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Help Janice raise money

For participating in 2021 Virtual Mississauga Marathon

My Story…


For my entire life I lived with Ulcerative Colitis and thought that I was living a 'normal' life. Boy, was I wrong! A few years ago I had Ileoanal anastomosis surgery (J-pouch surgery) at Mount Sinai Hospital and slowly, my journey to good health began. 

Since my surgery and recovery, I have taken up running and have spent this winter training for a Full Marathon (42.2k). My first Half (21.1k) was the Mississauga Marathon and at the very last minute I had the great good fortune to join team Guts to Run, a running group that is raising awareness and funds for Crohn's and Colitis Canada.

Thanks to COVID, charitable donations are down and all live races have been cancelled. I was going to register for the 2021 Mississauga Virtual Full Marathon but when I went to do my registration, I ran across (pun intended) the 80k Warrior Challenge and thought, what the heck, I'll do that instead! In May I will be doing a Full, Half, 10k, 5k and 2k race. Your support and donations to Guts to Run will be the fuel that keeps me going!

I am thankful to be living in a healthy body and to be able to use it to support other UC and Crohn's sufferers. My hope is that some day they too may know what living in a healthy body feels like. We are Warriors!

Donate to help Janice raise money for 2021 Virtual Mississauga Marathon’s fundraising campaign.


Recent donors

Donation date Donor name Donation amount
Apr 19 Suzanne Conquer CA$100.00
Apr 05 Lindsay Trimble You are so amazing Janice! Undisclosed amount
Apr 04 Anonymous Have a great run! Undisclosed amount
Apr 04 Carl and Sharion Searle You go girl. Proud of your achievements . Undisclosed amount
Apr 04 Leita Root We are cheering for you. CA$100.00
Apr 04 Gregory Kett You're awesome CA$50.00
Apr 03 Cathy and Pat Leahey You go girl! CA$50.00
Apr 03 Janice Ellison CA$25.00