Run for Hope’, inspired by cancer victim Terry Fox, raised more than $200,000 for cancer research. Community Development, Youth and Sports Minister Vivian Balakrishnan flagged off the event at Sentosa’s Tanjong Beach.

Terry Fox Runs are held in 50 countries around the world. Seoul’s has been going since 1991 — a non-competitive run or walk over five or nine kilometers to raise money for cancer research.

People can either run the whole nine kilometers as a part of competition or simply go through 5 kilometers for fun. But all of the participants, nearly 5000 of them are running for Hope