David Chapman from Dringhouses at a previous charity run A DAD from York living with brain cancer is bidding to run a gruelling 10-mile race for a charity that helped him during his treatment. David Chapman, a father of two young girls, had surgery in December on a tumour that turned out to be malignant. Sadly, surgeons were unable to remove all of the growth and tests showed it was a grade three, life-limiting oligodendroglioma. Six weeks of radiotherapy at St James’s, Leeds, followed, with David being ferried there and back by York Against Cancer’s minibus. He was so grateful for the service that within days of completing his radiotherapy and while still facing six rounds of chemo, he started training for October’s Asda Foundation Yorkshire 10 Mile race to raise funds for the charity.