on Sunday, October 25, in Hamilton. And your Motherwell Times and Bellshill Speaker will be supporting the run all the way to Strathclyde Park after teaming up with Cancer Research as their local media sponsor.

The charity is hoping to attract 2,000 participants to the run and top last year's target of £108,000 raised.

Leigh Fergus, Cancer Research UK events manager, said: "Run 10k is a great opportunity to have fun, get fit and raise money to help beat cancer.

"We are encouraging men and women of all running abilities to sign up. Although the distance might sound like a challenge, lots of people can achieve it with a little bit of training.

"Survival rates for cancer have doubled over the last 30 years and Cancer Research UK's work has been at the heart of that progress.

"In the 1960s, fewer than three out of 10 children diagnosed with cancer were successfully treated. Now, it's seven out of 10.

"Today, more than 95 per cent of men diagnosed with testicular cancer are cured and more women are surviving breast cancer than ever before. But despite improvements in treatment, one in four people in the UK will die from the cancer. We want to change that.

"Cancer Research UK aims to save many more lives over the next 10 years. That's why we are asking men and women in Lanarkshire to Run 10k, to raise money for vital research and help beat cancer."

The Strathclyde Park event is part of a series of 43 that will take place throughout the UK in the autumn.

The charity is hoping 60,000 people will take part to raise around £6 million to help its life saving work. To enter visit www.run10k.org.