Darrell Fox and the National Ride of Hope makes their stop in Winnipeg
Posted June 19, 2025 6:08 pm.
Last Updated June 19, 2025 7:31 pm.
Darrell Fox, the younger brother of Terry Fox, along with a number of other cyclists, made their stop in Winnipeg on Thursday, as part of their coast-to-coast National Ride of Hope, commemorating the 45th anniversary of Fox’s iconic Marathon of Hope.
The 32-day, 7,000 km ride began on June 9th in Vancouver, and has already raised nearly over 8$90,000 for The Terry Fox Foundation’s life-saving cancer research.
“We were planning to do it for the 40th anniversary but that covid thing got in the way so we put it off, but we were always looking for something significant to do for an anniversary year, so that’s why we’re riding across the country and as you heard earlier we’re doing quite well,” said Fox.
The convoy arrived in the afternoon to a warm reception of students and local leaders, a moment made extra special, given that Winnipeg was Fox’s birthplace.
“It’s extra emotional in light of what we’re trying to accomplish here in terms of riding across the country. It’s nothing like Terry did in 1980, but it’s still Terry Fox hard, and to be here in Winnipeg and see the support, it makes it all worthwhile for sure,” said Fox.
“It’s really exciting to be at this event today not only to be with the cyclists, who are raising money and have made it half way across the country and are exceeding their target of fundraising, its also exciting to be here with students, who of course was not alive when Terry Fox was making his run, but here they are and decades later still being inspired by Terry Fox, still raising money for cancer research,” said Mayor Scott Gillingham.
The group consists of eight total bikers, doing roughly 220 km each day on their coast-to-coast ride. For Fox, it’s been physically and mentally taxing, but worth every moment.
“Every morning we wake up, we think of Terry Fox, I certainly do, and we think of all of those who have been touched by cancer and those that we’ve lost, and riding a bike 220 k is easy compared to that, so that’s what keeps me going,” he explained.
