If you aren't familiar with who Terry Fox was, here is a little recap. I took this info directly from an internet site that contained his biography.
"Terry Fox was a young Canadian whose battle with bone cancer prompted him to run across his country, despite already having had one leg amputated. Fox grew up in Port Coquitlam, outside of Vancouver, British Columbia. Diagnosed with osteogenetic sarcoma in 1977, he had his right leg amputated just above the knee and was fitted with a prosthetic device. To draw attention to the disease and to raise funds for research, Fox announced he would run a marathon per day (more than 26 miles) across Canada, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. He began his trek on 12 April 1980 in St. John's, Newfoundland and ran until he was almost to Thunder Bay, Ontario. (According to the Terry Fox Foundation, he traversed 3,339 miles in 143 days.) Fox was forced to abort his trip on 1 September 1980, when he learned cancer had spread to his lungs. He died less than a year later, a month shy of his 23rd birthday. His strength in the face of adversity made Fox a national hero, and since his death the Terry Fox Foundation has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for cancer research and treatment."
Since the run began here in Mazatlan in 2005, it has attracted more than 1,200 participants who have contributed 110,905 pesos or about $10,500 US. The monies go to research at the Hospital Pediatrico de Sinaloa, in Culiacan, where every year, at least 80 children from northern Mexico are admitted for cancer treatment. We hope this event will attract more participants in future years and the contributions will grow for this worthwhile cause.
There was a little confusion, as with most organized events here in Mexico, as to just where the race would start and finish. We didn't get any photos of the race but here is a picture of Jan and I having breakfast at a restaurant on the beach on our way back home.
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