Another inspiration that has helped me get through has been Lance Armstrong's story. My cancer is not nearly as bad as his, but I believe in staying motivated and keeping as fit as you can.

What spurs a person to get more serious is highly individual, but I have found that no matter what a person's level of ability, motivation must come from within, or it will not last.

There is something about the ritual of the race - putting on the number, lining up, being timed - that brings out the best in us.

I'm never going to run this again.

Every day I spend time on the treadmill. I am walking faster, stronger and harder than I was two months ago.

You go into the disease as one person and come out of it as a different person. It has changed my perspective on everything. Things that used to upset me no longer do.

My goal has always been to introduce other people to running. They might accomplish something they never thought they could.