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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-925/
- Published: 2024-03-09T17:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-03-09T05:27:32.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-06-28 02:24

> A New Zealander finished a 305-day run from St John’s, NL, to Victoria on Saturday in support of childhood cancer research.  
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> Jon Nabbs was welcomed with cheers and honks from passing cars when he reached the Terry Fox monument at Mile Zero around 3 pm, dressed in a Superman suit and pushing a baby buggy that he used to carry his possessions. \[…\]  
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> Nabbs decided to raise money for cancer research after both his parents died of cancer during the pandemic lockdowns in 2020 and 2021\. \[…\]  
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> The 8,000 kilometre-long route is equivalent to about 200 marathons. Many Canadians opened their homes to him during the run and he had a one-man tent in his buggy.   
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> He started in May of last year and had originally hoped to finish before winter, but ended up running through the Prairies and the Rocky Mountains in a lot of -20 C weather, Nabbs said. \[…\]  
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> Nabbs is believed to be the first Kiwi to have completed an unsupported cross-country run of Canada. Through his run, Nabbs has raised just over $90,000 for childhood cancer foundations in Canada and New Zealand.  
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> *[Times Colonist](https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/new-zealand-man-finishes-305-day-solo-cross-country-run-for-cancer-research-8388907?ref=goodoil.news)*

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