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<p class="p1" style="text-align: center;"><strong>Meet Marie-Elaine</strong></p>
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<p class="p1" style="text-align: justify;">Hi, my name is Marie-Elaine Fleury. I'm  a 30 years old speech therapist and 2 years old child's mom. I'm that kind of person who have an unconditional love for healthiness but also for food! Which don't go to well together usually! I've always been an active person, playing sports of any kind. I have started working-out at the gym at age 16. I never stopped since then. At the beginning and for the first 5 years I should say I was going 3 times a week just so I don't feel bad eating what I wanted to eat (dessert, wine, occasional fast food). I never lost a pound but never gain one. At that point it was just to maintain. It's really after the birth of my little girl that I have decided to take advantage of the sun and pregnancy vacancy and give everything. I started running short distances cause I hate running.</p>
<p class="p1" style="text-align: justify;">Actually, I was getting out of my gate and couldn't stop telling myself how much i hated it.And then, more I ran more it was easy. I add an extra km, and one more, but still, today I'm not a big fan of running. I'd rather run fast for not long so I can get over it. Since it doesn't pay off to much running 5 km once your body is used to it, I have started with the baby to walk up the skihill. At the same time, my husband and I also have started Crossfit just for fun. Here in Gaspé there is no functional training, so we watched videos and tried. We got injured and tried again. That the way I got prepared for obstacles courses without knowing it. One day I heard about Spartan Race and wanted to try it for fun. I actually did 2 races not competitive cause I thought it was fun to have partners helping me. I realized I didn't need nobody to help so why not trying it alone. I have been convince to try in elite heat cause you don't wait for obstacles.</p>
<p class="p1" style="text-align: center;"><strong>Finally I did better than I expected. I finished 3rd on the podium.</strong></p>
<p class="p1" style="text-align: justify;">It was actually the first time I ran 7.5km into hills. And it was hard.But the satisfaction you get after is priceless. Since then, I just try to keep up between family duties and work which is not always easy. I sometimes want to stop like everybody else I guess but I tell my self that a rest doesn't worth it for all the efforts I put into it to get there. Fortunately I have a husband who is even more crazy about working out than me so that helps our routine. Each turn we work out during the other is taking care of the baby, 5 to 6 times a week. On a daily basis we try to eat reasonably but we are not too strict. In fact we cheat once a week except the week before a race. At the end, I think what helps me to push hard is to think of my goals.I think we all need goals and mine is to going back on those podiums.</p>
<p class="p1"><b>What motivates you to exercise?</b>
Being healthy and to prove every mom that pregnancy isn't an excuse to live with a body you don't like.</p>
<b>What activity/workout do you prefer?</b>
I like running in the woods up and down hills and doing functional work out also known as Crossfit. Its usually quite short but soooo intense.I like to suffer but just on short period of time.Plus there are so many different exercises that makes your work out never boring!
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<b>What is your biggest accomplishment?</b>
Hmmm so hard to tell...I would say being in good shape after having a baby since many women say :" mom don''t have time or a mom's belly will be for ever ruined "....And I realized they are wrong. I'm  not saying its always easy but we always can figure it out..especially when u are lucky and u have a husband that lives the same way as you...
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<b>What is your superpower?</b>
Euh I dont have any what do you mean??😉
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<b>What is your favorite dish/recipe?</b>
I like all kind of food.I love macaroni  but since its still a "none healthy choice" I cant eat to much of it....I like having fajitas rolled into lettuce instead of pita bread.Genius!You can eat so many without feeling guilty!! Ahah
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<b>What is your cheat treat?</b>
I would say macaroni with a lot of cheese.Or just cheese and bread....and wine😛
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<b>What are your goals and dreams?</b>
Going into a second pregnancy and coming back even stronger, faster and healthier than I am right now. I would love to go in trip to run/walk/work-out into different places and see beautiful landscapes!A non realistic dream would be to be paid to train ahah
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<b>Advice for a newbie?</b>
I guess a newbie is a person who starts working out? In this case I would say :"don't start alone, accept to go and give a try with people who invites you".Working out with friends is way more motivating.Oh!And buy new gym clothes ahah thats a good way to start having fun going for a jog. Feeling good, comfortable annnnnd pretty in your clothes😊😊