The Terry Fox Memorial Statue outside BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, Canada. Image courtesy of Danielle Bauer on Flickr.
I’d be remiss, if I didn’t mention it was the Terry Fox Run today.
Terry Fox
Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope in 1980, a cross-country run to raise money for cancer research, after cancer forced doctors to amputate his right leg. He ran for 143 days and covered more than 5,000 km before cancer spread to his lungs and he was forced to stop near Thunder Bay, Ontario. He died nine months later. Today, Terry remains an inspiration to millions, as they gather each year in communities and schools around the world to remember him and continue his goal of supporting cancer research.
The Terry Fox Run
The annual Terry Fox Run was first held in 1981. It is now the world’s largest one-day fundraiser for cancer research, raising over $500 million in his name to date. For more information on Terry, the run and quest for a cure for cancer, visit www.terryfox.org. You can also honour his memory and support the ongoing fight against cancer through a $5 donation by text messaging “terryfox” to 45678.
While I didn’t officially take part in an official (for some reason very few people want to run 30K in a friendship run 😉 ), during our long run, we did run along the courses of two separate community runs, one in Vancouver’s Stanley Park, and the other in West Vancouver’s Ambleside Park, and cheered on those who were participating.
