Starting this December, hundreds of Coloradans will join a national effort in the fight against prostate cancer. The Prostate Cancer Education Council (PCEC) has partnered with Milwaukee, WI-based Assurant Health, a national provider of individual medical, small group and specialty health insurance, to provide Denver’s runners and walkers with an opportunity to raise prostate cancer awareness by participating in the Assurant Health RunDenver Series of foot races.
On Saturday, Dec. 20 at 10 a.m., at Denver’s City Park, the Rudolph Ramble will kick off the Assurant Health RunDenver Series. The Assurant Health RunDenver Series, which includes four races over the next three months, marks the beginning of the 2009 PACE Race Series, a national 5K run/walk series that aims to increase awareness of prostate cancer and to educate men and their families on the importance of early detection. The Assurant Health RunDenver Series includes:
“Early detection saves lives. I have had the opportunity to meet many prostate cancer survivors through the PACE Race Series, and the majority of them agree that early detection saved their lives,” said Laura Nicholas, National PACE Race Director. “The PACE Race Series provides the community with educational information on prostate cancer and the means to lead a healthier life style.”
The Assurant Health RunDenver Series is an opportunity for the whole family to join the fight against prostate cancer, with a 5K run/walk and a half-mile kid’s race. Additionally, as part of its efforts to raise greater prostate cancer awareness in Denver, the PCEC will provide information on prostate cancer at the races.
“Raising awareness about prostate cancer is extremely important to us, as the disease currently affects more than two million American men,” said Wendy Poage, President, Prostate Cancer Education Council. “With races throughout the country, we have a real opportunity to touch men in all walks of life and educate them, and their families, about this devastating disease.”