Yesterday night, which was Tuesday night, was the normal club training night for the Saddleworth Runners but also saw a speech after the running given by fellow runner Tony Collier on prostate cancer.
A speech by Tony Collier.
I did not run last night as I was recovering from the Trigger fell race, but wanted to catch Tony’s talk and I am glad I did.
Tony Collier
Tony is an inspirational runner and a founder of Styal Running Club, who to date has run 20 marathons across the world, whilst running his own accountancy business.
He is also suffering from incurable prostate cancer and gave a very informative presentation on this form of cancer that afflicts men and is much more common than people really realise, a silent killer, and not oft spoken about by men.
Prostate Cancer UK is the charity Tony was speaking on behalf on.
It is the most common form of cancer in men.
In the UK, about 1 in 8 men will suffer from this cancer.
The number of men dying from prostate cancer every year has for the first time overtaken the number of women dying from breast cancer making it the third biggest cancer killer in the UK, official statistics reveal. Read more at: https://inews.co.uk/news/health/prostate-breast-cancer-third-biggest-killer/
The big thing for me is how common prostate problems are and become in men as they get older. Tony was trying to emphasise that the goal for the charity is to raise awareness and strive for a screening test, as the big issue is there is no effective screening for this common cancer. It slips past people and is sinister.
Worth reading about! I would strongly advise any male to make sure they do as my eyes were fully opened.