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Rise to the challenge

Whether you want to run, trek, swim or cycle you can do it all for us either at home or abroad.

There are loads of ways to Rise to the Challenge in 2009 - all you need to do is pick the time and place. Click on the months below to see when and where our events are being held, then choose the one that's for you.

January

Get fit, kick start your new year

Swimathon

Everyone in the pool for the world's biggest swim. Register today for your place, January 9, 2009

Bupa Great Runs series

Get your running place in the Bupa Great North, Edinburgh and Manchester Run, January 9, 2009

Running

If you're looking for a running challenge or already have a place - join the Daffodil Team

Looking to take on an alternative overseas adventure

Sign up to the Inca Trail Trek in Peru, conquer the Great Wall of China, or summit Mount Kilimanjaro.

February

Do something you've always loved

Take on an Overseas Challenge

February 1, 2009

How far would you go for your local Marie Curie Hospice?

Register for a Hospice trek this year.

Devoted to Life Walks

Moonlight walk - Valentine's evening walk, February 14, 2009

Sign up to a parachute jump

Do something different this weekend, February 15, 2009

March

Take part in a local event

Find out what's happening in your area

Visit www.mariecurie.org.uk/events/eventsinyourarea

Bristol Brain Game

Brain Games - do you have the best brains in the business? Dazzle the competitors with your knowledge at these black tie evenings. March 12, 2009

Leeds Brain Game

Brain Games - do you have the best brains in the business? Dazzle the competitors with your knowledge at these black tie evenings. March 12, 2009

Edinburgh Brain Game

Brain Games - do you have the best brains in the business? Dazzle the competitors with your knowledge at these black tie evenings. March 19, 2009

Reading Half Marathon

March 29, 2009

April

Spring into action

Scrabo Tower Abseil

Northern Ireland, April 4, 2009

Liverpool - Field of Hope Walk

Sefton Park, April 5, 2009

Cotehole Estate walk

A walk in the Cornish countryside, April 5, 2009

Belvoir Park forest walk

Northern Ireland, April 25, 2009

Raasay walk

Head for the Isle of Skye, April 25, 2009

Peak District walk

10 mile walk in the peaks, April 26, 2009

London Marathon

Run in one of the world's greatest marathons, April 26, 2009

May

Plan a summer activity

Belfast Marathon

May 4, 2009

Great Daffodil Run

Take on a 15 mile, 2k or family fun run challenge, May 10, 2009

Great Wall of China

Trek the ancient Great Wall of China. May 9 to 17, 2009

Bupa Great Manchester Run

May 17, 2009

Inca Trail Trek

Trek to the lost city of Machu Picchu, May 21 to 31, 2009

Ben Nevis

Summit the UK's highest mountain, May 23, 2009

June

Discover you own sense of adventure

Snowdon Mountain Challenge

Wales, June 7, 2009

Humber Half Marathon

June 14, 2009

Essex Castle Bike Ride

Take part with friends and family, June 18, 2009

Slieve Donard Challenge

June 20, 2009

Leeds 10k

June 21, 2009

Canadian Rockies Cycle Challenge

Join the Ultimate cycle challenge in the Canadian Rockies, June 21 to 28, 2009

Kilimanjaro Trek

Sit on the roof of Africa, June 23 to July 3, 2009

Hampstead Hospice walk

Join a group of walkers raising money for your local Marie Curie Hospice, June 28, 2009


July

Plan a Blooming Great Tea Party

Plan your own tea party

Tea and cakes all round, July 1, 2009

Take on the Three Peaks

Trek Yorkshire's three highest peaks, July 4, 2009

Organise a tennis tournament

July 5, 2009

Sailing to St Malo

Sail across the Channel to St Malo and back, July 3 to 6, 2009

British 10k

Join London's ultimate city run, July 12, 2009

August

Venture into the great outdoors

Glencoe, the Devil's Staircase

Scotland's Munro country, August 1, 2009

Leasowe Lighthouse Abseil

Merseyside, August 9, 2009

London to Amsterdam Cycle Challenge

August 28 to 31, 2009

Guy's Hopsital Abseil

London, August 29 & 30, 2009

September

Take on an adrenaline challenge

Ladies, grab the gear stick and take on a driving challenge

September 6 to 20, 2009

Colchester abseil

September 6 to 20, 2009

Grimsby Dock Tower abseil

September 6 to 20, 2009

Malin to Mizen Challenge

Cycle the length of Irelend , September 12 to 19, 2009

Bupa Great North Run

Take on the world's biggest half marathon, September 20, 2009

Summit Mount Sinai

Trek across Egypt for your local Marie Curie Hospice, September 17 to 22, 2009

October

Get active

Invest Northern Ireland building abseil

Belfast, October 10, 2009

Head for Petra, in aid of your local Marie Curie Hospice

Various dates available throughout October 2009, for Bradford, Glasgow, Hampstead or Liverpool, October 8 to 12, 2009

Liverpool 10k

Annual city 10k, October 4, 2009

Birmingham Brain Game

Do you have the best brains in your region? October 7, 2009

Dartmoor walking challenge

New walking, even for 2010, October 11, 2009

Bupa Great South Run

October 25, 2009

November

Head somewhere warmer

Trek across the Sahara for your local Marie Curie Hospice

Various dates available throughout November 2009, for Edinburgh or Newscastle, November 13 to 17, 2009

Trek across the Sahara for your local Marie Curie Hospice

November 20 to 24, 2009

December