RUNNING TO RECOVERY
WORDS: CHRISTINA MACDONALD
Anyone diagnosed with a serious illness may think that getting fit could be out of the question. But when faced with major health issues, some people use exercise to fight back. The late Jane Tomlinson overcame breast cancer in 1991 at the age of 26 and, when it returned in 2000 and spread throughout her body, she was given just a year to live. Despite this, she lived for another seven years and completed the London Marathon three times and the New York Marathon. She died in 2007 after raising over £1.8 million for charity.