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John Ashford

16 year Mo Bro

platinum club

hall of fame

Hosting an event

$2,205

Target: $6,267

raised $45,938 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 mental/psychological abuse 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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How I'm
getting involved

TEAM

Siemens Ltd (AUNZ)

Team captain John Ashford

$3,390 Team funds raised

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Starting:1st November 2024

Physical challenge

33 of 199 kilometres

running

33.21 kilometres

How I'm
getting involved

TEAM

Siemens Ltd (AUNZ)

Team captain John Ashford

$3,390 Team funds raised

View Team Page

Starting:1st November 2024

Physical challenge

33 of 199 kilometres

running

33.21 kilometres

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keep up the good work John .Love what you do every Movemeber , looking forward the costume runs :)

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Keep doing what you're doing legend ❤️

You are making a difference!

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Keep up the great work John

Previous year's activities

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Hey John! thought I’d drop by to say a big hairy thanks for flying the flag for men’s health (again) this year.
You’re smashing your fundraising all in the name of a bloody important cause – to help men live happier, healthier and longer lives. 45km in 6 days on that physical challenge!!?? Go you good thing go! There’s still plenty of fun to be had this Hairy Season so keep it up legend.
United we Mo - Matt from Mo HQ.

This Movember I've decided to take my running challenge to the next level. Not only will I run 6.5 kms EVERY day for the month, but when I hit certain fundraising milestones, I'll do that days run in costume! As you can see from the pictures below, I've got some gems prepared. All runs in costume will be recorded and shared for some good laughs. I also have a mystery $5k costume which I promise will be wild!
In case you're wondering "Why 6.5 kms every day", well unfortunately, we lose 6.5 men every day to suicide across Australia, that’s 45.5 a week or just over 195 a month (ABS 2022).

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John Ashford

16 year Mo Bro

platinum club

hall of fame

Hosting an event

John Ashford

16 year Mo Bro

platinum club

hall of fame

Hosting an event

$2,205

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I ran 6.64 km00:36:50

I ran 6.64 km00:36:50

I ran 6.65 km00:35:09

I ran 6.65 km00:35:09

I ran 6.64 km00:35:20

I ran 6.64 km00:35:20

I ran 6.64 km00:35:09

I ran 6.64 km00:35:09

I ran 6.64 km00:35:07

I ran 6.64 km00:35:07

I ran 5.6 km00:27:10

I ran 6.78 km00:32:25

I ran 6.78 km00:34:31

I ran 6.83 km00:33:32

I ran 6.78 km00:34:00

I ran 6.77 km00:33:46

I ran 6.76 km00:35:48

I ran 6.75 km00:30:40

I ran 6.77 km00:33:51

I ran 6.78 km00:33:40

I ran 6.75 km00:34:12

I ran 6.76 km00:33:58

I ran 6.83 km00:33:58

I ran 6.77 km00:32:48

I ran 6.83 km00:33:53

Proudly grown by our major and official partners

John Ashford

16 year Mo Bro

platinum club

hall of fame

Hosting an event

John Ashford

16 year Mo Bro

platinum club

hall of fame

Hosting an event