Why we love Terry Fox

September 22, 2011

The secret to becoming a great runner is to realize that there is no secret. Author John L. Parker Jr. called running “The Trial of Miles; Miles of Trials,” outlining in his famous book “Once a Runner” that it is consistency and how much you are willing to sacrifice to the sport that will bring you success. To be consistently relentless.
That was Terry Fox. Every day, he went out and ran a marathon a day on one leg. He put his head down and went to work. Some people can work hard for short periods. What separates the great ones, however, are the ones who push forward no matter what, no matter the obstacle.
After dipping the toe of his wooden prosthetic leg into the cold Atlantic Ocean on that typically rainy April morning in St. John’s Newfoundland, Terry began a journey that would last 143 days, span 5,373 kilometres, and unite a country. He faced obstacles, but he never stopped.
Everything we take pride in as Canadians was embodied in Terry Fox.

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