Running for Olly | City-Bay 2025
For Dad. For hope. For a cure.
Catherine and Matt Take on City-Bay Half Marathon to Fight Brain Cancer
Catherine and Matt Thornett are running the 2025 City-Bay Half Marathon next Sunday in honour of Catherine’s father, Olly, and to support every family facing brain cancer.
“Dad was diagnosed with multifocal glioblastoma IDH wild type, the most aggressive and lethal form of brain cancer, in December 2024,” Catherine says. “He had four tumors in his right frontal lobe, which meant surgery wasn’t possible, and despite treatment, the average survival rate is still only six months. What was most shocking is Dad had no symptoms until it was too late.”
Watching someone you love face such an aggressive disease is devastating. Catherine explains, “We are choosing to show up for Dad in every way possible, and running is one of them. We are running because Dad can’t. It is our way to honor his strength and to raise funds for a cause that desperately needs more attention, more research, and more hope.”
Catherine and Matt are proud to support the NeuroSurgical Research Foundation, which funds research and trials specific to glioblastoma. “Every dollar will go directly to research that could help change the future for people like my Dad,” she says.
For Dad. For hope. For a cure.
