Before the London Marathon, Adele Roberts’ boyfriend gave her a really nice present that made her cry.
The Radio 1 DJ had chemotherapy after receiving a diagnosis of bowel cancer in 2021, and she now uses a stoma bag to survive.
Adele announced she was cancer-free in June of last year. She now plans to run the London Marathon as quickly as possible while using a stoma bag to shatter a world record.
Adele affectionately refers to her stoma as Audrey and frequently personifies it, recently disclosing that Audrey has a miniature replica of her marathon number sign and playfully referring to herself as Audrey’s “parent.”
In order to encourage Adele before the race, Audrey has recently received another small gift.
Adele revealed on Instagram that she was nervous before the big day and that the only food she could stomach in time for the marathon was mashed potatoes.
‘It’s nearly real, it’s nearly time, we’re just getting the kit ready,’ she said as she showed off her supplies for Sunday’s marathon, including a t-shirt bearing the names Adele and Audrey.
Her girlfriend Kate Holderness came to the rescue with a present to allay her anxieties and get her pumped up for the enormous undertaking after she said she was “so nervous” she felt “sick.”
Adele said, “Kate’s got a surprise for me,” before her companion abruptly opened a little package in front of the camera, revealing a handcrafted medal inside.
‘Cover Audrey’s eyes,’ Kate joked as she unwrapped it, saying the stoma wasn’t allowed to see it until she crossed the finish line.
As the little medal, complete with a pink ribbon and the number 2023, she gasped, ‘You didn’t.’
On the back bore the words: ‘We finished together.’
‘You gotta earn that Audrey,’ they joked, as Adele added: ‘She’s going wild. She likes it.’
In a recent appearance on ITV’s Lorraine, the DJ disclosed that the late Dame Deborah James had served as an inspiration to her.
She told the host: ‘I just wanted to do the marathon to reiterate what Dame Deborah said, Rebellious Hope.
‘It’s my way of standing up to the cancer and just saying, no more please, I’ve had enough.’
Talking about her stoma bag, she jokingly added: ‘My stoma Audrey, she’s a big fan of yours Lorraine, she was a bit excited this morning, but she’s behaving so far.’
As for hopefully breaking a world record, she went on: ‘When I was trying to find tips online on how to train with a stoma, I couldn’t really find much information, so I just thought I’ll just see if anybody has set a Guinness World Record and they haven’t.
‘So we’re going to go for it!’
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