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Catherine's fundraiser for Maggie's Centres

Catherine Thompson is raising money for Maggie's Centres
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Epona 100 Ultra Marathon · 22 June 2024

Maggie’s Centres are warm and welcoming places built alongside NHS hospitals that provide the support that people with cancer and their family and friends need. www.maggiescentres.org

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Many of you will know my story. In 2020, I was diagnosed with breast cancer when I least expected it. I was fit, healthy and it was completely unanticipated. I had no family history of breast cancer - why me?

My experience of navigating through treatment was a huge shake up. You don't know how to navigate through the shock, the aftermath and the lifelong disability.

Maggie's Centres are located close to Cancer treatment centres and hospitals up and down the UK. They provide vital wellbeing support, not only to patients who have all kinds of Cancer, but also their families, their children, their loved ones - the door is always open.

I've done a bit of running. This year, I take on my biggest challenge to date, the Epona 100. Actually, if you get the numbers right, it should be called the Epona 102. 23 summits, 17500 feet of elevation, a 50 hour cut off - genuinely, I could fail.

1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. 1 in 2 of all of us will receive a cancer diagnosis of some sort. It's indiscriminate.

Please help me raise money for Maggie's. Even the cost of a cuppa will make a difference.

I've got a couple of events in the pipeline including Manchester Marathon first up on 14th April. Watch this space!

Much love

Cath

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