I'M SO EXCITED!

1- I was able to embed a video here!! YIPPEE!!!
2- I'm going back to Windsor on Monday, it is my best friend 30th Birthday and I want to be there to celebrate with her!
3- Season 7 of 24 is coming up real soon, oh Jack I love you!! ;-)

INTENSITY...

I miss the intensity that running has. I miss running as fast as you can and stopping out of breath. I miss coming back from a long run in the cold with ice on my hat. I miss training for marathons. I miss the runner's high.

I've been doing a lot of cross training but it does nothing for me. I am becoming faster in the pool but still don't feel like it is a big deal. I bought a new kick ass bike and I am often thinking about accidents and deaths while riding it... LOL Fast bike = crashes in my head.

I've been doing my best to be PATIENT, and be CONTENT that I don't have cancer or another illness. But somedays it is just not making me feel any better.

I've got a plan... not sure it will work but I am going to do it anyway. Santa came early this year and I just received the Christmas gift from my folks.

The plan is to find a marathon training plan that has runs in minutes. And to follow this plan but on the bike. I am hoping that an increase in training volume will help me fight the runner's blues and lose some weight ( which I desperately need to!) What do you think? Good idea? Bad idea?

PS. send some good vibes my way tomorrow afternoon, I have an interview for a chemist position at the City of Montreal!

ETA: Strength training is kicking my ass. I took Laurel's advice to just stick with it... I did it Sunday and yesterday and I AM SORE. I'd love to get ideas of what others do, so I can alternate exercices. This is what I did:

3 sets of 20 reps 1 min in between sets

1. Squats
2. Standing bent-arm lat with elastic band
3. Step-up
4. Calf raises
5. Push-ups
6. Seated Row
7. Squats with elastic band
8. Abdominal with twist
9. Bicep curl with elastic band
10. Outer thigh exercise with elastic band
11. Inner thigh exercise with elastic band
    

GREY CUP IN MONTREAL!

And I predict my favorite team will win too!! ;-) If you're not Canadian than you have no idea what I am talking about! The CFL is the same as the NFL but A LOT smaller. The Grey Cup is our Super Bowl.

GO! ALS! GO!

ANOTHER ONE WITH THE PHOTO TAGGING GAME....

What can I say, I'm a follower.... =)

The game is to go to the fourth folder on your computer and pick the fourth picture. Here's mine:

The folder it is coming from has 12 pictures with each month's name as the title for a Christmas gift I am preparing for my Dad.... so hopefully he's not reading this post and has no clue I am giving him a personalised calendar for Christmas LOL

This picture is for February with my brother Yannik and his GF holding some of my favorites stuffed animals (the weird looking duckies... which I have a small collection BTW...). Anyway, this picture was taken at Easter 2005 when my family came to Windsor for a quick visit. It was pretty crowded in my small 1BR apartment but we had a lot of fun. And we like to take silly pics like that =)

I hope that the people who haven't played yet will!

Have a good week-end everybody!

p-s I went to the pool and the cute Guy was there again, pushed me to my best time for 1.25K swim in 27 mins!! =) Thanks cute Guy!

CALL ME FELLOW!!!

Forget that job interview... it wasn'T a job that interested me..... BUT BUT

I GOT A FELLOWSHIP AT ENVIRONMENT CANADA!!!!!!!!!!!

I are moving to Ottawa in 2009!!!

The start date will be February or April.

I'm super excited!!!!!!!!!!!!

FYI Fellowship = a job that is paid a lot less than a real job ;-) But it is my first step in the government and I will take it!!

I swear I will do a training report soon, I've been a good girl... following my schedule ;-)

WISH ME LUCK!

I have a JOB INTERVIEW TOMORROW MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I've also got some interest from 2 other parties... things are moving in the right direction for me... finally =)

Hopefully, it goes as well as for this woman.... LOL

Rule 1: no cleavage showing...

HALLOWEEN!

Rocky was a total hit with the kids yesterday! Most of the little kids were more interested in him than candy LOL And we were giving good stuff not crappy halloween candy! ;-) I decided at the last minute to dress as a witch, no big make-up or nothing but Rocky and I were matching.

We had decorated and I brought the laptop outside to have some 'hauted house' type music. We had like 100 mini chocolate bars and 60 rocktets necklase. WE WERE READY. Well my Dad, Rocky and I were outside from 6-8 PM and we only had 20 kids come to our house =( IT WAS A LONG AND BORING WAIT! And I obviously ate way too much candy while waiting for the kids...

As far as training I am back full force, except for the running part. Here's last week in review:

Tuesday -Swim: 1K in 25 mins

Thursday -Swim: 1.1.5K in 36 mins

Saturday -Bike: 20K in 46 mins

BONNE ST-JEAN!!!!

Happy St-Jean-Baptiste Day everyone! This year is very special for me as I have been away for the past 5 years and I can finally celebrate with my family. It is also Quebec's 400th Anniversary! So Happy Birthday Quebec!

Moreover, it is my Mom's Birthday, so Bonne Fête Maman!

Yesterday, my foot was hurting too much for me to go anywhere but tonight we went to Park Bellerive in the East End of the Island. We saw a Quebec band named Harricana who mostly plays other quebec band's music but they play it well and we had a great time. It's really too bad I wasn't feeling that well again tonight because we would have stayed longer.