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Today I participated in Terry’s Cause on Campus, a nation-wide event held at post-secondary institutions across the country. Terry Fox was a first-year kinesiology student at Simon Fraser University when he was diagnosed with bone cancer. It was during his final year at SFU that he ran the Marathon of Hope, so it is only fitting that university students and staff take some time to honour his legacy and continue to raise money for the Terry Fox Foundation.

It has been a long time since I last ran a Terry Fox run but when I heard one was being held on campus I was happy to sign up. A few of my Banff-Jasper Relay teammates formed a team that I was able to join. We ran just over 6km around campus during our lunch hour, a pretty good way to spend it, I would say.

If you want to find out more information about Terry’s Cause on Campus you can check out the Terry Fox Foundation website.

If you are interested in making a donation to the Terry Fox Foundation you can make a pledge on my fundraising page.

Here are a few photos from the event:

Listening to the opening speeches, which included a UofC researcher and a UofC student who is a cancer survivor.
Listening to the opening speeches, which included a UofC researcher and a UofC student who is a cancer survivor.
The warmup was led by Ashley Fox, from Be Fit For Life and the UofC Marathon Training Program.
The warmup was led by Ashley Fox, from Be Fit For Life and the UofC Marathon Training Program.
And we're off!
And we’re off!
After the run we cooled down with drinks and cookies.
After the run we cooled down with drinks and cookies.
From left to right, Abhi, one of my marathon teammates, myself and my coworker Audrey.
From left to right, Abhi, one of my marathon teammates, myself and my coworker Audrey.