It was a beautiful weekend. Marie-Josée had a brilliant idea to get all of us to participate in the family 2 km run. The whole family was very excited at the finish line.
Well ... Élodie was somewhat in pain because we wanted to finish as a family, hand in hand, and Tristan accidentally tripped her. She fell on her knee. Her mother had her by the hand so she was lifted up pretty quickly. I would say she floated in the air for a moment before putting her feet back on the ground.
The family made the 2 km in 13:57. This puts Élodie 39th of 371 in her category (- 8 years old but she is 5). The boys could have run much faster but the goal was to finish together so they slowed for me.
It was the first race for Tristan and the third for Jordan. "They got the bite". Both now have the objective of running the 5 km run next year.
In my case, I liked the friendly atmosphere but at the same time the competitive side. Running by yourself is one thing but to run beside someone motivated me to keep going;-)
If you want to see full details of our results visit Sportstats. Search by the person's name and you'll have the results of all their official races.
The next day, Mom ran the half marathon. She did it in 2:21:01. It is 15 minutes less than her winter half marathon in Montreal. Good job my love! We were a great gang, Yves' family, Christine's family, MJ's aunt and uncle and Michelle's in-laws. In all 25 people either ran or cheered. All these people in a sea of 36,000 runners and 50,000 supporters.
Yes, you must be patient when you move around in Ottawa during that weekend but it's worth it especially since the weather was fantastic.
For photos, see the Josée's Facebook album at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2022586&id=1057565304&l=1c0200e2c1.
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