Q&A part 4

Thank you to all of you who left comments on my last post.  Made me feel better about being so mad at that cop!!! :)


Week 6 of my half marathon training plan is in the past.  This means I am half way done.  This is the 3rd time I use this plan and this time it is going by really fast.  This was another week on the TM for the week days.


Week 6
Mon: 4 miles
Tue: nothing: My son was sick :(
Wed: 5 miles
Thu: 5 miles: Speedwork: 5x800s.  This was my first time doing 800s, those are hard.
Fri: Rest
Sat: 10k race report is here
Sun: 4 miles recovery run
TOTAL: 24 Miles.
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Ok now more answers to your questions!
A lot of you have participated in this Q&A thing and I have enjoyed reading all of your posts. This is an interesting way to get to know the bloggers!


This is part 4 for me.
Part 1 here
Part 2 here
Part 3 with video of me talking if you are curious about my New York accent go here.


- Big Daddy Diesel asked...
 With Gordie Howe being the best player of all time, followed by Wayne then Yzerman, make your dream team, 2 forwards, center, 2 dmen, and a goalie minus the above players.


All right mister.  First this was one of my favorite question.  For those of you who don't care about hockey or don't know anything about hockey: first I feel sorry for you, you are missing out, second BDD is so wrong, Wayne Gretzky IS the best player of all time.
So I thought a lot about this one, so many great ones to pick from, right?
Here are my choices


1. Goalie: EASY I pick a guy from my hometown: Patrick Roy.  4 Stanley Cups, 3 Conn Smythe Trophy and
remember this?

Stanley Cup Final against LA Kings 1993.  I still remember screaming at the TV :"He winked at him!!!!!!"  It was just awesome!


2. Center: That is hard...Béliveau..Crosby..Sakic..but I pick "The Magnificent"  Mario Lemieux.


3. Right Wing:  Lafleur..Bossy...no...I pick Maurice "The Rocket" Richard.


4. Left Wing: Mark Messier..my kind of player..team player, intense, talented.


5 and 6: Defensemen: Raymond Bourque and Paul Coffey

That's my team! All from Canada with 4 French Canadians (Coffey and Messier were not born in Quebec).  Did you know P. Roy and M. Lemieux were born on the same day?

- The Unexpected Runner asked

 Who did you cheer for in the Gold medal hockey game?  Please..I will always cheer for the best team in the world!!!!  What a great game this was and a great day for Canada.  Crosby was an instant national hero!!!

Do you like poutine? Love Poutine! Sadly I cannot eat poutine anymore because of my health problems.  It sucks!


You've lived in Cali for a while now...huh or eh? Neither.  French Canadians don't say Eh.  We say "la" a lot or "en" at the end of sentences " Ben la c'est vrai ca,  "en" Anne?".  I do say it when I speak English also and I get a lot of bizarre looks!

Terzah asked

Is your son Will named after someone? (My son's name is Will too. He's named after my husband's dad, who goes by Bill. But I like Will better.)  I always wanted a son and I always said I would name him William, this was way before meeting my husband.  Then I met my husband and his name is Bill.  I don't get why people named William go by Bill. It makes no sense to me, ruins a beautiful name.  Anyway we decided that we  would name our son William and that he would go by Will and or William but never Bill.  They have different middle name.  My son is William Patrick.  He is the 4th William in the family.

What's the best part about blogging?  That is easy.  The people.  I get great support and advices because of my blog.  I learned a lot from the ones who are more experienced, from others I get motivation.  I like reading stories about people who ran their first marathon, they make me believe that I could do it too. 

Emz asked

What do you really say to Chris in French? 

CK: " You know I am really scared of doing that abs contest with Emz, she will woop my butt"  Me: "I know, what were you thinking?"  CK: "I wasn't, that's the problem"  Me: "So how bad is it?"  CK "Well there is no 6 packs, it's more like a 2 packs and even that is pushing it a bit" 

and

CK: "I am on team Edward but don't tell anyone I really did read the ALL Twilight books OK, it is TOP Secret"  Me "Who is Edward?"

CK: "Do you think Brad and Angie will ever get married?" Me: "CK stop reading US Weekly"

That's about it.

What was your first job? Basketball Coach.

What would you do w/$10k ? My dad is from Hungary.  He never got the chance to go back with his kids because he could not enter the country because of the communist regime.   When politics changed in Hungary and he was allowed to go back we were already in College so we never went with him.   So all this to say that I would take my dad and my family to Hungary and make his dream come true while there is still time.
How long was your engagement to Bill? 3 weeks

Describe your perfect day.  Christmas Day.  Nobody sick.  Kids not fighting every 10 minutes.  No family drama. 

Jim ... 50after40 asked
Okay, I have a serious question and something I have never understood. As a French-Canadien, do you feel more of an allegiance to France or Canada? For example, there are a ton of Irish families in the Boston area, but I think most of them would have an allegiance to the United States first, but with a fondness of thier Irish heritage. Is that similar to how French-Canadiens view Canada? I've just always been curious about that.
To Canada not to France.  For me, it is all about where people were born.  I always find it amusing when people say things like "I am half Irish and half Italian" and when I asked where were their parents born they say "USA"!  That makes them 100% American in my book.  I understand that they have family that came from other countries and that is a part of their heritage.  In  Quebec we have French heritage and influence and the city has a Europeen vibe for sure but I have been to France several times and we are very different nations.  Our language is the same but with differences kind of like the Americans and the British.   If you ask an English speaking Canadian where he is from, chances are he will say CANADA.  If you ask a French Canadian,  he will most likely say QUEBEC.   There is a lot of political issues between Canada and Quebec and I won't get into that but me personnaly I am proud to be a Quebecer AND a Canadian. 

Thank you all for reading and for the great questions!
This was fun for me!
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