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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Dying to Live

Dying to Live

Simpson, Rebekah

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ISBN10: 1999874315
ISBN13: 9781999874315
Publisher: Uk Book Pub
Published: Nov 29 2018
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.94
Height: 0.64 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The day of the 10k Race came, I didn't feel my best but I was sure going to do my best. I had to give this everything I had so I sprinted the last section; it was so awful. I must have looked like a crazy woman, frothing at the mouth; face like an inflated beetroot, arms and legs almost grasping and flailing to try and gain more momentum... I did it. Arms pumping, long strides, even passing a few women in the last 30 metres; fake smile, worthy of the finale in Chariots of Fire - Vangelis's theme tune playing in my head as I raced for my life. Sadly I didn't win, which had been my goal, and I didn't beat my PB; I did it just short of 48 minutes around position six or seven; winner did it in 44 or something. Monday morning in my consultation I listened to the news that 'the scan results show there is a tumour in your right lung'. 'How annoying, ' I said. 'I would have won that frigging race if I hadn't been carrying that extra weight.' My response is actually in my notes. It's true though, I was more perturbed that I had been disabled by a tumour which had affected my pace than I was that I had just been told I had cancer in my right lung!

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