A triangle challenge runner is on the verge of hitting the magic million dollar mark for child cancer research.

Kevin Maloney, who successfully completed the gruelling three-day Chubb Bermuda Triangle Challenge, said the final figures had yet to be totted up ― but that his huge team was likely to crest the tape to $1 million for children’s cancer charity the St Baldrick’s Foundation.

Mr Maloney, 61, said his team #RunForLisa, named after his late wife, who died of cancer in 2016, was about $20,000 to $25,000 short of $1 million, but cash was still coming in.

Moments after he crossed the finish line for Sunday’s marathon and half-marathon, he said: “I feel great. I’m just so grateful to all of the Bermuda people ― they carry me.

“They cheer, they call out ‘do it for Lisa’, who was a huge supporter of St Baldrick’s. Some of them even gave me dark ‘n’ stormies on the course ― that killed the pain a bit.”

But Mr Maloney, a senior vice-president at insurance giant Allied World in New York and a regular visitor to Bermuda for business and holidays, said: “It was wonderful, every step of the way and we’ll be back.”

He added: “The new target is $5 million ― I’m not going to stop.”

Colm Homan, who lost his son Eoghan, who was 16, to cancer three years ago, wife Niamh and their daughter Aisling, were appointed a St Baldrick’s ambassador family for 2026 in recognition of their role in the battle against the disease.

Mr Homan, a retired partner at financial services firm PwC, and Aisling joined #RunForLisa for this year’s challenge.

He said: “Kevin Maloney was such a strong, positive force throughout all of this.

“He’s such a force of nature and a tremendous force for good.”

Mr Homan, who planned to run the Boston and London Marathons just six days apart from each other in April, said raising money and awareness for cancer research was “critically important” for Bermudians.

He explained that research funded by St Baldrick’s assisted hospitals such as the Boston Children’s Hospital ― where Bermudians often went to for treatment.

Mr Homan said: “It has a direct impact on Bermudian children.”

He added: “I think everyone can agree that having paediatric cancer research is critically important.

“We have got to find a way to crack this disease.”

Mr Maloney started raising cash from the Bermuda event in 2017, with just three runners, including friend Mike Almskog, and they have taken part in every event since.

The team has grown over the years, with a core of about 75 running this year, but almost 100 if those who did at least one of the three events were included.

Susan Heard, Senior Director of Distinguished Giving at the California-based St Baldrick’s, travelled to Bermuda to support Team #RunForLisa.

She said: “Kevin has done such an incredible job and I just came to Bermuda to cheer him on.

“It’s a great team and they’re doing amazing things to make sure paediatric cancer research is funded.

“It’s an honour for us at St Baldrick’s and that million dollars will be transformative when you think how many grants can be funded.

“Kevin has great spirit, a great attitude and he is just all heart.”

Matt Hansen, who works at casualty coverage firm First Specialty in Bermuda, is a veteran of the fundraising drive, which will mark its tenth anniversary next year.

He said: “Kevin and I have done this for nine years. He asked me to do the race in 2017 and I asked ‘which one?’ ― he said ‘all of them’.”

Gail Goode, also from the US, and who is fighting her own battle with cancer, is also a team veteran.

Ms Goode said: “I feel wonderful ― it’s been a long slog and Kevin has stuck with it.

“He started with a small group and it’s just grown and grown because everybody loves Kevin.”

The St Baldrick’s Foundation was created by John Bender, now Allied World Reinsurance’s chief executive, and friends Tim Kenny and Enda McDowell in New York on St Patrick’s Day 1999.

The foundation’s first fundraiser was held in an Irish bar in the city on St Patrick’s Day a year later.

The charity has donated $369 million in research grants since 2005 and its fundraising events, including its famous sponsored head shaves, are now held around the world, including Bermuda.

• Kevin Maloney’s donations page can be found on the St Baldrick’s website at www.stbaldricks.org/fundraisers/mypage/29694/2026