Muscat 7th Annual Terry Fox Run 2006 held at the Radisson SAS Hotel Muscat

Thousands of people of different age groups came together to possess a common spirit of rallying for a noble cause. The fund raised through this run will go towards research in the field of childhood leukemia in Oman at the Sultan Qaboos University as approved by the medical committee of Terry Fox International.

The 4.5 km run began at 3pm from the Hotel compound where all the participants had gathered for an hour of fun and folic before taking up the run. They were treated to an entertaining programme, which included the resident band of the RadissonSAS along with the Kathy Cole the fitness instructor and the break-dancers.

The Run Organizer said, "The Terry Fox Run 2006 is a huge success. The response and the participation exceeded our expectations. Each year this event draws the community together for cancer research and the story of Terry Fox and his Marathon of Hope touches more and more people in Muscat. I would like to thank all of our sponsors who have supported us raise a significant amount of money for this noble cause and all the participants for helping to make Terry's dream come true and last but by far not least all the volunteers who made it happen.

The enthusiasm among the people was great, some of the little kids who were out on their bicycles and tricycles, was something to see, while the youngsters toot the lead of heading the run, there were yet many others who simply walked along holding their kids and their pets.