Under radiant sunshine and accompanied by a cool breeze, nearly 5,000 people took part in the Lachine half-marathon in Montreal on Sunday. Many of them encouraged by their loved ones, they covered between 1 and 21.1 kilometers, sometimes for the first time.
Posted at 1:17 a.m.
Updated at 7:00 a.m.
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Having come to encourage their niece Julie, Francine Clément and Daniel Charbonneau are impatiently waiting for her not far from the finish line. “She doesn’t know we’re there, it’s a surprise,” they confide. This is Julie’s very first half marathon; she took up running just a year ago, they specify.
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Corinne Beaudoin and Frédéric Delisle, 44 and 47 years old respectively, fell into each other’s arms as soon as they crossed the finish line. The two friends say they often train very early in the morning, from 5:30 a.m., before their children are up. They share their time, encourage each other and sometimes go running together. “Our spouses do not follow us in our follies! », jokes Corinne, who was running a half marathon for the third time with Frédéric.
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The half-marathon route crossed the Lachine Canal before following Saint-Joseph Boulevard to the 56e Avenue. On the way back, the runners finished with a tour of René-Lévesque Park.
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The runners cross the finish line one by one to the applause of their loved ones. “This is my first race with a medal. And I did my best time: 59 minutes! », Proudly exclaims Laura Silva, from behind in the photo, who ran the 10 kilometer race.
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With glorious weather and a slight cool wind, the conditions were “ideal” for running on Sunday, according to several of the one-day athletes met by The Press.
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