40 years ago today Terry Fox, a 21 year old Canadian who lost a leg to cancer, began an east to west cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research. He ran the equivalent of a full marathon every day and made it to 145 days and 5,373km before he was forced to stop and he lost his battle with cancer.

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    1 year ago

    Into the Wind is maybe my favorite 30 for 30. Highly recommend it particularly if you’re not familiar with this story.