WE WILL LOOK AHEAD TO YOUR
MOTHER'S DAY FORECAST COMING UP.
LETICIA: ONE IN EIGHT WOMEN WILL
BE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER.
SURVIVORS AND SUPPORTERS ARE
COMING TOGETHER TO RACE FOR A
CURE.
THIS RACE IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE
THE ENTIRE THING IS HELD IN CAL
EXPO.
KRISTEN SIMOES IS IN THE CROWD.
KRISTEN: GOOD MORNING.
WE ARE AT THE START LINE RIGHT
NOW FOR THE RACE WHICH BEGINS IN
ABOUT 40 MINUTES.
WE ARE JUST FINISHING UP THE
SURVIVORS CEREMONY.
THEY ARE
CARRYING SIGNS
CELEBRATING YEARS
.
THAT IS HOW MANY YEARS OF
SURVIVORSHIP THEY HAVE HAD.
THIS IS A GREAT EVENT
FOR
SUPPORTING WOMEN WHO ARE DEALING
WITH BREAST CANCER.
THE WOMEN WHO HAVE DEALT WITH IT
AND THEN SURVIVORS ARE LEADING
THE WAY FOR THOSE MORE NEWLY
DIAGNOSED.
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL EVENT.
THIS YEAR THEY ARE EXPECTING
8000 PEOPLE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE EVENT
HAS BEEN HELD ENTIRELY INSIDE
CAL EXPO.
THIS INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF
MONEY THEY HAVE RAISED.
THEY ARE HOPING TO RAISE $1
MILLION AND 75% OF THAT WILL
STAY AT LOCAL.
THAT IS MONEY THAT WILL HELP
GO
TOWARD THE MISSION.
IT'S A COMBINATION OF
EDUCATION AND EARLY DETECTION.
EARLY DETECTION SAVES LIFE.
IF YOU CATCH IT IN THE FIRST
STAGE, YOU HAVE A 90% CHANCE OF
SURVIVAL.
IT IS ALSO ABOUT FINDING A CURE.
THE MONEY WE RAISE WILL GO TO
FINDING A CURE AND SAVING LIVES
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON SAVING
LIVES.
KRISTEN: EDIE
LAMBERT WILL BE
THE MC OUT HERE.
SHE HAS DONE THIS FOR THE LAST
18 YEARS.
I KNOW THIS
EVENT IS SURVIVORS
SUPPORTING EACH OTHER.
YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING
PERSPECTIVE ON THIS.
WE ARE KICKING OFF THE RACE,
IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE ALL OF
THE SUPPORT.
YOU TALKED
ABOUT THE SURVIVORS
SUPPORTING EACH OTHER.
YOU HAVE WOMEN WHO ARE NEWLY
DIAGNOSED AND WOMEN WHO ARE 30
YEAR SURVIVORS.
YOU HAVE OUR SUPPORTING
THEIR
MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE LOST LOVED
ONES.
THERE ARE A LOT OF TEARS OUT
HERE.
I GET EMOTIONAL THINKING ABOUT
IT.
MY FAMILY IS IN THAT CATEGORY.
YOU KNOW THAT WHAT YOU ARE DOING
IS MAKING IT DIFFERENCE FOR
OTHER FAMILIES.
THEY WON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH
WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH.
IT IS VERY POWERFUL.
THAT SUPPORT IS A BIG PART OF
WHAT THIS RACE IS ABOUT.
KRISTEN:
THERE IS A SPIRIT OF
HAPPINESS THAT IS UPLIFTING.
YOU OFTEN THINK ABOUT
THIS AS
A COMPETITIVE EVENT.
EVERYBODY IS IN IT TOGETHER.
THEY ARE AFTER THE SAME GOAL.
THE ONLY WAY TO
MAKE THAT HAPPEN
IS TO TEAM UP.
KOMAN IS THE ONLY
-- BIGGEST
DONATOR TO CANCER RESEARCH
BESIDES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
IT IS GREAT TO SEE 8000 PEOPLE
OUT HERE THIS MORNING.
KRISTEN: WE WILL SEE YOU ON
STAGE IN A FEW MINUTES.
THAT EVENT KICKS OFF
AT 8:40
A.M..
YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS STARTED
ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AGO.
8000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED OUT
HERE.
THEY ARE HOPING TO RAISE $1
MILLION JUST FROM TODAY'S EVENT
ALONE.
THIS IS A VERY EMOTIONAL EVENT.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
KICK OFF IN ABOUT HALF AN HOUR.
I AM KRISTEN SIMOES.
LETICIA: IT REALLY IS AN AMAZING
EVENT.
DAVE ALLEN
IS FLYING OVER CAL
EXPO.
WHAT IS THE SITUATION THERE?
DAVE: THE TRAFFIC SITUATION
EVERYWHERE IS LIGHT.
IT IS A WONDERFUL IDEA TO HAVE
THIS SELF-CONTAINED.
THEY WERE HOPING IT WOULD HELP
ALLEVIATE THE TRAFFIC ISSUES
THEY HAVE HAD IN THE PAST.
EXPOSITION BOULEVARD IS OPEN
AND
THAT IS A CHANGE FROM YEARS
PAST.
THEY HAVE OPENED A LOT TO THE
WEST AS THINGS FILL UP.
THERE IS STILL LOTS OF PARKING
IN THE EASTERN LOT.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE WALKING A
LOT,
YOU CAN GET DOWN TO THAT EASTERN
LOT AND IT GET IN AND GET YOUR
SIGN-UPS DONE.