Kerry is one of 1,000-plus runners for Rhyl's morning race on Sunday

Kerry Pimley was one of 24 brides or brides-to-be who started simultaneous races across the UK as part of the One Big Day promotion.

Miss Pimley, 19, was running for Cancer Research because her aunt has had the disease although she is in remission.

Around 3,600 women registered to run in Rhyl's two races on Sunday.

The receptionist, who is from Rhyl, said: "This cause is very close to my heart as my aunt, who I am very close to, has had cancer."

Running a race in my wedding dress will be a first - but luckily no-one will see that I'm wearing trainers underneath! Kerry Pimley

Miss Pimley, who ran the race last year, was at the head of a crowd of 1,800 runners for the five kilometre race along the promenade.

She said beforehand: "Running a race in my wedding dress will be a first - but luckily no-one will see that I'm wearing trainers underneath!"

Levels of fitness

Rhyl's Race for Life event, which has been organised in the town for eight years, has raised �400,000 for the cancer charity.

It was open to women of all ages and levels of fitness and organisers hope to break Rhyl's 2006 target of �130,000.

This year organisers are putting on 240 Race for Life events around the country in 2006.

Miss Pimley and her fianc� Peter Galeandro, 19, will get married on 23 December in Prestatyn - although she will be wearing a different dress from the one she was wearing on Sunday.