“希望马拉松”是1981年由加拿大人发起的纪念特里·福克斯(Terry Fox)的义跑活动。1977年,福克斯被检查出罹患癌症而被迫截去右腿,但他乐观积极地在医院里接受各种治疗与康复,鼓励医院里的其他患者要勇敢地面对病魔。当得知加拿大政府对癌症研究的资金投入仍相当匮乏时,1980年,福克斯发起特里·福克斯义跑(希望马拉松),目的是号召每人为癌症研究捐赠一元钱,从此他成为“希望马拉松”的奠基者。而自此后, “Hope Marathon” is a 1981 run by Canadians to commemorate Terry Fox. In 1977, Fox was detected suffering from cancer and was forced to cut off his right leg, but he was optimistic about the positive treatment in the hospital and rehabilitation, to encourage other patients in the hospital to brave the face of illness. When he learned that the Canadian government is still having a scarce financial commitment to cancer research, Fox launched Terry Fox Jr. (Hope Marathon) in 1980 with the goal of calling everybody a dollar in cancer research, and since then he has become “ ”The founder. Since then,