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John Ashford
18  year  Mo Bro
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$2,970

Target: $6,000
raised $63,680 since 2009
My motivation
Fundraising for cause areas including:
Mental health and suicide prevention

As someone who’s suffered from mental health challenges in the past, I’m very passionate about bring attention the need for us men to better look out for ourselves and for one another. That means more men talking about stuff that really matters, even if these conversations don’t always come easy. I speak from first-hand experience here, back in 2009 when I first partook in Movember, I was enduring my own mental health crisis at the time, struggling to process and accept the challenges that I had endured throughout my childhood. I, like many men, felt that speaking up about this would be a sign of weakness and therefore elected to suffer in silence for way too long. The day I decided to seek out help and begun to have some real conversations was the first step toward building the amazing life that I have today. If I can encourage just 1 real conversation this month, then the blisters and sore legs from the 199kms of running will be worth it!

So, you might be wondering, why 6.63kms a day (or 199kms for the month)? Well, did you know that unfortunately, we lose an average of 6.63 men every day to suicide across Australia, that equates to just over 46 a week or just over 199 a month (ABS 2024). In the latest ABS (2024) report, male suicides are almost DOUBLE that of our national road toll (2,419 vs 1,290 deaths). Furthermore, men are still around 3 times more likely to die by suicide than females (approx. 75.3% of all suicides). As such, this Movember I’ll again be attempting to run every day the same amount of kms as the national male suicide rate. So, for this year the target will be a 6.75km run EVERY day for the entire month. That’s 1km for every father, every brother, every partner, every friend that is lost to suicide in November, that’s 199kms in 30 days.

Remember lads, together we truly can make a difference! Lets work together to change these statistics for the better ❤

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Siemens Ltd (AUNZ)
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$3,465 Team funds raised
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39 of 199 kilometres
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39.91 kilometres
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6 hour(s) ago
I walked 1.68 km00:21:14

6 hour(s) ago
I walked 1.68 km00:21:14

7 hour(s) ago
I ran 6.64 km00:34:54

7 hour(s) ago
I ran 6.64 km00:34:54

16 hour(s) ago
Donation from:
Tania Martin
$50
16 hour(s) ago
Donation from:
Tania Martin
$50
16 hour(s) ago
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Michael Driscoll
$100
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Michael Driscoll
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1 day(s) ago
Donation from:
martin wakefield
$100

Keep up the great work mate!

1 day(s) ago
Donation from:
martin wakefield
$100

Keep up the great work mate!

1 day(s) ago
I ran 6.65 km00:34:23

1 day(s) ago
I ran 6.65 km00:34:23

1 day(s) ago
Donation from:
David Nguyen
$100

Keep up the good work!!

1 day(s) ago
Donation from:
David Nguyen
$100

Keep up the good work!!

2 day(s) ago
I walked 1.8 km00:44:13

2 day(s) ago
I walked 1.8 km00:44:13

2 day(s) ago
I ran 6.65 km00:35:11

2 day(s) ago
I ran 6.65 km00:35:11

3 day(s) ago
Donation from:
an anonymous supporter
$300
3 day(s) ago
Donation from:
an anonymous supporter
$300
3 day(s) ago
I ran 6.67 km00:40:50

3 day(s) ago
I ran 6.67 km00:40:50

3 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Anant Sutar
$50
3 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Anant Sutar
$50
3 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Joan Newman
$105

Happy Birthday John,
keep up the great work you are doing for Movember.

3 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Joan Newman
$105

Happy Birthday John,
keep up the great work you are doing for Movember.

4 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Megan Laing
$20

Let’s go John!!

4 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Megan Laing
$20

Let’s go John!!

4 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Gillette Donation
$20

To help shave off a little bit of what is left for you to smash your fundraising target, Gillette has kicked in an extra $20 onto a donation you received today. Keep up the great work!

4 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Gillette Donation
$20

To help shave off a little bit of what is left for you to smash your fundraising target, Gillette has kicked in an extra $20 onto a donation you received today. Keep up the great work!

4 day(s) ago
I walked 1.31 km00:15:57

4 day(s) ago
I walked 1.31 km00:15:57

4 day(s) ago
I ran 6.66 km00:35:12

4 day(s) ago
I ran 6.66 km00:35:12

4 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Bruce Neville
$10

HI John,
Great work and I appreciate what you do.
I had three choices when I ended my relationship.
Go back to Perth, end my life or stay here and try to make it, I chose the latter and had a beautiful daughter from it which gave me even more a reason to stay here.
There is hope for everyone.

4 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Bruce Neville
$10

HI John,
Great work and I appreciate what you do.
I had three choices when I ended my relationship.
Go back to Perth, end my life or stay here and try to make it, I chose the latter and had a beautiful daughter from it which gave me even more a reason to stay here.
There is hope for everyone.

5 day(s) ago
I ran 6.64 km00:34:08

Manually adding this run as the Strava sync failed

5 day(s) ago
I ran 6.64 km00:34:08

Manually adding this run as the Strava sync failed

5 day(s) ago
John Ashford

Let’s do this! 18th Movember, I can’t believe it!
Donate to my fundraiser via https://movember.com/m/johnashford?mc=75

5 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Sharon Patterson
$205

May your feet have wings sweetie go for it ❤️xo Sharon and Allan.

6 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Sidney Allen
$50
6 day(s) ago
Donation from:
Rhonda Scicluna
$100

You’re a real life superhero! Thank you for 18 years of effort. Good luck for your 2026 campaign.

1 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Peter and Hilary Osborn
$1,005

Great work John such a need for support for mental health, Pete and Hilary

1 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Andrew Bartosy
$50
1 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Pinkesh Modi
$50

Keep up the great initiative. We cannot have enough of the Run machine :)

1 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Saskia Friedrich
$30
1 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Justin Fung
$20

John,

Love your work mate and how much passion you have shown to this cause over the years. Keep it going!

1 Week(s) Ago
Donation from:
Ivan Chai
$35

18 years in a row is just unreal! Wishing you another year of success! Good luck and thank you John.

Previous year's activities
46 Week(s) Ago
I walked 1.27 km00:14:28

46 Week(s) Ago
I ran 5.71 km00:28:35

47 Week(s) Ago
I walked 1.58 km00:16:25

47 Week(s) Ago
I ran 5.15 km00:25:38

Previous year's posts
48 Week(s) Ago
John Ashford

My sister insisted that we had to take Chick Hicks through the car wash after the run

48 Week(s) Ago
John Ashford

Chick Hicks is flying! Haha

48 Week(s) Ago
John Ashford

Final costume run! Chick Hicks from the childrens film Cars

48 Week(s) Ago
I walked 1.13 km00:13:23

48 Week(s) Ago
I ran 6.65 km00:35:27

48 Week(s) Ago
I ran 6.67 km00:38:40

49 Week(s) Ago
John Ashford

49 Week(s) Ago
I walked 1.3 km00:14:02

49 Week(s) Ago
I ran 6.67 km00:34:24

49 Week(s) Ago
John Ashford

49 Week(s) Ago
I ran 6.74 km00:34:36

49 Week(s) Ago
I walked 1.38 km00:15:17

49 Week(s) Ago
John Ashford

49 Week(s) Ago
John Ashford

Look at that potato move!

49 Week(s) Ago
John Ashford

Mr Potato Head with his biggest fan

49 Week(s) Ago
John Ashford

Entertainment for the wonderful people at Jells Park!

49 Week(s) Ago
John Ashford

Here’s me starting my 6th costume run hahaha

50 Week(s) Ago
John Ashford

50 Week(s) Ago
John Ashford

Here’s me finishing my 6.63km run and saying a massive thanks for $5k raised!

50 Week(s) Ago
John Ashford

Starting my 5th costume run for the month! This time as Cal Naughton Jr.

51 Week(s) Ago
John Ashford

51 Week(s) Ago
John Ashford

And here’s a video mid way through my 4th costume run haha

51 Week(s) Ago
John Ashford

Here’s a video of me starting my 4th costume run, running as the Lorax!!

51 Week(s) Ago
John Ashford

And here’s a video of me completing my third costume run!

51 Week(s) Ago
John Ashford

Here’s a video of me starting my third costume run, running as “Rod” from the film Hot Rod!

51 Week(s) Ago
John Ashford

Here’s another video of my second costume run!

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