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Marc Dufresne admits it straight out: he’s always been a bit hyperactive.
“I like to be busy. I believe you have to keep moving in life to enjoy it.”
The 67-year-old from Piedmont makes a point of playing golf five times a week. But in winter, even though he plays hockey at least twice a week, it’s snowshoeing that takes up most of his time.
“I’m a member of Le Grand Duc golf club in Sainte-Sophie,” he says. “I never take a cart, I like to walk the eight-kilometre route when I play. That’s 40 kilometers a week!”
On the ice, Marc Dufresne is a member of a league of players aged 60 and over in Sainte-Adèle. He will have to make do with a back-up position this winter, as he will be spending a few weeks in Portugal. After the hard years of the pandemic, he says he’s delighted to be able to travel again.
Her advice is to be active, no matter what the weather, no matter if you have little aches and pains.
“Try to rise above it,” he says. “It’s when you become sedentary that the biggest problems arrive. Get up and go outside. You’ll feel better.”
Marc Dufresne recalls that his mother had much the same attitude. She took part in her last Tour de l’Île at the age of 75.
A FADOQ member since retiring from the Société des transports de Montréal 13 years ago, this sexagenarian sees many incentives to stay with Quebec’s largest seniors’ organization.
“I like the sports activities at FADOQ. Discounts are also very attractive, especially when it comes to insurance. I think it’s a very good organization that represents seniors to governments. We often think we’re invincible, but, as a senior myself, I like the fact that there’s a watchdog to protect my rights.”
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