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Barny Wright is raising money for Ovarian Cancer Action
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I was due to run the London Marathon this year to raise money for Ovarian Cancer Action in memory of Vicky Jacobs.
Anyone that knew her or her partner Alex Heathcote knows what an amazing person she was and how hard she battled to fight the disease.
As you may know the London marathon has been postponed until 2021 which means vital fundraising money won’t be going to the charity.
I have decided to do the distance as planned on October 4th.
I’m going to run the 26.2 miles from Hertford to the Olympic stadium in Stratford along the canals. There won’t be any crowd, there will be no refreshment stations and no other runners to spur me on. I haven’t done enough training and my knees are already killing me thinking about it!
Fingers crossed I will be able to run the 2021 event too!
I know times are hard for many people at the moment but cancer doesn’t stop and the work the charity does can’t either.
Please pledge anything you can in memory of VJ
Lots of love
Barny
Vicky's Story
When VJ was diagnosed with ovarian cancer six years ago, her prognosis was pretty bleak. But VJ, being VJ, didn’t take it lying down. She took on her disease with the same intelligence, passion, boundless energy and humour as she did everything in life.
When her first round of operations and chemo didn’t work, she scoured the planet for new trials and treatments, eventually going to Switzerland for experimental immunotherapy treatment in 2016. That treatment gave her three years of good health.
She didn’t waste it. In those three years she climbed sand dunes in Namibia, joined evening prayers in Varanasi, partied under a full moon in Tulum, visited friends in New Zealand, San Fran, Moscow and Spain and attended six wedding and numerous milestone birthdays and
celebrations with family and friends.
When the disease returned, she made it her mission to change the survival odds for the next generation. This was typical VJ, selflessly making something good out of a tragic situation. So please, give what you can in her memory.