North Vancouver\u0027s Bianca Hayes was on a final, 48 hour push 1,000 kilometres from her goal of Halifax when she was crashed into.
While ovarian cancer rates are similar to those of breast and prostate cancer, because the latter two receive much more publicity they’ve enjoyed more research funding and patients have better survival rates.
Hayes’s fundraising is an effort to provide the same level of screening and treatment options as there are for, say, breast cancer, and much improved life expectancy for those diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She was accompanied by two physiotherapists and a documentary crew from The Coconut Creative in an RV. It felt like she fought all of the elements, she said, including one day in Manitoba when it was so hot that the Winnipeg Marathon was cancelled mid-race.Article content
She’s not sure if she will give it another try. It took her two years to recover from the last one, then begin planning the next.
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