On July 7, 91原创 teacher Fred Setterington, his wife Danelle, their son Nate, and daughter Hope will leave their home in WIlloughby and begin a two-month-long run to the B.C. interior and back.

His goal is to raise awareness about cancer, and $10,000 for the Terry Fox foundation.

"This is something that I've wanted to do for a long time," Setterington told the 91原创 Advance Times.

"I think growing up, Terry Fox for me was an idol, a hero for me. So I've always wanted to try to give back."

He is calling his campaign Hope鈥檚 Marathon: A Run to Conquer Cancer, after his daughter.

An  experienced varsity-level competitive runner, the 44-year has been training seven days a week to prepare.

During his journey, every day, Setterington, a P.E. teacher at Lynn Fripps Elementary school, plans to run two distances a day totalling 42 km, the length of a marathon.

His trip will begin at the 91原创 Events Centre, heading to  Merritt, on to Kelowna, and Salmon Arm, then Kamloops, before returning home to 91原创 by Aug. 28.

He wants to encourage cancer survivors and their families or friends to run a distance with him in support of the cause. 

Over the last five years Setterington has lost several family members to cancer, including his wife's parents and his stepmother.

This is his second attempt at a multiple marathon to fight cancer.

His first had to be called off two years ago, when he partially tore his Achilles tendon during training, ending up in a cast for six weeks, then a boot for another three months.

"I was teaching gym in a knee scooter,"  Setterington laughed.

He says he is fully recovered,.

Donations can be made online at 

Terry Fox, who lost a leg to cancer, dipped his prosthetic foot in the Atlantic Ocean on April 12, 1980 to begin his Marathon of Hope. Fox completed 5,373 km before he was forced to quit about five months in, because his cancer had returned. 

Last year, the annual Terry Fox Run took place in close to 600 communities across the country. 

The has raised more than $900 million and funded 1,300 cancer research projects.