Scott
I have been running for as long as I can remember. It has always been a natural thing for me. Since my late teens I have slowly increased mileage goals to test my physical and psychological limits. Running is a part of who I am, it is just so natural.
Everybody who is reading this has a passion. My passion is to help people. Why not utilize my ability to run, combined with a relentless passion to educate and help people and go with it? Why not try the unthinkable?
When I was about 12 years old, my mom was diagnosed with cervical cancer and it caused me to grow up too quickly. With two younger sisters, my life as a twelve year old dramatically changed. Suddenly I had more responsibilities, and beyond that, I had an ever-growing worried feeling about my mom. Until such a time as a loved one is put into a situation that compromises their well-being or potentially threatens their life, it is truly difficult to understand. A few years later, I lost my Poppa Cannata (my paternal grandfather) to cancer. This hit my family hard and again I (we) were struck with a feeling of helplessness.
It was this feeling of helplessness that drove me to run across Canada. It is not fair for anybody to have feelings of helplessness as a loved one struggles through this disease.
The best way that I could think of to prevent these circumstances is to cut them off at the source. We made a stand and fought back. We helped to fuel the fight against cancer with a fund/hope-raising endeavour that united many. With a mutual goal and a national community, anything is possible.
"I live to run and I run to live, now it's time to run so others can live." - Scott Cannata
Everybody who is reading this has a passion. My passion is to help people. Why not utilize my ability to run, combined with a relentless passion to educate and help people and go with it? Why not try the unthinkable?
When I was about 12 years old, my mom was diagnosed with cervical cancer and it caused me to grow up too quickly. With two younger sisters, my life as a twelve year old dramatically changed. Suddenly I had more responsibilities, and beyond that, I had an ever-growing worried feeling about my mom. Until such a time as a loved one is put into a situation that compromises their well-being or potentially threatens their life, it is truly difficult to understand. A few years later, I lost my Poppa Cannata (my paternal grandfather) to cancer. This hit my family hard and again I (we) were struck with a feeling of helplessness.
It was this feeling of helplessness that drove me to run across Canada. It is not fair for anybody to have feelings of helplessness as a loved one struggles through this disease.
The best way that I could think of to prevent these circumstances is to cut them off at the source. We made a stand and fought back. We helped to fuel the fight against cancer with a fund/hope-raising endeavour that united many. With a mutual goal and a national community, anything is possible.
"I live to run and I run to live, now it's time to run so others can live." - Scott Cannata
Meghan
Meghan, Scott's better half, was the operations manager for The Run to Live on the road. She overlooked the daily operations and made sure that Scott didn't take too many wrong turns. Meghan was instrumental is providing mental support to Scott on the toughest days, without her encouragement and support The Run to Live wouldn't have succeeded.
Sabrina
A long time friend of Scott and Meghan; Sabrina was The Run to Live's newest on-road team member. She assisted with daily operations, driving duties and as a Registered Nurse, utilized her healthcare knowledge when illness struck. As an experienced runner, she hit the road for a few km's with Scott once in a while!
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Myikka
Myikka accompanied us on the road. Our almost 10 year-old Siberian Husky was very excited to get to the mountains in the winter. She was incredible company on the road. To our knowledge, she has peed on more trans-Canada signs than any other domesticated canine.
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