Liz is a Consultant Breast Surgeon and an amateur triathlete who was diagnosed with breast cancer herself in 2015. She struggled to find advice about training during treatment and used social media to find other athletic cancer patients to inspire her to do a triathlon during chemo. She writes an award-winning blog about her experiences and gives key-note lectures all over the world about improving the quality of patient care, digital technology and exercise, amongst other topics. Her TEDx talk led to her being nominated for a a 'Woman of the Year' award in 2016. She has just co-authored 'The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer' with Professor Trisha Greenhalgh.

Gill Fullen has represented GB as an age grouper in duathlon and triathlon for the past seven years and has a collection of gold medals to show for it. Gill has also raced the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii twice, making the podium on the second occasion and with another trip to the Big Island on the cards for 2018. In 2016 Gill was diagnosed with breast cancer. She continued to race internationally prior to treatment and then trained and raced locally throughout her surgery and chemotherapy. Within 6 months of finishing chemo Gill was back with 3 major race wins under her belt, a new IM pb and ladies course record at the full Outlaw Triathlon. Gill is passionate about helping others with cancer to continue to be active during and after treatment, acting as a positive role model and helping people access the information which will help them achieve the best outcome in their situation.

Tanja is a full time triathlon coach with a MSc degree in Sports & Exercise Science from Birmingham University. She worked as a senior project manager in Pharmaceutical Exhibitions before becoming a professional Triathlete. She competed in 2 European Championships and went on to compete as an elite professional cyclist in 2 world championships also winning a stage of the Women’s Tour de France. Her father was diagnosed in 2004 with Pancreatic Cancer and after 2 years of treatment he survived for a further 13 years until he was diagnosed again and sadly passed away. As chairman of the board at Pancreatic Cancer UK, he helped to move the charity forwards, raise more awareness of the disease in parliament, and help other patients in their fight to beat cancer. He continued to exercise during and post treatment and gained selection to represent GB in age group triathlon and rode from London to Krakow. 

Brenda completed treatment for cancer in December 2018. She is also a doctor in Oxford who has spent over 20 years working on the NHS frontline. Brenda possesses a wealth of advocacy and lobbying experience around improving health outcomes in marginalized communities and has an interest in use of emergent digital technologies to enhance health and wellbeing. 

A keen wild swimmer and trail runner (with no particular talent for either!), she speaks to power of physical activity in learning to live with a cancer diagnosis and how staying active can improve quality of life. 

The co-founder of the charity, now a focussing on 5km Your Way.

Dr Lucy Gossage is an oncology doctor working in the NHS. She has a first-class degree and a PhD in cancer medicine, both from Cambridge University. She is also a professional triathlete with 11 Ironman wins and 2 world championship top-ten finishes to her name. She is developing a variety of projects around exercise oncology including ‘Move against Cancer, 5km your way’, an initiative to encourage patients, staff, friends and families to attend a monthly-parkrun together.