Tag: Endurance

Last Friday saw two exceptional events, oddly almost overlapping in timing. Jasmin Paris, a 40-year-old veterinarian from Scotland, became the first woman to finish the Barkley Marathons and Kate Middleton, the 42-year-old Princess of Wales, announced to the world she was receiving chemotherapy to treat a cancer diagnosis, ending weeks of online speculation about her health and whereabouts. The intersection of these two things has me thinking about how we understand women’s health and our capacity to endure.