Goodreads asked Doug Limbrick:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Doug Limbrick My most recent book (Running the Marathon with Cancer) is a memoir about being a marathon runner and discovering that I had colorectal cancer. I decided to write about what happened to me including the mechanics of the treatment and about my feelings. After lots of thought I decided that I needed to answer three important questions in order to have a worthwhile story: why did I get cancer, why did I survive and what did I learn. Writing this type of book was a challenge for me as I generally write about nineteenth century Australian history.

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