Terry Fox Never Finished His Run. His Mission Never Stopped
He ran 5,373 kilometres on a prosthetic leg before cancer forced him to stop. What happened afterward turned the Marathon of Hope into something even bigger.
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• Terry Fox ran 5,373 kilometres across Canada before cancer forced him to stop, but the Marathon of Hope—and his mission to fund cancer research—continued long after his final run.
On September 1, 1980, Terry Fox made one final entry in his running journal: “21 miles. 3,339 miles total.”
Then the Marathon of Hope stopped.
For 143 days, the 21-year-old had been running across Canada to raise money for cancer research. Near Thunder Bay, Ontario, severe chest pain sent him to hospital, where doctors discovered that his cancer had spread to his lungs. He had covered 5,373 kilometres. (Terry Fox Foundation)
The disease he was running to fight had ended his run.
Then the Marathon of Hope stopped.
For 143 days, the 21-year-old had been running across Canada to raise money for cancer research. Near Thunder Bay, Ontario, severe chest pain sent him to hospital, where doctors discovered that his cancer had spread to his lungs. He had covered 5,373 kilometres. (Terry Fox Foundation)
The disease he was running to fight had ended his run.
