Why I’m fundraising...
On June 16th, 2022, my best friend Johannah, aged 42, passed away after four years living with stage 4 ovarian cancer. Leaving behind a beautiful little girl, loving friends, and a wonderful family.
Johannah was a one in a billion kind of women, if you met her, you never forgot her. The pain of her absence is at times unbearable, I've not only lost my best friend but my sister.
Tragically, like many women, her symptoms went miss diagnosed, until a stage 4 diagnosis.
Johannah was an advocate for raising awareness, through target ovarian cancer, and target ovarian cancer was her chosen charity.
As we approached the first-year anniversary of Jo's passing, earlier this year, I felt like I need to channel my grief into something that could help even one other women. I was thinking about running the Manchester half marathon, for target ovarian cancer next year, but I thought let's see what Target Ovarian cancer has scheduled, and then I found the London Marathon and I though well it's go big or go home - I want the world to see me, my giant ovaries, and highlight Target Ovarian Cancer - so women around the world will know what signs to look for, and raise awareness of the training needed for medical professions, so missed diagnosing can start to decrease.
Johannah should still be with us, with me, being
outrageous, being daring, being fun, but she's not, and if I can help in some
way to raise awareness then I know she would be proud.
Target Ovarian Cancer is the UK's leading ovarian cancer charity working to improve early diagnosis, fund life-saving research and provide support to women with ovarian cancer.
Awareness of ovarian cancer is low, its share of UK research funding has dropped and three quarters of women with ovarian cancer say they do not get the support they need.
Together we can make sure women in the UK have the best chances of survival and get the right support at the right time, in a way that's right for them.
Raise awareness. Fund research. Save lives.
My Updates
Not long now!
Tuesday 16th Apr
Coffee and Cake
Wednesday 13th Mar
5 weeks on Sunday!
Wednesday 13th Mar
Into week 7 of trainning
Tuesday 13th Feb So, I have been trainning hard since the start of the New year, maybe a little to hard....Thank you to my Sponsors
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Andy Barnett
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Sophie Lund
Good luck!
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Joanne Dixon
Good luck Daisy xx
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Rebecca Mcgoff
Go great, Daisy! You’re an absolute inspiration..! Xx
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Gemma Taylor
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Aase Sundblad
Good luck, Daisy..such a brilliant thing to do for such a good cause. Katie and Lala
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Judy Mallon
Good Luck Daisy!! Love Judy & Steve x
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Dave Seeley
Hi Daisy. I am also running the London on behalf of this charity. Touched by your post. My sister in law has been battling stage 4 ovarian cancer since 2017. Good luck. Dave Seeley. Xxx
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John Brannigan
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Vimal Pattani
Good luck.
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Ross Lillico
Big challenge, for a great cause, by an awesome person. Good luck!
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David Kerr
Good luck Daisy.
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Andy Mcdonald
Smash it Daisy 👊
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Claire Siddall
Rock it Daisy xxx Such a worthy cause x
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Rachel Reeves
Good luck Daisy and well done an amazing thing to be doing . With love . Rachel ( Lucy’s friend ) X
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Vicgalasso
Such a worthy cause. Good luck Vic and Julie Galasso x
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Anonymous
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Jen Cowley
Best of luck Daisy! Amazing cause and you will absolutely smash it! 👏🏻
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Mark Mcmanus
Good luck x
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Liam Mulderrig
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Tracy Barlow
Good luck Daisy Love Roge and Tray x
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Rachael Shaw
Good luck Daisy so sorry for losing your bestie she will be so proud of you x
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Hannah Anslow
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Anonymous
Good luck Daisy
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Andy Robinson
Good luck Daisy 😀
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Helina Cheung
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Marta Sequeira
Good luck Daisy!!! I am sure you will smash it tomorrow, your friend will be with you every mile I am sure of it !!! Lots of love Marta
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The Pughs
You’ve got this! So proud of you xx
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Rachel Garvey
So sorry you lost your wonderful friend to this horrendous illness. She sounded like an amazing woman. Good luck in your fundraising. Rachel x (Jodie’s friend)
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Mathew Halliwell
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Steven Gifford-dixon
Best of luck Daisy. Great cause and i am sure you will smash it! Love the Gifford-Dixon's
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Linda Dukes
Good Luck to you Daisy. We all miss Jo so much. Good to keep her memory alive in any way possible and raise awareness for this cruel disease. xxxxxxx
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Lisa Delaney
Good Luck for Sunday daisy we will be routing for you 🩷🙏🩷
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Lina Stahl
Good luck and great cause!
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Louise Siddiqi
Good luck Daisy :) Sorry to hear about your best friend, it’s a horrible disease 🥲 my beautiful mum passed of it too. Go smash it Daisy and we’ll done raising awareness xxx
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Karen Garrett
I lost my best friend/sister to ovarian cancer last September. She lasted less than 2 months from diagnosis as symptoms weren't picked up until it was too late. I admire everything you're doing Daisy x
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Jake Kaufman
Good luck Daisy
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Brenda Moss
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Alan Fletcher-savage
You got this Daisy 💙
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Imelda Habberley
Good Luck,amazing cause X
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Claire Scorer Murtagh
Great cause go daisy
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Tom Spencer
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Lynne Mccadden
Great cause Daisy - Jo would be proud of you
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Droylsden Glass Ltd
Good luck 👍
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Geraldine
Donation from Geraldine - good luck
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James Cohen
Go girl
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Debbie
Well done you Daisy, your beautiful friend would be so proud xx
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Glyn Adams
Good luck Daisy...xx
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Joseph Kirk
Good luck Daisy such a wonderful thing to do to honour the memory of your good friend.
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Pat Butterworth
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Liz Scott
Amazing Daisy ,you’ll smash this ❤️❤️🤩
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Becky Hoy
You are a beautiful friend Daisy and I am sure Johannah is so very proud of you x
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Louise Burns
Well done Daisy on running your marathon for your friend, lots of love Louise
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Musu
Good luck!
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Kerry Fletcher
Such and amazing thing to do go and smash it daisy x
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Maeve Joyce
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John
She would be proud of you, good luck... Go smash it! 🤞👏
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Rachael Stone
Well done Daisy ! Good luck
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Becky Harding
Good luck Daisy - an incredible thing to do in memory of your beautiful friend ❤️ You’ll be amazing!
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James O'donnell
Good Luck Daisy you've worked hard for this and we know you'll smash it! From all of the team at O'Donnell Solicitors
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Spencer Grady
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David Lloyd
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Sarah Ives
Good luck! xx
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Mark Hughes
Good luck daisy
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Claire Crossfield
Good luck Daisy. An incredible thing to do for Johanna xx
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Anonymous
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R Oshea
Good Luck x
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Duncan Ganley
Hi Daisy, I’m so sorry for your loss, it affects so many people that we love. X
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Andrew
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Chris Curran
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Steph Ashton
Lots of love to you Daisy xx
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Antony Linton
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Steph Fernihough
Have a brilliant day on Sunday you will smash it 😊
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Ellen Bardow Jensen
Smash it cousin!!❤️❤️
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John Mclellan-grant
Good luck Daisy, I know you’ll smash it !
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Scott D
Go smash it it Daisy! I’ll quadruple this if you get Jay to do it too 😉 xx
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Keagan
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Caroline Mceleney
What an amazing thing to do in memory of your awesome friend- well done you in raising this awesome
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Vivienne Birch
Proper proud of you!!!
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Caroline Taylor
Good luck! X
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Ashy Vyas
Good luck Daisy. We’ll be cheering for you all the way. Ashy, Dhatri and the girls
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Gail & Dave Wood
Good Luck Daisy! You'll smash it xx
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Andrea Heslop
Good luck Daisy. You will be amazing and your friend will be watching over you I'm sure
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Annette Wiggett
Good luck Daisy. It’s an amazing thing to do!
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Debs Levy
Smash It Lady! You’ll be awesome ❤️
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Kim Dean
Good Luck Daisy, Jo would be so proud of you xxx
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Alexandra Forrester
Good luck daisy! Xx
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Steph Dixon
Good luck Daisy ❤️ xx
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Friends And Family
Coffee and Cake donations!
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Anonymous
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step Just keep going
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Vivien Ashton
Fantastic an achievement of a life time! Super women!
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Anonymous
Good luck
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Adele
Good luck Daisy, we'll be cheering for you ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Jonathan - Docutech
From Jonathan
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Emma Marsh
Good luck Daisy - enjoy every minute xx
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Paul Foster
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Jacqui Raff X
Amazing tribute to gorgeous Jo x can’t believe it x you will smash it in her memory x
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Dan Moss
Great cause and best of luck Daisy! The Moss Family Dx
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Sarah Dixon
Good luck Daisy x
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Zoe Buchanan
Good luck Daisy. You’ve done so well with all your training. Zoe XXX
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Nicola Marson
Good luck Daisy!
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Jackie Nicholls
You’ve got this Daisy! So proud of you doing this for our beautiful, funny, fabulous friend Jo xxx
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Aisha Yaseen
An amazing cause, your friend will be so proud, as are all of us, good luck!
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Rio Roberts
Best of luck with the training and the marathon. You're a brave woman and doing a wonderful tho g in honour of Jo xxx
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Liz Mckenna
You’ll smash it Daisy, good luck Liz, John & Millie Xxx
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Molly
Good luck! 🥳💕 xxx
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Ruth Nicholls
Good luck Daisy, you can do it! Xx
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Sophie
Will be cheering you in Daisy. Jo would be so bloody proud x x x
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H Stone
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Chris (docutech)
From Chris x
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John Earnshaw
Good luck Daisy, John, Joanna and all the kids!
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Frances Day
Good luck Daisy! xx
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Claire Donohue
Go Daisy! Johannah will be with you every step of the way! X x
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Deb Odonnell
Good luck Daisy xxx
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Emma Fay
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Ava Taylor
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Mehwish Usman
Good luck Daisy!! Xx
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Antony Ashton
Well done!
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Pete Evans And Ruth Cohen
We're cheering you on already Dear Daisy. XX
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Pete & Ruth
Good luck on Sunday Daisy. All our love and affection. Auntie Ruth & Uncle Pete. XX
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Darren Varden
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Bex Belton
Go do our girl proud Daisy!! Lots of luck xx
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Jo Bentley
What an amazing way to remember your beautiful, best friend. Good luck in raising a humongous amount for ‘target ovarian cancer’
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Mav
Good luck
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Max Lamb
from Max - good Luck
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Emma Lamb
Well done and we are all proud of you for committing to this ❤️🙌
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Willow Sundblad
Willow and daddy.
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Mark Dawson
Good Luck Daisy.
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Alyson Dixon
Good luck Daisy, From Neil and Aly xxx
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Daniel Cornwell
You are absolutely inspirational - good luck!
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Lindsey
Hi Daisy, I think you’re doing an amazing challenge for an amazing cause. You’ve got this! Lindsey (Isaac’s mum) xx
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Martin Hallas
Good Luck
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Ceinwen
Not long to go but you will be amazing Daisy. I'm sure Jo would be so proud of you x
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Richard Prince
Daisy, the courage and bravery to run this is incredible and know that Johannah will be with you every step of the way. Good luck, you will crush this!
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Karen Nicholls
Good luck Daisy 💕💕💕
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Sophie Hardyman
Good luck Daisy! Xx
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Isabella Dixon
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Lee Ridings
All the best Daisy give diko a big hug and yourself from me ...
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Anna Humphreys
Great cause Daisy. She would be so proud. XX
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Aase Sundblad
Good luck! ...a wonderful thing to do! Lala and Katie
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Kate Beswick
From Kate x
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John Cartwright
Hi Daisy , good luck with your amazing challenge , you’ll smash it!! Love from John and Esther xx
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Alexandra Robinson
Amazing effort! Well done you will smash it! Love Alex, Mark & Harry X
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Rhys Woolley
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Julia Garforth
For my Forever Friend ! Love always Julia & Julio xx
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Rebecca & Andy Wood
We are all incredibly proud of you & love you so very much! 💖 You are SUPERWOMAN and Jo will be by your side every step! Go Daisy!!! Xxxx
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Mara Sandres
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Rob
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Kath Briggs
Good luck
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Anonymous
Brilliant it will be tough but determination will get you through. Good luck.
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Lucy Plev
Am amazing thing to be doing in honor & memory of your friend. Go smash it 🙌🏻
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Lauren
So proud of you Daisy. Running for a great cause and raising awareness. Johanna would be so proud of you ❤️
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David Heron
I have donated a £1 for every mile Daisy. You will have to run the last few hundred yards for free 🙂.
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Norton Motor Services
Wishing you the best of luck From us Norton’s
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Lynne Mccadden
Johannah - once met and never forgotten as you say Daisy What an amazing person and you're just wonderful doing this for her and others Best of luck x
Best of Luck #teamdixon