Chronic pain has terrible timing. It doesn't care that you have a long run on Sunday, a race in April, or frankly anything else going on. I have endometriosis, and I'm running Boston anyway, because at some point you just decide that your body doesn't get to make all the decisions. I was told pain was normal and it’s not, it’s normalised and it shouldn’t be. And you not only have to manage pain, but finding out what endometriosis had quietly been doing to my fertility and body is something else. That's the part nobody warns you about, and it's the part that changes things. Endometriosis affects 1 in 10 women and it takes in average 7-10 years to be diagnosed, and the worst part? Research funding is still embarrassingly low for something that widespread. If you're here to cheer me on, thank you so much. If you also want to contribute to changing things for the next generation of women who don't yet know what's wrong with them, even better! I'll handle the 42km. You handle the button. Thanks! Ela