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
£21.20
John Mclellan-grant
£26.50
Maeve Joyce
£10.60
John
She would be proud of you, good luck... Go smash it! 🤞👏
£21.20
Kath Briggs
Good luck
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Joanne Dixon
Good luck Daisy xx
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Jonathan - Docutech
From Jonathan
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Mehwish Usman
Good luck Daisy!! Xx
£25
Sophie
Will be cheering you in Daisy. Jo would be so bloody proud x x x
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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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Steph Fernihough
Have a brilliant day on Sunday you will smash it 😊
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Vicgalasso
Such a worthy cause. Good luck Vic and Julie Galasso x
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Droylsden Glass Ltd
Good luck 👍
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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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Chris (docutech)
From Chris x
£10.60
Paul Foster
£10.60
Chris Curran
£53
Annette Wiggett
Good luck Daisy. It’s an amazing thing to do!
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Julia Garforth
For my Forever Friend ! Love always Julia & Julio xx
£25
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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Ava Taylor
£10
Hannah Anslow
£53
Dan Moss
Great cause and best of luck Daisy! The Moss Family Dx
£5.30
Claire Crossfield
Good luck Daisy. An incredible thing to do for Johanna xx
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Alan Fletcher-savage
You got this Daisy 💙
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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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David Kerr
Good luck Daisy.
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Claire Siddall
Rock it Daisy xxx Such a worthy cause x
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Pete Evans And Ruth Cohen
We're cheering you on already Dear 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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Emma Marsh
Good luck Daisy - enjoy every minute xx
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Steph Ashton
Lots of love to you Daisy xx
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Scott D
Go smash it it Daisy! I’ll quadruple this if you get Jay to do it too 😉 xx
£441.39
Friends And Family
Coffee and Cake donations!
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Max Lamb
from Max - good Luck
£53
Mathew Halliwell
£10.60
Nicola Marson
Good luck Daisy!
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Rob
£26.50
Aisha Yaseen
An amazing cause, your friend will be so proud, as are all of us, good luck!
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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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John Earnshaw
Good luck Daisy, John, Joanna and all the kids!
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Lynne Mccadden
Great cause Daisy - Jo would be proud of you
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Isabella Dixon
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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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Steph Dixon
Good luck Daisy ❤️ xx
£10.60
Kerry Fletcher
Such and amazing thing to do go and smash it daisy x
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R Oshea
Good Luck x
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Jake Kaufman
Good luck Daisy
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Mark Hughes
Good luck daisy
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Lina Stahl
Good luck and great cause!
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John Brannigan
£10.60
Alyson Dixon
Good luck Daisy, From Neil and Aly xxx
£10
Martin Hallas
Good Luck
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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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Glyn Adams
Good luck Daisy...xx
£53
Judy Mallon
Good Luck Daisy!! Love Judy & Steve x
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Sophie Lund
Good luck!
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Anonymous
Brilliant it will be tough but determination will get you through. Good luck.
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Antony Ashton
Well done!
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Rachael Stone
Well done Daisy ! Good luck
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Pat Butterworth
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Lucy Plev
Am amazing thing to be doing in honor & memory of your friend. Go smash it 🙌🏻
£10
Kate Beswick
From Kate x
£10.60
Ross Lillico
Big challenge, for a great cause, by an awesome person. 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!
£5.30
Anonymous
£10.60
Anonymous
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step Just keep going
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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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Geraldine
Donation from Geraldine - good luck
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Andrew
£10.60
Mark Mcmanus
Good luck x
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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
£10.60
Jen Cowley
Best of luck Daisy! Amazing cause and you will absolutely smash it! 👏🏻
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Vimal Pattani
Good luck.
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Andy Mcdonald
Smash it Daisy 👊
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Tracy Barlow
Good luck Daisy Love Roge and Tray x
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Frances Day
Good luck Daisy! xx
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Ellen Bardow Jensen
Smash it cousin!!❤️❤️
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Ashy Vyas
Good luck Daisy. We’ll be cheering for you all the way. Ashy, Dhatri and the girls
£10.60
Antony Linton
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Caroline Taylor
Good luck! 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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Sophie Hardyman
Good luck Daisy! Xx
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Keagan
£10
Alexandra Robinson
Amazing effort! Well done you will smash it! Love Alex, Mark & Harry X
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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
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Rhys Woolley
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Bex Belton
Go do our girl proud Daisy!! Lots of luck xx
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Musu
Good luck!
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Vivienne Birch
Proper proud of you!!!
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Debbie
Well done you Daisy, your beautiful friend would be so proud xx
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Emma Fay
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Adele
Good luck Daisy, we'll be cheering for you ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Imelda Habberley
Good Luck,amazing cause X
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Andy Barnett
Best of Luck #teamdixon
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Darren Varden
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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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Emma Lamb
Well done and we are all proud of you for committing to this ❤️🙌
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Claire Scorer Murtagh
Great cause go daisy
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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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Alexandra Forrester
Good luck daisy! Xx
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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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Deb Odonnell
Good luck Daisy xxx
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Karen Nicholls
Good luck Daisy 💕💕💕
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Lee Ridings
All the best Daisy give diko a big hug and yourself from me ...
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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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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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Gemma Taylor
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Molly
Good luck! 🥳💕 xxx
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Mark Dawson
Good Luck Daisy.
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Anonymous
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James Cohen
Go girl
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Spencer Grady
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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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Joseph Kirk
Good luck Daisy such a wonderful thing to do to honour the memory of your good friend.
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Andy Robinson
Good luck Daisy 😀
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David Lloyd
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Daniel Cornwell
You are absolutely inspirational - good luck!
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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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Vivien Ashton
Fantastic an achievement of a life time! Super women!
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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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Sarah Ives
Good luck! xx
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Anonymous
Good luck
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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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Sarah Dixon
Good luck Daisy x
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Lisa Delaney
Good Luck for Sunday daisy we will be routing for you 🩷🙏🩷
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Aase Sundblad
Good luck! ...a wonderful thing to do! Lala and Katie
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The Pughs
You’ve got this! So proud of you 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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Liz Mckenna
You’ll smash it Daisy, good luck Liz, John & Millie Xxx
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Tom Spencer
£20
Mara Sandres
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Liz Scott
Amazing Daisy ,you’ll smash this ❤️❤️🤩
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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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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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Anonymous
Good luck Daisy
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Norton Motor Services
Wishing you the best of luck From us Norton’s
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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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Kim Dean
Good Luck Daisy, Jo would be so proud of you xxx
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Liam Mulderrig
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Ruth Nicholls
Good luck Daisy, you can do it! Xx
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H Stone
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Rebecca Mcgoff
Go great, Daisy! You’re an absolute inspiration..! Xx
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Debs Levy
Smash It Lady! You’ll be awesome ❤️
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Willow Sundblad
Willow and daddy.
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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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Anna Humphreys
Great cause Daisy. She would be so proud. XX
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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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Brenda Moss
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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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Gail & Dave Wood
Good Luck Daisy! You'll smash it xx
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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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Louise Burns
Well done Daisy on running your marathon for your friend, lots of love Louise
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Mav
Good luck
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Helina Cheung
£20
Zoe Buchanan
Good luck Daisy. You’ve done so well with all your training. Zoe XXX
Good luck Daisy, I know you’ll smash it !