RUNNING in the Resolution Asset Management Women's 10K is not only good for your health - it can be good for the things you hold close to your heart too.

Last year more than 15,000 thousand women took part in the event, which starts and finishes in Bellahouston Park, raising £1million for the causes they care about.

With more than two weeks to go until race day, Sunday May 13, there's still time to sign up for the race.

And why not run it to back our appeal and help build a new hospice for Glasgow.

To enter the 10K you can pick up a form from any council venue, sports shop or gym or pay a visit to the race website at www.runglasgow.org which has entry details, online entry, tips and race day information.

The entry hotline is 0845 270 0166.

The Evening Times, media partners of the 10K, is backing the Big Build campaign to help build a new Marie Curie hospice for Glasgow.

The current hospice at Stobhill, which cares for people aged 18 years and over with terminal illnesses, desperately needs to be replaced.

The hospice, to be built in the Stobhill Hospital grounds, will be the most modern in Europe.

It will cost £16m, £8m of which has already been raised.

The cash will help provide things that are currently sadly lacking, including piped in oxygen and en-suite bathrooms.

You can help get the new hospice built by running the 10K to raise money for the Big Build campaign.

For more information or to receive a fundraising pack call 0141 531 1383 or go to the Marie Curie website at www.mariecurie.org.uk.

As fundraisers for Marie Curie Cancer Care, Gemma McDonald and Janice Owen are used to running campaigns to raise money, but for the Big Build they will be literally running the Women's 10K dressed as builders!

"I'm not keen a runner and have never run anything like this before but it is something I had always wanted to do it's my job to encourage people to do these things so it was a bit cheeky not to do it myself!" Said Gemma, 22.

"There are a few really keen runners in the team but most of us just want to do what we can to raise money and awareness of the Big Build campaign."

Gemma is part of a team of 20 women from Marie Curie and Asda Robroyston running to raise cash for the Big Build campaign.

All the team will wear hard hats, builders vests and even burly, handlebar moustaches to get the message across.

Gemma's mum has worked in cancer care for 30 years and Gemma grew up raising money for cancer appeals and visiting hospices.

"Sadly, cancer touches almost every family in Scotland which is why getting the new hospice built is so important," explained Gemma. "People have a jaded opinion of what a hospice does and think it's a sad place and while you do see sad things and there are sad times there is also lots of laughter and people can play music and enjoy their time.

"It's not just about a place to die lots of different people come to the hospice for all kinds of reasons including respite care and to have their medication assessed.

"There are also drop-in facilities for day patients, family services, carer support groups and complementary therapies, including aromatherapy massage and reiki.

"The hospice is a great place you can't fault the services or the dedication of the staff it's just the building that is letting us down," said Gemma.

Janice Owen, 42, of Ibrox, is also a fundraiser for Marie Curie.

She said: "My mum died of bowel cancer six years ago.

"She was looked after at home and died there.

"I was there for her, and that's why this hospice is so important, to make sure that no matter what your circumstances, if you have cancer there is somewhere you can go where people can look after you.

"It's important the families of people with cancer also have the hospice for things like respite care and support.

"People think it's all doom and gloom but when you see the hospice and what is going to be built it's really positive."

Anyone interested in sponsoring the girls can do so at www.justgiving.com/bigbuildrunners on the link at the bottom.

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