The Terry Fox run is free to enter, non-competitive and open-to-all, the goal is to raise funds for the UKs #1 academic cancer research centre, The Institute of Cancer Research. All net proceeds raised from the Terry Fox Run London will stay in the UK and be donated for research being conducted by the Institute of Cancer Research, London, in the name of a true Canadian hero.

At 18 years of age, Terry Fox learned that due to bone cancer his right leg would be amputated above the knee. During his ordeal, Terry became convinced that a cure for cancer could be found through cancer research, but funds were in short supply.

Terry decided to run across Canada, some 6,000 miles, to raise money for cancer research. On April 12, 1980 at St. Johns, Newfoundland, Terry dipped his artificial leg in the Atlantic Ocean and began what he called the "Marathon of Hope". For the next 143 days he ran 26 miles per day, the marathon distance, crossing 3,300 miles until, on September 1, 1980 near Thunder Bay, Ontario, he was forced to stop. The cancer had spread to his lungs. He died on June 28, 1981, a month shy of his 23rd birthday.

Since his death, thousands of Terry Fox Runs have been held each September in Canada and throughout the world in Terry's name which have raised a total of £500 million for cancer research. Terry started the global phenomenon of charity runs in grand style in 1980.

The Terry Fox Run has gone virtual for 2020. Join us from all over the UK and around the world for the Terry Fox Run. Let's come together to raise money and awareness for cancer research, honor loved ones touched by cancer, and revel in a great Canadian tradition, the Terry Fox Run! The Terry Fox Run has gone virtual for 2020. Join us from all over the UK andTaround the world for the Terry Fox Run. Let's come together to raise money and awareness for cancer research, honor loved ones touched by cancer, and revel in a great Canadian tradition, the Terry Fox Run!

As we wrap up for 2020 we particularly wish to thank The Bank of Montreal, DADCO Group and The Victor Dahdaleh Foundation, Trayport and the British High Commission in Canada for their support of the UK Terry Fox Run.

We are looking forward to welcoming friends old and new in 2021!

For more information visit: www.terryfoxrunlondon.org