SHORT, SWEET, SUBLIME
Marathoner-in-training Emma Campbell reflects on the 5K and how all runners, no matter how accomplished, should keep a special place for it in their hearts
WHO IS EMMA?
Emma is a runner, a writer, a mother and a cancer thriver. Her book, All That Followed, describes her ongoing cancer tug of war and how she manages that while bringing up four children. Follow her @limitless_em
As much as I’d rather not begin my second column on a downer, it’s fair to say that it’s been a tough time recently for the online cancer community, of which I’m a reluctant but extremely proud member. Over the last few weeks, we’ve lost several courageous, brilliant and seemingly invincible women. Women who had such incredible life force that you simply couldn’t imagine the day would ever come when they would succumb. It’s shaken us all. There’s been a feeling of shock, fragility, heartbreak and a reminder of how brutally unpredictable cancer is. One minute you’re ‘thriving’; defying the odds, and the next… well…