G.S. Lakie students challenged to ‘Try Like Terry’

By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on September 16, 2022.

Herald photo by Al Beeber G.S. Lakie Middle School Grade six students sprint from the starting line during their two-kilometre Terry Fox Run around Nicholas Sheran Park on Thursday morning.

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com

After going on temporary hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Terry Fox Run staged by G.S. Lakie Middle School for its students finally hit the ground running again Thursday morning.

Under sunny skies at Nicholas Sheran Park in west Lethbridge, the school’s grade six, seven and eight classes did a two-kilometre run through the well-treed park.

The different classes did the run in heats.

Fay Coleby, a teacher and cross-country coach, said the top 10 male and female finishers would help determine the G.S. Lakie team.

“There is something on the line but they’ve done Terry Fox lead-up all week. They’ve been having lessons about Terry Fox, watching videos about Terry Fox and this year’s theme is ‘Try Like Terry’,” Coleby said.

“We’ve been promoting that – perseverance across all aspects of their life,” said Coleby.

“Try Like Terry” is the theme of the national Terry Fox School Run which is scheduled for Sept. 23 but schools were welcome to stage the event on any day that worked for them, according to the Terry Fox Foundation.

“Our next generation of students will be the ones to continue Terry’s fight and lead this worthy cause towards his dream of a world without cancer,” says the organization on its website.

Before stopping his Marathon of Hope near Thunder Bay on Sept. 1, 1980 due to the return of cancer – this time in his lungs, Fox had run 5,373 kilometres after dipping his artificial leg into the Atlantic Ocean.

The Terry Fox Run has raised more than $850 million since its founding.

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