Justine Simpson (38), St Margaret's Lane, Barnhill, and her mum, May Rorrison (64), are urging women of all ages and fitness levels to sign-up to walk, jog or run 5k at the event at Dundee's Camperdown Park this summer.
The pair have teamed up wi
th Cancer Research UK event manager Carolyn Johnston to kickstart recruitment.
Together they want to motivate mums, grans, sisters, daughters, friends and colleagues to book their places now for Dundee's Race for Life on Sunday, June 19.
Cancer Research UK's Race for Life 2010 is the UK's largest women-only fund-raising event series where all the money raised goes to fund Cancer Research UK's life-saving work.
Every day, around 74 Scots are told they have cancer. When Race for Life started in 1994 many people diagnosed with cancer did not survive. But over the last 16 years, money generated by Race for Life has supported Cancer Research UK's work and now the overall death rate for the disease has dropped by 15 per cent.
Cancer survivors May Rorrison (left) and Justine Simpson are in training for June 20 when the Race for Life takes place in Camperdown Park.
May and Justine are two of those survivors. May was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000, and was treated successfully at Dundee's Ninewells Hospital.
She told the Guide & Gazette: "I was devastated when I was diagnosed with cancer. I was convinced it was a death sentence. I kept thinking of all the special times I would miss, like seeing my grand-children grow up. But I'm still here, and I've enjoyed 10 years that, at one point, I thought I'd never have.
"Thankfully my cancer was caught at an early stage and after my surgery I didn't need chemotherapy or radiotherapy."
However the family's cancer experience wasn't over, and in 2005 Justine also noticed a lump on her breast.
Justine said: "After everything that Mum had been through I was very alert to any changes, so when I discovered a lump I knew something wasn't right. Thankfully I saw the same specialist who had dealt with Mum, and the treatment and care I got was fantastic."
Justine had surgery, followed by chemotherapy and today she is cancer-free.
"It was a really worrying time," said Justine. "The chemotherapy was tough but thankfully the cancer was caught before it had the chance to spread. Thanks to research, I am still here.
"I am so grateful for the treatment that saved my life. Success stories like mine would not be possible without the work of Cancer Research UK, which in turn relies on everyone who raises money through Race for Life."
Now the pair, who have already signed up for the Dundee Race for Life, are encouraging other women to follow her lead.
In 2009, 3,619 women took part in Race for Life in Dundee and helped raise almost £200,000.
