{"id":15620,"date":"2018-01-12T16:36:28","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T15:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=15620"},"modified":"2018-01-12T16:36:28","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T15:36:28","slug":"return-of-the-red-dress-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2018\/01\/return-of-the-red-dress-run\/","title":{"rendered":"RETURN OF THE RED DRESS RUN!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong><em>A sea of red runners &amp; walkers to take over Stormont<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15621\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15621\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-15621\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/press1-8-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red Dress Run Returns! Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke Ambassador and Ulster Rugby player Chris Henry helps to launch the second year of the Red Dress Run which is taking place at Stormont on 10th February. Chris is pictured alongside the first two entrants Gillian Abraham and Graham Ross. Registration is \u00a310 and now open at www.nichs.org.uk\/reddressrun Those who enter before 15th January will be automatically entered into a competition to win an overnight stay for two people at the award winning 4 star Clandeboye Lodge Hotel including dinner at the Coq&amp;Bull brasserie and a full English breakfast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Northern Ireland\u2019s only \u2018Red Dress Run\u2019 is set to return for the second year to Stormont Estate this February. Chris Henry, local and international Rugby Player joined in on the launch alongside Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke to encourage the public to dress in red and take part in the event at Stormont Estate on 10<sup>th<\/sup> February 2018.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s event will see hundreds of flamboyantly dressed men, women and children take part in a 5k or 10k walk or run.\u00a0 The event, which was launched last year, aims to raise awareness of, as well as funds to help combat, the biggest single* killer of men and women in Northern Ireland \u2013 heart disease.<\/p>\n<p>Jackie Trainor, Director of Fundraising at Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke said:\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to see the return of our Red Dress Run following the huge success of last year\u2019s event.\u00a0 We are calling on all men and women to join in and take part and wear anything red to walk, run, or even crawl and join in the fun.\u00a0 All runners and walkers of all abilities are welcome and each will receive a medal, hearty bowl of veggie soup and fun morning out with the best craic!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jackie continued.\u00a0 \u201cTaking part in the Red Dress Run and raising vital funds will ensure that Northern Ireland Chest Heart &amp; Stroke will be at the forefront in raising awareness on heart disease.\u00a0 85% of our work relies on donations from the public, without your support we couldn\u2019t be here making a difference!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those who register before 15<sup>th<\/sup> January will be automatically entered into a draw to win a midweek overnight stay for two at the award winning four star Clandeboye Lodge Hotel, including dinner at the Coq&amp;Bull brasserie and a full English breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>Registration is now open.\u00a0 Enter online now to receive early bird rate of \u00a310 per entry.\u00a0 Register online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nichs.org.uk\/reddressrun\">www.nichs.org.uk\/reddressrun<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0for more information visit \u2018Red Dress Run\u2019 event on Facebook.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sea of red runners &amp; walkers to take over Stormont Northern Ireland\u2019s only \u2018Red Dress Run\u2019 is set to return for the second year to Stormont Estate this February. Chris Henry, local and international Rugby Player joined in on the launch alongside Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke to encourage the public to dress &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2018\/01\/return-of-the-red-dress-run\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15620"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15622,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15620\/revisions\/15622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}