Caroline Pomerleau wins Quebec Metropolis 5K at 20 weeks pregnant

There’s no stopping Quebec’s Caroline Pomerleau–even at 20 weeks pregnant. On the Quebec Metropolis Marathon occasion on Saturday, the 29-year-old took gold within the 5K, crossing the end line in 19:34 whereas holding her rising stomach. A mere hour later, Pomerleau clocked 38:33 within the 10K to complete as runner-up to Ottawa’s Salome Nyirarukundo (34:39).

The 5K marked Pomerleau’s second consecutive gold in a Quebec Metropolis Marathon occasion. Final 12 months, she gained the half-marathon, clocking 1:18.41. Now, nicely into her first being pregnant, the Hoka athlete continues to flaunt her well-preserved health.

Pomerleau first started turning heads after taking a shock third place eventually 12 months’s Canadian 10K championships, earlier than happening to win the 2023 Canadian marathon title at her debut in Toronto–working 2:34:44. She was additionally chosen to characterize Canada on the NACAC Half-Marathon Championships in Cuba in April 2023, however the competitors was cancelled.

The Quebec Metropolis Marathon occasion held 5 races: the 10K, 5K and 2K youth race on Saturday, and the marathon and half-marathon on Sunday. The scenic 42.2-km course started in Outdated Quebec and traversed the sting of the St. Lawrence River, earlier than looping again to hint the St. Charles River on the way in which again to the beginning.

Ladies’s outcomes

5K

1. Caroline Pomerleau 19:34
2. Paletta Titarenko 19:34
3. Megane Proulx 20:27

10K

1. Salome Nyirarukundo 34:39
2. Caroline Pomerleau 38:33
3. Josée Picard-Arsenault 38:58

Half-Marathon

1. Élisa Morin 1:17:05
2. Amy Shackelford 1:19:55
3. Noémie St-Laurent 1:24:58

Marathon

1. Joanie Vadnais 2:52:12
2. Justine Godin 3:00:21
3. Geneviève Fournier 3:04:13

Males’s outcomes

5K

1. Mavrick Patry 17:45
2. William Proulx 17:53
3. Willyam Castonguay 17:54

10K

1. Christopher Busset 31:53
2. Jerome Bouchard 31:54
3. Nicolas Gilbert 32:01

Half-Marathon

1. Abdelaziz Baghazza 1:07:40
2. Marc-Antoine Senneville 1:09:35
3. Alexis Giguère 1:10:48

Marathon

1. Simon Leblanc 2:29:06
2. David Savard Gagnon 2:31:30
3. Anthony Larouche 2:33:19

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