Help Josiane achieve her Olympic dreams!
Calling all loyal skirt fans! Can you help us help Josiane make the Olympic Team? Even a dollar helps! Help a sister skirt, mother and true inspiration make it to Beijing. In the final approach to her Olympic Trials on May 25th, Josiane needs a little help! Please give what you can.
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Local athlete needs your help! Josiane, (our 2007 Quebec City half marathon winner) has been training very hard in her quest to run an Olympic Marathon qualifying time in Canada (2:37-2:42 or better). As the Ottawa Marathon approaches, she needs your help in achieving this goal. As the training regimen now requires her to workout 3x a day, she is unable to work and needs help covering costs such as healthy food, running shoes and her rent leading up to the Olympics this summer. Please donate and help a fellow woman achieve her olympic dreams. 100% off all donations go direct to Josiane!
Josiane was born to farmer parents in the small village of Ewong located in the country Gabon where she grew up with one sister and three brothers. Her running career started in 1997 when she qualified for the African Junior Championships in the 10,000 meter event. In 1998, she broke the national record for 800 meters in Senegal and next attended the All Africa Games and then World Championships in Sevilla, Spain. In 2000 she decided to run her first marathon in Paris. Her 2:49:41 finish won her a scholarship to train in France where she next ran a 1:13 half marathon.
Now, mother of one child Arnold, Josiane has been living and training in Toronto, Canada since 2001. While the winter weather is a challenge for training, Josiane perserveres and is now training in preparation for qualification for the Olympics. She is hoping to run a qualifying marathon time in Ottawa this May that will secure her position in Beijing this Summer. Now that her training requires full time (3 times a day!) she is no longer able to work and needs help covering the cost of things like healthy food, running shoes and rent.
We have commited to donate 5% of all online sales to Josiane this month. Please join us in helping Josiane realize her Olympic dream. Please Donate what you can!
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