Sherbrooke resident sets personal challenge to tackle multiple sclerosis

Sherbrooke resident sets personal challenge to tackle multiple sclerosis
(Photo : Fernand Courchesne)

Record Staff

This year’s Multiple Sclerosis Walk, organized by the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, will be held on May 30 in Sherbrooke, and Fernand Courchesne aims to raise over $3,000 in less than two months.
The health and social services worker at the CLSCL in Magog set up a personal challenge for the walk. He plans to run and walk for up to 15 hours on an 11.5-kilometre loop around Lac des Nations and the Magog River.
Courchesne wants to cover roughly 80 to 92 kilometres, which is the equivalent of about 7 to 8 laps, during the day. It is like running two marathons in one day, according to a press release, and he will be doing it while pushing people in an adapted chair.

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