In 1980, a young Canadian named Terry Fox, who had lost his right leg to cancer, began running across the country. He called his challenge the Marathon of Hope with the aim of raising one dollar from every Canadian for cancer research. Every day, Terry ran about 26 miles on his prosthetic leg, enduring snow, rain, and heat. Starting in St Johns, Newfoundland, he ran 3,339 miles over 143 days before having to stop near Thunder Bay, Ontario as cancer returned. His legacy lives on through an annual