Runners are being invited to join boot camp training sessions to help them complete a charity event this summer.

Fitness company Urban Boot Camp is offering the sessions to anyone signed up for the Race for Life in Leicester or Loughborough, which raise cash for Cancer Research UK.

Personal trainer Andy Osborne said: "I will get runners into the best shape of their lives."

The hour-long training sessions take place on Sundays from April 11 to July 4, except the day before bank holidays.

Leicester's Race for Life takes place in Western Park. A 10km event takes place on Saturday, July 10, at 10.30am, with 5km events at 10.30am and 2.30pm the following day.

In Loughborough, 5km races take place on Sunday, June 13, from 10.30am until 2.30pm.

The boot camps will take place at Riverside Park off Aylestone Road, Leicester.

www.urbanbootcamp.co.uk