Winnipeg runners lace up for Terry Fox Marathon of Hope anniversary

Runners across Canada laced up and took part in the 35th anniversary of Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope Sunday.

Terry Fox, who lost his right leg to cancer, set out on a historic run across Canada to raise money for cancer research in 1980. Fox never finished the ambitious cross-country run — he died of cancer in 1981 in a Vancouver hospital.

Millions of dollars have been raised toward cancer research since his death.

And on Sunday, a small group of runners converged at Winnipeg's City Hall and headed west down Portage Avenue with a procession of vehicles and police cars in tow to commemorate Fox's historic journey.

The run was expected to end at 3 p.m. just past the Perimeter Highway near Racetrack Road and the MTS Iceplex.