Denver Races to Better Prostate Cancer Awareness

Washington, DC, United States, 04/14/2008 - Participants in this year's Annual Post-News Centennial State Colfax Marathon can race for a cause by joining one of the Prostate Gland Cancer Education Council's (PCEC) relay teams.

On Sunday, May 18 at 6 am, more than than 6,000 smugglers and Walkers will bask the newly designed race course, which gets at City Park in Mile-High City and runs along the human race celebrated Colfax Avenue in the metropolises of Aurora, Mile-High City and Lakewood. This event - which touts a marathon, one-half endurance contest and endurance contest relay - is portion of the national pace Race series, which takes to increase national consciousness about prostate gland cancer. "A endurance contest is often about endurance and great accomplishment. But it's also brooding of a committedness to a healthy lifestyle," said Creigh Kelley, Operations Manager, Centennial State Colfax Marathon. "Together the Prostate Gland Cancer Education Council and the Centennial State Colfax Marathon can attain men, and the women in their lives, about the importance of prostate gland wellness and early detection." The pace Race Series - sponsored by Sanofi-Aventis to profit the PCEC - was launched in 2002 to increase national consciousness of prostate gland cancer. The victor of the pace Edgar Lee Masters constituent of the Centennial State Colfax Marathon for smugglers over 40-years-old will have $3,000 in award money, sponsored by the pace Race. Additionally, as portion of their attempts to raise greater prostate gland malignant neoplastic disease consciousness in Denver, the PCEC will supply gift bags for work force ages 40 and over and host a race-day booth at the expo. "Supporting the Centennial State Colfax Marathon to assist raise consciousness about prostate gland malignant neoplastic disease is extremely of import to us, as the disease currently impacts more than than 2 million American men," said Rolando Zeron, Merchandise Manager, Sanofi-Aventis. "We are a proud pace Race spouse and hope this event assists educate work force and their households about this annihilating disease." Prostate Gland malignant neoplastic disease is the most common cancer, other than tegument cancers, in American men. With a 1 in six lifespan hazard of developing prostate gland cancer, estimations for 2008 bespeak that more than than 186,000 work force will be diagnosed in the United States, and nearly 28,700 will decease from the disease. The 2nd prima cause of malignant neoplastic disease decease in American men, behind lone lung cancer, prostate gland malignant neoplastic disease is often treatable if detected early. With nearly 60 endurance contests under his belt, U.S. endurance contest fable and prostate gland malignant neoplastic disease subsister Bill Richard Rodgers cannot emphasis the importance of showings enough. "It is my hope that all work force at hazard for prostate gland malignant neoplastic disease are screened for this deathly disease. It's the best manner to observe prostate gland malignant neoplastic disease in its early phases because there are no early warning marks or symptoms," he said. "Even though I began running again only four calendar months after my tumour was removed, I go on to have regular showings and counsel other work force to make the same." Note to Calendar Editors:
WHAT: The 2008 Post-News Centennial State Colfax Marathon, Half-Marathon and Marathon Relay (part of the pace Race Series)
WHERE: The 26.2 statute mile course of study have a single start/finish inch City Park. The course of study caputs West on vivacious Colfax out to Simms Boulevard. Runners cringle back through business district Denver, east on Colfax to the FitzSimmons Anschutz campus, and complete back in City Park. WHEN: Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 6 am, City Park in Denver
CONTACT: 303-573-9900 About the pace Race Series
The pace Race 5K Run/Walk Series was launched in 2002 by the Prostate Gland Cancer Education Council (PCEC) to increase consciousness and early sensing of prostate gland malignant neoplastic disease and to educate work force and their households on treatment options and other men's wellness issues. With events in respective metropolises across the country, the 2008 pace Race Series have the ability to touch work force and women of all walkings of life. pace Race is sponsored by Sanofi-Aventis arsenic portion of their committedness to the prostate gland malignant neoplastic disease community. About the Prostate Gland Gland Cancer Education Council (PCEC)
A national organisation committed to men's health, the Prostate Cancer Education Council (PCEC) is dedicated to economy lives through consciousness and the instruction of men, the women in their lives, as well as the medical community about prostate gland malignant neoplastic disease prevalence, the importance of early detection, and available treatment options, as well as other men's wellness issues. The Council - comprised of a pool of leading physicians, wellness educators, work force of science and prostate gland gland malignant neoplastic disease advocators - takes to carry on state broad showings for men and execute research that volition assistance in the sensing and treatment of prostate cancer.

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