Saturday, August 7, 2021

Boulder 1/2 Ironman - 5 years later


5 months post double mastectomy, 4 months into surgical menopause, on medication that causes osteoporosis. 

I still managed to finish the Ironman Boulder 70.3 within 2 minutes of my 2019 time. Before breast cancer and all it’s associated bullshit. 

This was the first 70.3 I ever did, in 2016, and I got hooked on triathlon. In January 2021, newly diagnosed with breast cancer, I didn’t know if I’d ever be at the starting line again. 

I feel so fortunate to have raced today, and did so for every woman who has been on this crappy journey. I also raced for my health, firmly believing that exercise is the key to cancer recurrence prevention. I raced because I can. And that feels damn lucky.

#fuckbreastcancer #mastectomyrecovery#doublemastectomywithoutreconstruction#lobularbreastcancer #menopausefitness 
#flatandfabulous #noboobsnoproblem

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