Joanna Bowman

Two Marathons In A Week - Fundraiser for the Canine Genetics Centre

Fundraising for University of Cambridge
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Two Marathons In A Week! 🏃‍♀️, 21 April 2024
Canine Genetics Research
Campaign by University of Cambridge (RCN HMRC Registered)
The Canine Genetics Research team in the Department of Veterinary Medicine is passionate about investigating inherited diseases in dogs.

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Please sponsor me for running two marathons in a week!

Manchester Marathon - 14th April

Virtual London Marathon - 21st April

WeeFlo & Olive will be joining me on the second marathon too!

Here’s why…

Canine health is as important to me as human health. For those of you that knew or remember Lucie (our first Stafford), she was a carrier of L2-HGA. A cruel, hereditary disease specific to Staffords. Mate two Staffords that are carriers, and the litter will have it too.

Lucie wasn’t a carrier because of irresponsible breeding, it was because not much was known about the disease and there was no DNA test available at the time. Times have changed.

L2-HGA is just one of the DNA test made possible for Staffords due to the amazing team at the Canine Genetic Centre. Multiply that by all the test they have found for all the other breeds, and it’s clear that canine genetic research is a vital service for the future health of all dogs.

Their hard work is enabling responsible breeding, but they can’t do it without funding. So they have been amazing and created a Just Giving page so that I, and hopefully others that wish to fundraise, can do so easily in a way that allows Gift Aid to be added.

Right, you’ve all done it before! Even a quid will help spur me on when I’m piss wet through, tripping over tree roots and face planting, questioning my life choices on long training runs, and all too often praying for a perfectly timed toilet… 🥴

Thank you 🙏

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About the campaign

The Canine Genetics Research team in the Department of Veterinary Medicine is passionate about investigating inherited diseases in dogs.

About the charity

University of Cambridge

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Among the top universities globally, Cambridge engages in cutting-edge research to find solutions to global problems. The Cambridge community is made up of 24,270 students, 11,528 faculty and staff, and more than 300,000 alumni. Affiliates have won 110 Nobel Prizes.

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