 Participants have been asked to wear decorated bras |
Plans have been unveiled for the first Scottish midnight marathon, which aims to raise �1m for breast cancer projects. About 8,000 men and women are expected to take part in the MoonWalk, which will take place in Edinburgh in June.
The event, the first outside London, will see participants power-walk a half or full marathon around the city.
Nina Barough, founder of the Walk the Walk charity, wants all participants to wear decorated bras.
The London MoonWalk has been an annual event since 1998 and now attracts some 15,000 bra-clad walkers.
'Scottish programmes'
The health charity Walk the Walk Worldwide has organised the events, which have raised more than �20m for breast cancer.
Midnight marathons have been held in cities across the globe, including Paris and New York.
Ms Barough said: "I'm delighted that the MoonWalk is coming to Scotland.
"We are responding to a demand from Scottish women who have been coming all the way to our London event, and this will mean that the money raised will be targeted at Scottish programmes."
Breast cancer mortality rates in the UK remain the highest in Europe. Between 1998 and 2002 alone, more than18,000 women in Scotland were diagnosed with the disease.
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