He did. He ran the marathon to raise awareness of cancer (which took his leg) and his goal was to cross canada coast to coast, but before being able to finish, the cancer came back in his lungs and eventually killed him. Now schools have an annual Terry Fox Run in his honour and collect donations and stuff for cancer research.
For raising money for cancer when he had nothing to give. It wasn't for him, he was doing it to help save other people who would deal with this terrible disease
He also intended to run across the whole country, but had to stop because the cancer that took his leg spread to his lungs, and he died shortly thereafter. His goal was the equivalent of one dollar from every Canadian.
Or just hopping