During last year맥스카지노�s ultramarathon Race for the Ages 맥스카지노� run over Labor Day weekend and geared toward runners over age 40 맥스카지노� Colleen Johnson, 63, spent the first 14 hours with an unwelcome running partner. Hurricane Harvey was lashing through the South, including her native Tennessee, where the race was run, and she slogged mile after mile in pouring rain.With an arthritic knee, she wobbled and waded as the blisters expanded on the soles of her feet. By the end of the race, the bottom of one foot was bloody and the other was getting close. Drenched, miserable and in pain, Johnson had her first moment of hesitation about completing a course since she started running in 2013. But it lasted only a moment.맥스카지노�I맥스카지노�d set a goal,맥스카지노� she told Runner맥스카지노�s World by phone. 맥스카지노�When I make a decision, I do it, come hell or high water. Even if that means literally.맥스카지노� So she finished her 100-mile race.That sense of determination and motivation has been a theme for Johnson over the past six years. After being diagnosed with endometrial cancer 맥스카지노� also called uterine cancer 맥스카지노� two days after her 57th birthday she underwent a radical hysterectomy, radiation and hormone therapy. Like many cancer patients, she began to research her condition and discovered that estrogen and insulin helped to feed her cancer cells. Body fat percentage and exercise make a difference in survival rates, she learned. In fact, according to a 2016 meta-analysis published in Gynecologic Oncology, women with endometrial cancer who had a body mass index of 40 or above 맥스카지노� well over the 맥스카지노�obese맥스카지노� cutoff of 30 맥스카지노� were 66 percent more likely to die during follow-up than women with a normal BMI below 25. And for each 10 percent increase in BMI, their chances of dying early rose by 9 percent.At 240 pounds, she knew she needed to lose weight, but she first had to tackle the exercise portion of the equation.맥스카지노�I absolutely hate exercise, I can맥스카지노�t state that strongly enough, it맥스카지노�s the worst,맥스카지노� she said. 맥스카지노�I맥스카지노�ve been pretty obese most of my adult life, and let맥스카지노�s be honest. You don맥스카지노�t get like that if you love exercise. But I wanted a better chance at living.맥스카지노�She tried running a loop on her gym맥스카지노�s track. Nope. She tried again, and again, to run continuously for a single lap. Still no success. But a trainer saw her struggle and suggested that she run right behind him as he slowly made his way around. This time, it worked.맥스카지노�That맥스카지노�s when I realized that running wasn맥스카지노�t a physical challenge, it맥스카지노�s a mental one,맥스카지노� she said. 맥스카지노�If I could get over that barrier, I could run any distance.맥스카지노�Johnson proved that point easily in the next few years.After taking on her first 5K in 2013 맥스카지노� and discovering a love for crossing finish lines 맥스카지노� she completed her first marathon only five months later. By then, she was 140 pounds, her type 2 diabetes had reversed itself, and she thought of a handy way to stay motivated: by wearing her mission on a t-shirt.She had a shirt printed with a front that read 맥스카지노�From Cancer to 5K맥스카지노� (It now reads 맥스카지노�From Cancer to a Marathon맥스카지노�). But it was the back that means the most to her. That message highlights how many women die every year as a result of endometrial cancer. For her first race, that number was 8,190. Unfortunately, since the rate of deaths from endometrial cancer are increasing, this year맥스카지노�s shirt listed 11,340 that she honors with her run.맥스카지노�I run to keep myself off the back of my shirt,맥스카지노� Johnson said. 맥스카지노�Although I started running to save my life, what I never anticipated was the reaction from people who see the shirt. I didn맥스카지노�t think this would affect others, but it really has.맥스카지노�People feel inspired, she said. For example, one woman told her that if Johnson can outrun cancer and finish a 100-mile race, she could fulfill a lifelong dream and attend college.맥스카지노�Somehow, the messages on both sides of the shirt give people strength and motivation,맥스카지노� she said. 맥스카지노�I realized there맥스카지노�s power in what I맥스카지노�m doing.맥스카지노�Johnson맥스카지노�s most passionate wish is for that power to translate into more action for endometrial cancer research, which she feels is sorely lacking right now. The cancer doesn맥스카지노�t have the kind of prominent foundation that drives research funding and awareness, she noted, and it doesn맥스카지노�t even have a race dedicated to the cancer specifically.맥스카지노�I맥스카지노�ve run close to 200 races now, most for cancer,맥스카지노� she said. 맥스카지노�But the one cause that I would like to run a race for more than anything is the cancer that brought me to running in the first place. I can맥스카지노�t run for the cancer that almost took my life, because there isn맥스카지노�t a race for that.맥스카지노�Until that race exists, Johnson is ready to keep running every race she can 맥스카지노� most recently, this year맥스카지노�s Race for the Ages 맥스카지노� and building awareness for endometrial cancer. She맥스카지노�s also made an impact in getting endometrial cancer included in the National Comprehensive Cancer Network맥스카지노�s Guidelines for Patients, which was published in early September. This specific type of cancer wasn맥스카지노�t included in previous versions. 맥스카지노�There is a wall of silence that surrounds endometrial cancer,맥스카지노� she said. 맥스카지노�That silence has deadly consequences, and that맥스카지노�s why I run. To educate the public, and to give these women a voice.맥스카지노�