Runner who ran 10 times length of Canada credits 1980 brush with Terry Fox as inspiration
After seeing Terry Fox on the first day of his Marathon of Hope, Alasdair Veitch decided about a year later that he wanted to run the distance across Canada. Since then, he's run 55,000 kilometres, about 10 times the distance across Canada.
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Alasdair Veitch wanted to run across Canada. At 55,000 km, he's now run more than 10 times the distance
CBC News ·
Posted: Jan 30, 2021 4:00 AM CT | Last Updated: January 30
Alasdair Veitch at the Terry Fox statue in St. John's, NL. Veitch, who has run more than 55,000 kilometres in his adult life, credits Fox, whom he encountered on the first day of Fox's Marathon of Hope as his inspiration. (Submitted by Alasdair Veitch)