I haven't updated in a while... life has been busy (more than usual!). But when I read other journals, I realize that I'm not alone...

This last month has been kind of insane to the point where I have been slacking on my training. Not because I lost interest in running, nor because my knee is acting up. It's just that I come home every night at 8 pm ( Read more... )

So I ran my first race in ten years last Sunday - 5 km for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure. It was for a good cause and it allowed me to run my first race in a joyful atmosphere.

My goal was to do better than 28 minutes. I finally did 26:06... Nicholas thinks I finished among the first 15 women. Of course, this was not a ( Read more... )

Sunday

Jogging around the river, 35 minutes and almost 6 km. The weather was gorgeous and I felt good all the way.

Monday

Treadmill: 37.10 minutes and 6.42 km
Speed: 10.5 km/hr
Incline 1%
Calories: 240

Friday

Treadmill:  Warm up for 20 minutes and 3.6 km
Strides: 5 X 200 meters - 50 seconds each

I'm almost pround of me, despite my hectic week I managed to ( Read more... )

After a boring weekend (had to work Sunday morning, bad weather...) I was almost happy to get back to work today. My new attending (team doctors rotate every other week) is nice but likes looong rounds. I finished work at 6.45 pm as a result. I had some energy left to prepare the meal I promised my boyfriend I would cook (ginger beef). And I also ( Read more... )

6h00: Alarm. Reset.

6h45: Sh*t. I wanted to get up early and study.

6h55: Shower.

7h25: Eat breakfast and have a cup of coffee in the car... while driving.

8h00: Arrive on the neurology floor. Nurses want me to take care of 10 000 things as soon as they see me.

9h45: Long discussion with a family whose mother (my patient) has a poor prognosis after a ( Read more... )

I finally got my new shoes, the Saucony Triumph 3.  Unfortunately, the Asics Kayano were not available anymore in my size. I tried them tonight and I love them. Woohoo! I will sure miss my old Saucony Jazz 5000, they bring back so much memories from my adolescence but it was really time to get a new pair.


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I just got this book today. I used to be a competitive track and field runner in high school and a coach for younger athletes... Unfortunately I don't remember a lot of things about training for longer distances and I thought that book would help. It gets good reviews from Amazon. I will probably sign up for the Canadian Breast Cancer Run (5k) and ( Read more... )

My weekend was horrible.  I was on call, as I mentioned in my previous post, and I slept only 7 hours during the weekend because the calls were non-stop the entire weekend.

I rested on Monday, and I really needed it. I still had to work though. But I sat on my lazy ass Monday night. Yesterday was better, I ran for 30 minutes at a comfortable pace, ( Read more... )

I finished work at 5 pm and decided I could benefit from a training tonight. I wanted to run at least 3 times this week because I'm on call this weekend and chances are I won't have time for myself. So I planned to jog around 5 km. After 10 minutes I could barely breath! I was panting and sweating like crazy. I had to stop, drink some water and ( Read more... )

So my boyfriend Nicholas suggested we could have our Friday night on Tuesday, as he won't be home tomorrow. We ordered sushi and opened a bottle of wine, and we watched some Sex And The City. I love those nights with him! Unfortunately, tomorrow is still a weekday and I have to be at work for 7h15. And I'm on call this weekend. Grrr...

I went for a ( Read more... )