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Multisport Athlete Credits Peer Pressure For

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By Gisele Grignon teacher “encouraged” Suggars to left and you just want to hang on.
also coach cross- country. “I was But (in this race) it was fun, and it
with a bunch of runners. I felt I was easy and I was happy. It didn’t
had to get in shape. I couldn’t keep feel like work. Everything seemed to
up with Brenda and she would say, be coming together for me. It was a
‘Just pretend you’re tethered to me really good race.”
and I’m pulling you up Cumberland
The New York City marathon also
Street back to school. That’s the way rates as “pretty cool.” Although she
it started. Some days I didn’t feel like
was still recuperating from a serious
going and Brenda would say, “No, injury, the NYC event holds some
this is what we’re doing”. It was all particularly warm memories for
peer pressure,” laughs Suggars.
Suggars. “I was there with my sister,
Suggars credits her son Mathew my husband and Michelle, a friend
for her involvement in the Cornwall from Cornwall. Because the race has
Multisport Club. When she three different start lines, they were
accompanied him to a swimming all in different start places, and I was
session sponsored by the Lions all by myself under the bridge. After
To think that out of the 40,000
Club’s summer multisport camp that about 7 kms all of the runners merge
The time and effort that Jennifer she met with the people who would participants in the New York City together. Then at about the 10 k point,
Marathon, you would be able to
Suggars has put into running has be the future founding members of locate a close friend who was also I spotted Michelle. I ran up next to
really paid off, to the point, she
the city club. They would turn out be running is pretty amazing, but that her and said, “Hey there, how’s it
says, that running is now easy.
yet another source of “positive” peer is what Jennifer Suggars managed going?” Should have seen the look
Submitted photo. to do when she found her friend
pressure. on her face! Out of 40,000 runners,
Michele. Submitted photo.
s a high school teacher, Jennifer “On those cold, wet, dreary days and a million spectators, I was able
ASuggars has likely seen the when it’s absolutely miserable, you different. Among her running to spot someone from Cornwall. That
negative side of peer pressure. As know that your friends are going to highlights are what she calls The Big was pretty amazing.”
an athlete, she’s likely seen all the be out there so you just bundle up Races:
positives peer pressure can bring. and get out there. So misery loves “Running the Boston (Marathon)
“When I first started teaching at company,” admits Suggars. “It’s the was where I had my personal best

General Vanier, I realized that five dedication not only to the sport and time. It was pretty amazing. So was

or six of the staff had run marathons. the training; it’s also the dedication the run in Mississauga, to qualify for

It was crazy. They used to run the to your training partners. You don’t the Boston. It was the first time I had
Mother’s Day 10k marathon in want to let them down.” ever run where I felt that running was
easy. I don’t know why. At the end
Ottawa, so I got roped into that.” Most runners have their favourites of a marathon you always feel really While Jennifer Suggars is an avid
Then Brenda Beaudette, a fellow or highlights and Suggars is no bad. It’s hard and you’ve got 5kms runner, she also enjoys cycling.
Submitted photo.

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