Canadian and stylish (not really)

Today I did my first TEMPO run.  4. miles total.  I think I did it the way I was supposed to.  At the peak of the build up I went about 20 sec faster then my 5k pace.  Build up was supposed to be 20 minutes but I did 30 min.  The intervals from last week were harder then the tempo run.  I hope this is how it is supposed to feel.  I have to alternate intervals and tempo and increase every week.  Next race is in a week, I am curious to see if I will see a difference that soon.  I feel good about the fact that I actually CAN do the speedwork that is on my training plan.

The Manly Runner tagged me for a stylish award.  I had been tagged before but I still got some stuff to share so here we go! Merci Chris pour cet honneur!!

1. I missed my College Graduation for my Chem Eng. Degree because I had to coach a very important basketball game that day:  The Provincial Championship (In Canada we have provinces instead of states).  That game was televised and there was no way I was going to miss it.  We ended up winning by 12.  It was the best moment of my "coaching career".

2. After I graduated from College I did the backpacking Europe thing.  I went to France, Austria (I have an older half sister who lives in Vienna), Germany, Italy and Hungary to visit my grandmother and my dad's family.  While in Austria, we were camping at this huge camping place.  It was packed and we were wondering what was going on.  FREE outdoor U2 concert!!! Talk about great timing!!

3. When I was young these were the 2 posters I had in my room:

Where I am from Hockey is a religion and well this guy,  The Great One was THE hockey God.  I had the chance to see him play a few times when the Oilers played the Quebec Nordiques.

And then I had this one: If you have no clue who this guy is well it probably means you are much younger then me!!

Jon Baker aka Larry Wilcox...I LOVED him!...now not so much.   I recently saw a picture of him on the news because he got himself in some legal troubles and that just ruined everything for me. 

4.  My favorite movies are E.T., The Shindler's List, Cinema Paradisio, Life is Beautiful and Le Déclin de l'Empire Américain.

5. I bought my wedding dress of the rack for $99.  My mother in law, who had big shopping plans was very disappointed with me.  Clearly she did not know me very well.  I hate shopping even for wedding dresses.

6. I met my husband at a work seminar in Grand Falls NB.  I had fought with my boss for a week begging him NOT to send me to that thing.  I thought it was going to be a waste of my time.  He still made me go.  I guess I owe him now.

 7.  Last week I finally decided it was time to let go of some clothes that use to belong to that girl: Yep that is me.  In my closet I had jeans of all

sizes from 16 to 4.

Ok I gotta to pass this to a few people

Tricia because she got upset she did not get it from the manly runner so here you go dear

Marcia because well she is not on probation over here!!!

rockstartri because well he is a rock star and I like his weekly quotes