Cancer and running feel poles apart, but one woman made them a pairing. That was Louise Bernadette Butcher and this is her story: 'I was training for the virtual London Marathon in 2022 when I was diagnosed with lobular breast cancer. It was a complete shock since my mammogram had been clear three weeks earlier. Breast cancer broke me and my family, but I was determined not to let it take away my dream of running the Virtual London Marathon. So I carried on training throughout both my mastectomies and my radiotherapy running, which helped me focus, kept me sane, and helped my recovery both mentally and physically. I owe my life to it. I ran it in October 2022, six weeks post mastectomy, three days post radiotherapy, and raised 1300 for my local hospital charity. In April 2023 I ran it again, this time topless, showing my mastectomy scars to remove the stigma of flat closure surgery, promote body positivity and to raise awareness of lobular breast cancer. It became International News! In April 2024, I ran in London & became the 1st woman in history to run the London Marathon topless & I gained a Guinness World Record. I run topless most days round my village and around the UK and post my runs on social media to spread the message around the world that women are more than their breasts & their bodies and don't need to go through invasive surgery to put breasts back, just to please society. We are enough. I am grateful that I can run, that I am alive, and that I have been given the chance to see my kids grow up. Cancer broke me, but it also changed my life for the better. It made me realise what's important and that empowering others is what I was meant to do!