Parkrun showed me putting yourself first doesn't have to be selfish

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Parkrun showed me putting yourself first doesn't have to be selfish

Minreet ran the London Marathon with her dad (Picture: Supplied) The sun was out as the wind blew against my face and the crowds called out my name – and my 76-year-old dad’s. We were running the London Marathon just a few weeks ago and – by the time we’d crossed the finish line together – we were ecstatic, but emotional. We did it for my mum, who is 73 and has myeloma – a type of blood cancer.  She was at the finish line and I couldn’t wait to …