Phew, home, I’m damn sleepy after waking up so damn early this morning. Went for the Terry Fox run with Zheng Rong at Sentosa. Wow, there were many many people eventhough the whole morning rained like crazy. This year’s run has the most participants since 2001. The 8km run(my category) was cancelled due to the rain, leaving with only the 4km fun run. Haha… But we didn’t run the 4km either since both of us weren’t really feeling well. We just slacked under a shelter by the beach n enjoyed the freezing sea breeze.

Ok, let me introduce to u guys about the significance of the 25yr old Terry Fox Run. Terry Fox was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma(Bone Cancer) when he was just 18. He only had 15% chance of survival during that time. At 19, he had to have his right leg amputated above the knee n he had 16 months of chemotherapy. At 22, the Canadian planned to run 42km a day to reach his goal of running the breadth of Canada, a staggering 8530km! then on April 12, 1980, he started his ambitious run at St John’s, Newfoundland, asking that every Canadian one dollar to the cause. However, by September 1st, the cancer has spread to his lungs and he had to stop running. The tumours had spread to both lungs—there was one the size of a golf ball in the right lung n a fist-size one in his left. In total, he managed 5374km in 143days, more than half of the total distance. Less than a year later, on June 28 1981, Terry Fox was dead. Since then, there will be a Terry Fox run every year around the world, with runners donating a certain amount of money to help cancer research. Terry Fox was voted Canada’s greatest hero in a survey in 1999, n I truly think he deserves it.

When I was young, I knew about him, but all I did was just imitating the way he ran, which I deeply regret today after learning his story. He’s a brave man. Can u imagine running 42km per day on just one leg??!! I bet even on two legs, I can’t do it. It is sad that he didn’t manage to complete his feat. Thanks to advances in detection n treatment today, children who are diagnosed with the same bone cancer have a 75% chance of survival. This man taught me what is called fighting spirit n never giving up. It’s a pity I wasn’t born earlier to see him run the Marathon Of Hope. I’ll carry on supporting this event for many years ahead n hope that one day, cancer research will move to an all new level.