Terrance Stanley Fox (Born July 28, 1958 – Died June 28, 1981) was a Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and Cancer Research activist. In 1980, with one leg having been amputated due to cancer, he embarked on an east to west cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research. Although the spread of his cancer eventually forced him to end his quest after 143 days and 5,373 kilometers (3,339 mi), and ultimately cost his life, his efforts resulted in a lasting, worldwide legacy. The annual Terry fox, first held in 1981, has grown to involve millions of participants in over 60 countries and is now the world's largest one-day fundraiser for cancer research; over CD750 million has been raised in his name, as of January 2018. (Wikipedia)
Although he passed away, we are the people who still remember the work that he had done for everybody, particularly cancer patients. Now every Canadian school in the world has the campaign to raise money for cancer research in the memorial of Terry Fox's campaign. Of course, my school BCISB (British Columbia International School Bangkok) just had the campaign, our whole community has a goal of 2,000 km (1242.742mi) and 150,000 Baht (4806 USD) fund. Paying helps for cancer research, but our health depends on us. We need to take care of ourselves like the phrase "good health, money can't buy." I did both running is the cheapest activity that gives me good health, and donated some money from my saving can help to extend much life.
I ran a total of 207 km within 15 days this year throughout the running journey. I had learned new things both beautiful and interesting things. I saw the full Moon, Mars (come to closest to earth during my journey), racing with school bus (arrived my village to send other kids), seeing old neighbors who sat in the park quietly in the morning, facing with the infinity of mosquitoes during the night run, and applied math skills to control my pace ratio. My favorite part of the journey was when I ran in the rain and got a good feeling as the quote "Anyone who thinks that sunshine is pure happiness has never run in the rain." Someday the rain was too heavy to run, so the next day I watched the Weather App and planned my run.
This is all of my running journeys. I am very proud that I received the top virtual runner award. Lastly, we should keep in mind that cancer is very close to us, humanity can't really win it.
