When Elizabeth Espin moved from South Africa to the UK in March 2020, just ten days before lockdown hit, she brought a firm commitment to keeping fit. Back home, her day started with a 5am run – early enough to fit in movement without taking time away from her kids. Exercise had long been her way of staying grounded. It gave her structure. It gave her space.
But a quiet concern had been growing alongside her discipline.
“I’d had a lump in my breast for some time,” she explains. “It was diagnosed as benign in South Africa. But when I kept running, it started to feel sore. The lump was getting bigger.”
“It was diagnosed as benign in South Africa. But when I kept running, it started to feel sore. The lump was getting bigger.”
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