Näak Ambassador Marie-Claude Molnar

Spending energy, wanting to be better, and reaching a goal.

Lyne Bessette is a person and an athlete whom I have always admired for her confidence and level of commitment, just like Brendan Gallagher, a “small” hockey player who always gives 200% to make a difference.

I make sure I am well hydrated, have enough Näak bars and jujubes to fuel me for the duration of the race and have mental preparation tools in place if needed during the race.

I have several, but I would say that one of my fondest memories is the last portion of the individual time trial of the 2012 London Games. I knew that by catching or overtaking one of the cyclists in my category that the chances of being on the podium would be good. That's what happened. :-) Another good memory is during the 2011 Parapan American Games in Guadalajara; for the individual pursuit on the track, a 3km event, I had a bike that I had paid $ 200 for on the Internet. Throughout the race, my trainer was going backwards from the timeline we had set, which meant that I was ahead of time. However, it was only towards the end of the 3km that he took a giant step to move further away from the line. When the advertiser announced my time, I had just broken a world record. Another good memory is the road race in the 2016 Rio Games. I was in a breakaway with a cyclist from Estonia on kilometer 50 out of the 75km race. The feeling was really nice. However, the last 25km was in the mountains and I had already spent a large part of my energy: there was not much left. I was crying on my bike because I was tired and my legs hurt, but I finished the race.

Be proud of the progress made with the support of the team, my family and my friends.

Several songs… Can't Hold Us - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, No One Know - Queens of the Stone Age, Live It Up - Airbourne, especially for the sound of the plane's engine taking off, Belong - Axwell & Shapov.