Running any distance, if you’re able to, is a privilege.

Because health is a crown that the healthy wear, but only the sick can truly see.

Every day, over 1,000 people are told they have cancer.

Even as a survivor, that still stops me in my tracks knowing I can go about my normal day, while someone else has just had their entire world turned upside down.

In 2023, I was one of them.

I had just graduated from university, full of excitement for what life would look like next. Then suddenly, everything changed. I moved back home, stopped working, and spent six months going through chemotherapy - losing my hair, my strength, and at times, my confidence.

Now, three years later, I’ve come out the other side.

But the experience never really leaves you. It shapes you, every single day.

It was the hardest thing I’ve ever been through.

And I truly don’t believe I would have made it through without the incredible charities that supported me.

Because cancer is so much more than treatment.

It’s the financial stress, the mental battles, the practical overwhelm… all the parts no one prepares you for. And that’s where organisations like Macmillan step in, supporting not just patients, but their families too, helping them navigate the unimaginable.

So this half marathon is more than just a run.

It’s my way of giving back.

It’s for the people in the middle of their fight right now who feel exhausted, scared, and far from strong.

And it’s a reminder that even when you feel at your weakest, you are still rebuilding.

And there is something incredibly powerful and beautiful about the other side.