Lift Heavy Run Long Podcast - Inspire. Be Inspired.

Cancer Survivor and Ultra-Marathon Runner Colleen Johnson was 57 years old when she was diagnosed with a rare but aggressive form of endometrial cancer.  Her tumor weighed in at 2 pounds, was deeply invasive, and was about the size of a cantaloupe. Her cancer was so locally advanced and aggressive that she was given only given a 20% chance of surviving 5 years. Many (though certainly not all) adult onset cancers are influenced by obesity.  There was reason to believe Colleen's might be one of them.  At her peak, Colleen was 242 pounds.  Colleen readily admits "I was obese." Clinical trials done with both breast and colon cancer patients have established the fact that many who experience an adult-onset cancer can improve their chance of survival by losing weight if they need to, changing to a healthy diet, and engaging in regular, vigorous exercise. Colleen didn't have either breast or colon cancer, but there was reason to believe this might work for her kind of cancer too.  So Colleen decided to do just t