EPISODE · Jan 13, 2026 · 58 MIN
Lisa Jackson: "Still Running After All These Tears," Her Story, Her New Book
from Women's Running Stories · host Cherie Louise Turner
Lisa Jackson has completed over 100 marathons; she's run the 90km or roughly 56-mile Comrades Marathon; and she's run many other races of various distances, too. She's a well known writer, covering health and running, in addition to being an author; she's also a hypnotherapist. Many people also know Jackson as the "flamingo lady" for wearing her distinctive flamingo hat, and they know her for jubilantly embracing her place at the back of the pack—she has come in last in many races. Over the past several years, Jackson has experienced life-altering challenges: looming large among them is her husband's terminal illness.This is a very sad story. It not only involves the death of her husband, but also her father, as well as the delayed grieving of her mother, who had died tragically many years ago—in addition to other challenges that came along with the cancer journey. And, this is a story about surviving life, and learning to thrive again, in the face of this sadness and processing grief. How Jackson went from deep despair to returning to running joyfully again and the central role running played in that journey and throughout her life is what this episode is all about. It's about death, grief, life, living—and running. How to Keep Up with Lisa JacksonOn Instagraml: @lisaflamingojackson"Still Running After All These Tears," publishers website: summersdale.com/titles/lisa-jackson-3/still-running-after-all-these-tears/9781837997374/To support WRS, please rate and review the showiTunes/Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/womens-running-stories/id1495427631Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4F8Hr2RysbV4fdwNhiMAXc?si=1c5e18155b4b44faMusic CreditsCormac O'Regan, of PlaytohComa-Media, via PixabayMusic of the Future, via PixabayLidérc Bell, via PixabayPaulYudin, via PixabayRockot, via PixabayWays to Connect and Engage with Women's Running StoriesWRS Instagram: @womensrunningstoriesFacebook: facebook.com/WomensRunningStoriesWebsite: womensrunningstories.com
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This tremendous episode features Lisa Jackson, runner and author of the hugely popular running book, Your Pace or Mine. Here, her story centers on the terminal cancer journey she experienced with her late husband, Graham, and how running became her salvation, and is once again a joy. Jackson tells this story in much greater detail in her just released new book Still Running After All These Tears.
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