Newspaper Review 2 : Cancer Was a Spur to Ironman

I was very touched when I read the story of Mr Alan Lim, the 35 year old man on the newspaper article ‘Cancer was a spur to Ironman’.
Mr Alan Lim was diagnosed with cancer in year 2004. He has 3 young daughters who stood by him and with their support and love, he never gave up in life. His fighting spirit for life inspired me the most.

Mr Lim even took up the challenge of swimming 1.9km, cycling 90.1km and running 21km(70.3 miles in total) to push himself beyond his normal limit. He is also one of the contenders for the inaugural Aviva life Challenge Award, a celebration of Singapore’s most inspirational Ironman. He also hopes to inspire other cancer patients that getting cancer isn’t the end of the world and they should not let their sickness hold them back from anything. I strongly agree with Mr Lim that we should be forward-looking and not let any obstacles hold us back from doing anything that we want to pursue.

Vanessa Ching
Amethyst 5