Challenge yourself. Challenge cancer.
Through our programs, you'll participate in inspiring events, redefine what you thought was impossible, make lifelong friends and raise valuable funds for innovative Australian early career researchers.
Cancer affects us all – whether it’s a parent, sibling, friend, or even yourself, nearly every family will face this battle – So we support groundbreaking discoveries in the prevention, treatment and control of cancer to build a future where those we care about can live healthy lives.
Our participants have directly supported innovative research and funded over 150 Australian early-career cancer research projects. By joining a program, you’re joining a community that’s making a tangible impact in the fight against cancer.
22,000+
Participants coached
$33 MILLION+
Funds raised
2,430
Programs completed
Ways to get involved
Fitness powering cancer research
Our professional coaches bring expertise to every session to ensure participants achieve their goals throughout the program and on event day.
Our professional coaches bring expertise to every session to ensure participants achieve their goals throughout the program and on event day.
Our professional coaches bring expertise to every session to ensure participants achieve their goals throughout the program and on event day.
Our professional coaches bring expertise to every session to ensure participants achieve their goals throughout the program and on event day.
Testimonials
If they can, you CanToo
My advice to someone doing their first program is to not be afraid and just go for it. A lot of people get really concerned thinking ‘I’m not fast or fit enough’. CanToo is not an elite running group and we’re not trying to be. We’re not out there to win races, we’re there to reduce cancer in the community. Running is an awesome way to do that.
- Matt Sommerville, CanToo Runner
CanToo is a genuinely amazing initiative. It brings together people who want to support one another in their fitness goals and give back something to keep us all healthier. The others around me motivated me to just keep swimming and if I can, anyone can! I'm practically a mermaid now! A very slow, sea-swimming mermaid raising money for cancer research!
- Nikki Gray, CanToo Ocean Swimmer
Can Too helped with my mental health and depression. After I had gone through a difficult break up, I was knocked down and had lost sight of myself. Running that first 10km race the whole way made me feel as if I CanToo do anything. With CanToo you kill several birds with one stone. You get fit, it’s good for the community, you get satisfaction by helping fund cancer research and you make great friends.
- Leigh Elliott, CanToo Runner & Swimmer
CanToo has really shown me that you can accomplish anything you put your mind to. Definitely don’t think I could have completed a 5km ocean swim two months ago but, with the help of my amazing coaches and swim pod, I made it. Super humbled by the generosity and determination of all the people I’ve been fortunate enough to meet and spend the last couple of months with.
- Tim Wright, CanToo Ocean Swimmer
The life-long friends you’ll make are the crème de la crème. You’ll feel calm in your mind, body and spirit - knowing that you are supporting cancer researchers and making a difference to the detection and treatment of cancer.
- Christine Napier, CanToo Funded Cancer Researcher and Ocean Swimmer
Four months ago I was sedentary on the couch with a constant migraine. Now I’m exercising five days a week. Last week I ran 17km! I feel so much better and I have clear lungs. It’s great. It gives you perspective to get fit and healthy while helping cancer research. And it’s a really good group of people with a great attitude.
- Siobhan Komander, CanToo Runner
The Coaches are incredible and all advice has been spot on. I was not expecting such great professionals to teach me how to run properly. I'm very pleased with my experience and have managed a pace I didn’t think my old legs would be able to achieve.
- Mark Giles, CanToo Runner
I bloody love this running thing and I bloody love @cantoorunswim for getting me back into it. One of the first things they taught me was HOW to run. A few conscious tweaks here and there - it was a GAME CHANGER. Over the past five or so weeks I’ve been able to sustain three runs per week, and I am up to the 5km mark (still run/ walking mind you). This is something I never thought I’d be able to do again. I. am. stoked.
- Jess Keogh, CanToo Runner
