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Bowelbabe Fund Jog 31 Miles Challenge

Complete 31 miles of jogging in May to help fund cutting-edge bowel cancer research, raise awareness and challenge stigma.

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The challenge

Jog 31 miles throughout the month of May.

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Date

Throughout the month of May.

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Location

In the gym, at the park, round the garden - wherever works for you!

Sign up to the challenge

Get fit, feel good, and continue Dame Deborah James’ incredible legacy.

This is your challenge. Whatever your ability, do it your way.

Do one mile a day, take a break and go for a longer weekend jog, or even start by walking and build up the pace throughout the month. Make the challenge work for you.

How to take part

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Step: 1

Sign up for free - no entry fee

Complete our 2 minute form and get your free t-shirt and online Giving Page.

Sign up

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Step: 2

Join the community

If you'd like to, you can join the challenge Facebook group. Meet fellow joggers, ask questions, and keep your motivation high.

Join the Jog 31 Miles Challenge Facebook group

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Step: 3

Complete your 31 miles and start getting sponsorship

Take some much needed me-time and complete the challenge solo, or invite a friend to join and jog together.

Start fundraising and get support and tips with your free fundraising pack.

Download your fundraising pack(PDF)

Sign up to the challenge

Completing the challenge

Get training support

Download your top tips guide(PDF)

You don't need to provide evidence of your miles

We trust you! If you'd like to, you can track your jogs with apps like Fitbit and Strava.

Learn about tracking your jogs with Fitbit

Learn about tracking your jogs with Strava

We recommend May, but you can start and finish at any time

You can continue to collect donations on your Giving Page after the month ends.

Whether you finish the challenge or not, the money that you raise will allow us to continue funding cutting-edge research.

How to fundraise

When you sign up, we'll create your online Giving Page

Share it with friends, family and colleagues and start getting sponsorship for your challenge.

There's no set fundraising target

You set your own goals. But we do recommend you set yourself a target of £150. Fundraisers who do set a target raise significantly more.

Get fundraising support, tips and inspiration

Grab your fundraising pack, challenge calendar, shareable social media badges and more to help you reach your fundraising goals.

What your fundraising can do

Whether you surpass your goals or don't quite reach them, the money you raise will help fund cutting-edge cancer research.

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Smarter screening to detect bowel cancer

The Bowelbabe Fund is commiting £500k to a study aiming to detect more bowel cancers at an earlier stage.

Find out about Bowel Star screening

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Uncovering the causes behind the rise in early-onset bowel cancer

Team PROSPECT will line up data on life experiences, genetic changes and generational trends.

Learn more about team PROSPECT

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Making immunotherapy more effective for people with bowel cancer

Immunotherapy is not yet effective for most people with bowel cancer. Professor Marco Gerlinger is leading a project to develop new immunotherapies to improve survival for people with bowel cancer.

Learn more about Professor Marco Gerlinger's project

Get answers to all your questions

Visit our FAQs page

Get answers to your most common questions.

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