Thousands of women run to help beat cancer amid an emotional atmosphere

However, there were also runners who have successfully overcome cancer or are in the process of beating it, such as Ana García Álvarez, who has been living with it for almost 20 years. “And here I am... fighting,” she explained.

Mélida Fuentes was running for her friend, Marlén López, who had sadly succumbed to the disease. “She would be happy I am here,” Fuentes said, adding, “This is a very nice gathering of women, full of emotion and if only, between all of us, we could fight so this ends.” On her race bib next to her number she had handwritten, “Marlén López, for you, my friend.”