Onto the next stage

There are four stages to my treatment for breast cancer – chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy and hormone therapy. I have done Continue reading →

A time to be and to endure

My 18-week chemo plan is coming to an end, rather appropriately, with a race, although not one that I was Continue reading →

Becoming a grandma

Here is another golden moment in this strange season of my life. On Sunday, my wonderful daughter-in-law Kat gave birth Continue reading →

Last lap

Yesterday I ran to my last chemo session before surgery, along the river, in sunshine, with Lucy, Neil, Mandy, Joel Continue reading →

Building a den

It is hard to describe what it’s like as chemo takes effect on your body, and surprisingly hard to remember Continue reading →

Five down, one to go

I did my penultimate run to Charing Cross yesterday. It was not quite a run to chemo, but close enough. Continue reading →

Lizzy Hawker: Runner

At the risk of sounding obsessed, while I have been running less, I have been reading more about running. Lizzy Continue reading →

In praise of parkrun

I did my first parkrun at the first Gunnersbury parkrun four years ago and in these days of running less, I’m Continue reading →