More details: Visit websiteDespite being encouraged by doctors and other professionals to undergo a breast reconstruction, Butcher made the decision that was right for her, even if it was not the expected one.
Throughout her treatment she continued to take to the paths around her local area and even completed her first marathon – London's virtual race during the coronavirus pandemic – just six weeks after her second mastectomy.
"I wanted to show people that we [those who have had mastectomies] don't need to hide. It's just scarring. There's no boobs there," Butcher tells Telegraph Sport from her home in south-west England.
"The week before I ran it, I was like 'I'm going to do it topless' and I didn't really tell that many people. I told my close friends and I got people at the end to be there.
"But it was kind of like, 'I'm just going to do it and I'm going to see how it feels and I know it's got to be done'."
When asked what it feels like to run topless, Butcher pauses before continuing with enthusiasm: "It feels like you're still a woman and you're still feminine, but you've lost all this baggage of social norms and bras.
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