Running, it's a family affair

Running is contagious. Elodie our 5 year old daughter had already started to emulate her mother this spring. She trained with her (see video) and participated in a 1 km race in Ste-Therese. She finished third in the girls 5-6 year old category with a time of 7:05 (on sportstats.ca look for Élodie Raymond). Today, after a few training sessions with Mom, Jordan joined the family group of runners. The three participated in the 1 km race in St-Jerome. Jordan and Elodie did this like champions. Jordan ran his kilometer in 5:01 and Élodie in 5:50. With the Mom's Garmin watch we know that Élodie reached a top speed of 13 km/h and ran on average at 9.8 km/h. For a 5 year old girl it is impressive. The reason for her speed is that she wanted to catch up with her brother, who ran in front of her. It was a beautiful day for such an activity. You can watch a small video of the race in my next blog. This race was sponsored by Jacqueline Gareau (9 times marathon winner in her career). We said hello to her before leaving the site of the race because she had noticed Élodie's participation medal around her neck.

Congratulations to the Raymond-Lafrance group of runner!