WALKING elegantly down the catwalk at a fundraising fashion show on Monday may be a little tricker than normal for Ann Atri.
show on Monday may be a little tricker than normal for Ann Atri.
The day before, she is doing her first ever half-marathon, in aid of the charity which helped her during her darkest of times. “I’m doing it to repay Maggie’s, in some small way, for everything they have done for me,” says the 62-year-old.“I’m not a runner - I started with the ‘couch to 5k’ app and worked up to the Great Scottish Run half marathon. I’m not an outgoing person, far from it, but nothing is worse than a cancer diagnosis.Ann, who lives in Bearsden, was diagnosed with breast cancer in July 2020.
“I was on my own because we were in lockdown,” she recalls. “I sat in the car looking through a bunch of leaflets I’d been given, trying to make some sense of what I had just been told. “I’ve always worked full time - in industry, then running my own business. I’ve been a single mum, relying on no-one. I’m used to making my own decisions and sorting things out myself.One of the leaflets was for Maggie’s Glasgow, a cancer caring centre in the grounds of Gartnavel Hospital, which provides emotional, practical and financial support for people with cancer and their friends and families.“Adam is a great big 6’4 rugby player,” says Ann, with a laugh.
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