From pensioners to schoolgirls, they transformed Ferry Meadows into a vibrant sea of pink as they ran on Tuesday evening (See video), jogged and walked in memory of loved ones they had lost to cancer.

Race for Life, a 5-km run organised by Cancer Research UK, hopes to raise £50million for research to help beat the killer disease, and if the strength of feeling and generosity from last night was anything to go by, it is a mission they could accomplish.

Can you spot yourself or someone you know in our extended video clip of Tuesday's race For Life.

Tonight, thousands of other women will come together for the second race – united by their shared experiences of being touched by cancer.

Karen May (33), from March, was running for her aunt Jen Fairminder, who died last April of lung cancer.

She said: "If she was here, she would be screaming for me in support.

"It's very emotional, but I wanted to do something to help."

Rachael Phillips (48), who lives near Bourne, fought and beat cancer of the uterus in 2000.

The inspirational woman joined her daughter Shannon, who is 11 on Thursday, for the race, which they were dedicating to the girl's nan Sheila Phillips, who survived bowel cancer, and aunt Annette, who sadly died of ovarian cancer last August.

Shannon said: "It was long time ago that my aunt died and I wanted to do something for her."

Her mum said: "Being told you have cancer is quite horrendous because you don't know what the future holds.

"But I've got another life now, and my message would be that you can beat it and it can then be a positive experience."

First to cross the line was Stephanie Burton, repeating her Race for Life victory last year.

The 12-year-old Orton Longueville pupil said: "It felt harder than last year, but it was wonderful to win. It's not the winning that matters in an event like this, but I was still really pleased to win."

Stephanie will be back at Ferry Meadows tonight for the second Race for Life event. She will run with pupils from her former school Matley.

Kylie Dean (19) joined her colleagues at the Wisbech Asda store, Angelique Knights (39), Amanda Smith (38) and Chrissie Southgate (38), in the green fields of the country park.

Kylie was running for her mum Jackie (50) who beat breast cancer two years ago.

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Don't miss coverage of the second Race for Life event in Thursday's Evening Telegraph.