{"id":712641,"date":"2026-06-19T01:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T01:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/712641\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T01:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T01:48:08","slug":"how-running-helped-this-perth-ceo-put-cancer-behind-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/712641\/","title":{"rendered":"How running helped this Perth CEO put cancer behind her"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Life &amp; Leisure<\/p>\n<p>Jun 19, 2026 \u2013 5.00am<\/p>\n<p>Nicole Cikarela is chief executive of Push for Better Foundation, a health promotion charity. She lives in Perth.<\/p>\n<p>Why running?<br \/>Running gives me a simple, efficient return: physical strength and mental clarity wherever I am. There is something about getting out the door, moving your body and letting your thoughts settle that resets everything. I\u2019ve recovered from metastatic melanoma, which completely reshaped how I think about my health. Running makes me feel strong, capable and grounded, and it played a meaningful role in my mental fitness, especially during treatment and recovery. It\u2019s not about pace or performance, it is about feeling good in my body and clear in my mind.<\/p>\n<p>Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Life &amp; Leisure Jun 19, 2026 \u2013 5.00am Nicole Cikarela is chief executive of Push for Better Foundation,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":712642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[337,97],"class_list":["post-712641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=712641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}