August 23rd, 2006 - Consumer
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Running in the Family: The Best Races Are Not Always the Fastest
My most memorable running experience was the 2001 London, Ontario Forest City Marathon. I didn’t win. Not even close. But I enjoyed that race the most because, in honour of Mother’s Day, my three children and husband accompanied me as a relay team.
In 2000 we had all participated as volunteers and that’s when we got the idea to run the race together; as a family of five, we were a ready-made marathon relay team. I would run the first 8 km on my own, each of my three kids would join me for an 8 km leg, and my husband Ian would run the final 10 km.
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Originally published May 2003.
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September 14th, 2006 at 7:04 am
we’d love to post this story in our regional calender, or in the reference section….
www.mynextrace.com
cheers,
Peter