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Adam and Isabelle Lamoureux were enjoying their Sunday morning run when Isabelle was knocked off her feet.

“The cyclist came from behind,” said Adam, 29. It was the last Sunday of the Alcatel Sunday Bikedays, which closes part of the Sir John A. Macdonald parkway through the summer.

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The couple say they had been running on the closed Westbound section of the parkway when the incident happened.

“She was thrown onto the pavement, and both her and the cyclist sustained significant scrapes and bruises.”

“I was just in shock when it happened,” Isabelle added. The impact left her with a large bruise on her back and road rash all down her left leg. “I didn’t see it coming.”

The 31-year-old said she limped off her injuries and will be fine once she heals, but it could have been a different story had it been a child up against a high-speed bike, she said. And while they don’t blame the remorseful rider, they say speeding cyclists are becoming all too common. The couple cited their experiences on the shared pathways, too.