April, 1980, a young man named Terry Fox began a journey to run across Canada. His purpose
was to raise awareness, and to bring an end of the suffering that cancer causes. He called his
journey the “Marathon of Hope” He inspired and touched the hearts of thousands of Canadians
as we followed his travel each day. Unfortunately, Terry’s cancer returned, and he wasn’t able to
complete his journey across Canada. Shortly thereafter, cancer took Terry’s young life.
In honour, and remembrance of Terry, Canadatrek became a project of mine with the intent to
let others share in Terry’s journey across Canada. Unlike Terry’s starting point on the east coast,
I designed the system to start the journey on the west coast of Canada. The concept named
Canadatrek, began as a Visual Basic program, but with the rapidly changing technology in the
1980’s, it was difficult to keep up with these technological changes. Canadatrek then morphed
into a series of PDF documents, but these fell short of the vision I had for Canadatrek. The
project was set aside until a better method of providing Canadatrek to the general public was
available. In late 2022, after much analysis, the Canadatrek Exercise Companion System began
to take form once again. After years of planning and research, I am now pleased to offer you
access to this system. In doing so, please remember Terry, and the hope he instilled in all of us
during his Marathon of Hope journey.
Please take a moment to read about Terry’s story. https://terryfox.org/terrys-story/