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Mario Landreville doesn’t do things by halves . . . except when it comes to half marathons.
In fact, the Drummondville native runs between 20 and 25 half marathons a year. Now aged 78, he hopes to inspire others his age to take up running, and show that there’s no age limit to fitness.
“Never get discouraged, you can do it,” he says. “You just have to go slowly. You’ll feel good about yourself and meet all kinds of people.”
Landreville started running when he was 42. An asthmatic, he says he could barely go a kilometer. It was when he started running that the situation improved. And now he’s been competing for almost 40 years. Before specializing in half marathons, he ran 37 marathons and two ultra-marathons.
“I count myself lucky to be able to do this at my age. I’m careful about what I eat, and that has a lot to do with it. And for the past few years, I’ve benefited from the services of a trainer, a massage therapist and a nutritionist. That’s a huge help.”
The septuagenarian stresses that he doesn’t look his age. People often take him for someone in his sixties. In fact, he sometimes has to show an identity card to prove that he’s registered in the right category!
For Mario Landreville, discipline and patience are the two most important virtues. He has a taste for surpassing himself.
”I’m a regular on the podium and I love medals,” he admits. ”My walls are lined with some 325 medals won in different events. When I’m feeling gloomy, I look at my wall and it puts me right back on track.”
A FADOQ member for some ten years, he has been to the American Games three times, including Pittsburgh in 2023. The Albuquerque edition in 2019 was his favorite because of its exceptional organization. He intends to take part in the Canadian 55+ Games to be held in Quebec City in 2024. Health permitting, of course.
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