A father and a son prompted by the same passion. A story of transmission.

It ‘s Christian speaking: " This year, I have the armlet 22, for my 22 years of marathon " with a peaceful smile... "And I am the only one to have finished them all!
For me, it’s a story of love, a way of finding friends whom I respect. The time goes by, at 55 years, the preparation represents a real challenge which boosts me 3-4 months before the departure. "He talks quietly about his experience, about the time that goes by, about his classification which moved. During years he was classified between the first 10 to 25 competitors, last year, he took the 180 th position. Today, while preserving the same passion, he approaches things differently. What interests him, it’s to finish the race and to find the sensations which it knows so well.

In front of him, Anthony, age 29, his son who listens to him with a lot of complicity. When his father left for the first time, he was 3 years old. He followed him through the minitel, then internet, then attended an arrival... At the age of 21, he leaves as a volunteer to the marathon; and there, he discovers his father as he had never seen him before, in a state of suffering and extreme fatigue
That hurts me "recognizes Anthony, "I would have wanted him to stop and at the same time, I wanted him to end up the race". Finally, this child who grew in the cradle of the marathon participates for the 21st edition of MDS. Christian, "the psychopath of the bag" advices his son only for the equipment to be taken. Right on the field, the son rapidly exceeds the father which was hard for him but was giving him a great feeling of humanity
For the marathon, both of them get ready on their side and run on their side, while taking news from one another

“When, I run” says Christian, “I am in a bubble, I think of nothing and of nobody, I am in the extreme concentration of the moment, I think of every move, I think of how I put the foot on the ground and I mentally prepare the race of the next day. I like being alone and in the silence"

Today, Anthony thinks of his 2-months-old girl: marathon runners' third generation to come…?