Woman gears up to run 12 marathons in fundraiser

Brenda Doody is a woman on a mission — the super-fit pavement pounder wants to run 12 marathons in eight months to raise funds for Cork’s Mercy Hospital.

Last May, Brenda’s husband Pat was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer after thinking that “something wasn’t right”.

The 45-year-old received both chemotherapy and radiotherapy before undergoing a 10-hour surgery to have his oesophagus removed in September.