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Ellen runs for Christie by FaizaAfzaal


A GIFTED artist who was diag­ nosed with an incurable brain tu­ mour three days before her 22nd birthday has signed up for the Great North Run in aid of The Christie Hospital, where she is be­


ing treated. Ellen Riley (22), from the Ribble


Valley, is busy training for the 13-mile run taking place next Sunday, Sep­ tember 19th. The portrait artist, who married her fiance Cedric Charleuf in July, has been skipping to help with her co-ordination and jogging with old schoolfriend Rachel Page, who is do­ ing the half-marathon with her. Ellen was diagnosed with cancer


while living in Paris and following a seven-hour operation to remove the tumour was left paralysed down her left side for several weeks. After re­ gaining her mobility she returned to the UK and is now back painting. Ellen said: “My friend signed up to


run for The Christie so I thought ‘why should she have all the fun’ and signed up too. We wanted to do something for The Christie to say thank you for the treatment I have had and continue to receive. “I am fairly confident about the run,


but considering I have had to learn how to do everything again - walk, wiggle my toes - to be doing a half­ marathon less than a year later I feel will be such an achievement.” Now Ellen, who has chemotherapy


once a month at The Christie in Man­ chester-one of Europe’s leading can­ cer centres - is also donating half the money she received in wedding gifts following her marriage. The former Stonyhurst College pu­ pil, who grew up in Hurst Green, want-


ed to be an artist from an early age. At 16 years old she was exhibiting at the National Portrait Gallery and was named North West winner of ITV’s Brush with Fame competition. She then moved to France to pursue


I think it will be a very pertinent exhi­ bition as one in three of us will be af­ fected by cancer. “Although my cancer is incurable, I


her love of art and met and married her Parisian art teacher. The gifted painter, who has two brothers and two sisters, is currently working on two commissions in between sessions of chemotherapy. One is to paint local unsung heroes


to be displayed at Clitheroe Castle Museum. The other is “Cancer by Cancer” for which she is planning to paint a series of portraits of people who have cancer. Ellen added: “I want to address peo­ ple’s reaction to seeing a sick person.


am making sure that I get the most out of the time I have left.” Emma Tilley, sporting events officer


at the Christie charity, said: “Ellen is an inspiration and her determination to complete the run despite being diag­ nosed with cancer shows such courage. The Great North Run is no small un­ dertaking so Ellen can feel immensely proud when she crosses the finish line next month. We are truly grateful for everything she is doing to raise money for The Christie.” To sponsor Ellen in the Great North


Run visit: www.justgiving.com/Ellen- Riley-Charleuf.


UNITED: Ellen and her husband, Cedric Charleuf, who were married in Juiy. (s)


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