Downtown Phoenix turned pink as 33,000 runners and walkers came out for the 16th Annual Susan G. Komen Phoenix Race for the Cure. Survivors and supporters showed up in great numbers and helped raise $ 2 million for breast cancer awareness which organizers said was the equivalent of about 160,000 mammograms.

The event included a 5 K run/ walk as well as a 1 mile run/walk with the Phoenix Race the largest 5K event in the state and one of the largest top ten ‘Race for the Cure’ events in the country.

"We set a very aspirational fundraising goal this year and are sincerely grateful the community responded with such incredible support," said Pat Elder, executive director of the Komen Phoenix Affiliate.  "The theme of this year's race was 'Imagine' because a world without breast cancer is the one vision we all share.  With results like this, we are closer to realizing this vision."

According to event organizers 75 % of the proceeds raised from the event will stay in central and northern Arizona to fund education, screening and treatment projects, while 25 % will go directly to the Komen Research Grants and Awards program for breast cancer research.