Eimear Coffey

Feck it, I'm signing up.

And I just downloaded, what's the running app called?

coach to 5k and i wasn't couched i'm gonna say the runner is probably not why is the runner yeah i think it was runner actually oh signed up to do the runner app and uh a brilliant app i am a brand ambassador of it but like it is brilliant it really no i felt like your woman was holding my hand amazing she was like now take this easy you're just two more i felt like somebody was with me literally brilliant spoon feeding me

So I went from zero to running 25 or 22, is it 21, 22k in Rome and it was the best experience.

It was just another real step in the self-belief system because last October I reached my five-year anniversary, five-year cancer-free and you dream about that when you're going through it.

You just want to get to the five-year mark and

Now, I still have health anxiety and I have to protect myself and look after myself every single day around that.

But running that marathon really eyeballed when I finished the line because I was five years over the line.

It was just had such huge, heavy meaning to me to run it again.

And, you know, not only running it, I kept thinking of myself on the tough kilometers.

I thought of myself in the chemo chair.

I thought of myself when I got all these news.

I thought of myself when I, you know, I remember one day around the breakup, like I couldn't pick myself up off the kitchen floor.

I was sobbing my heart.

I remembered those rock bottom moments.

And I was like, look at you now, girl.

you're just about to cross and I felt really comfortable running it like I enjoyed the scenery in Rome if you ever get have you ever been no I'd love to do oh I thought it was going to be a struggle Brenda but your eyes are just like this the scenery is so stunning I remember then Daniel jumped in with me at 18k and he was chatting to me for a k or two so the next minute I was like you're on 20k and you're not dead amazing

oh so i crossing the line i was i i crossed it good and i felt amazing and it was a huge you know it was a huge and then as well as that then my new partner was there as well as daniel wanted to mention him next you are you with him over here now year yeah 15 months now yeah

Yes, I did.

Oh my goodness.