On its condemned chimney dozens of medals, cups won during his competitions, but also photos of his marathons all over the world, here in Las Vegas, there in Lisbon, we also see her climbing the steps of the Chinese wall “beautiful, but hard” recalls the 73-year-old athlete.
She also remembers her most emotional run in New York in 2001, a few weeks after the attack, when the firefighters were cheered by the crowd.
– Rafaela Biry Vicente
For Roselyne Leleu, the most beautiful marathon is that of London because it starts in Greenwich and ends in Buckingham after having crossed all the monuments of the English capital in front of thousands of spectators.
The former sports teacher started running when she was 15, to get away from her very large family of 8 children. Licensed in Valenciennes, she started with crosses because at the time women were not allowed to do the marathon.
Next objectives the Cannes half marathon, and the 20 km of Maroilles
Having become a mother and a teacher, she left running for a bit, before resuming after 35 years with marathons. And to keep the rhythm, it runs more than 20 km every day in Valenciennes, near the Parc de la Rhônelle then the Etang du Vignoble; and if the weather is really too ugly, she trains on the treadmills of a gym.
Next objective the Cannes half-marathon, the Foulées Valenciennoises or the 20 km of Maroilles, in the meantime she hopes so if the sanitary conditions improve the marathons of Boston or Tokyo, which she does not yet have on her list, to win the medal for the big races the Six Stars.
No question for the retiree to store her sneakers
It’s my life ! I think that until the end I will run, it’s a need, a well-being, a crazy good!
And she passed on the passion to two of her daughters who she runs with from time to time, “they want to beat me, is she having funBut for now, I’m still the chef! (laughs)”
Roselyne who also took under her wing Elise, Baptiste and Maxime brothers and sisters aged 8 to 16 deprived of a club during the confinements. Since then she runs with them twice a week and even during the holidays.