52:26

So this past weekend, well actually it was yesterday, I ran 10k along with 7538 other people which was part of the National Capital Race weekend. There was a 2k, 5k, 10k, half Marathon and full Marathon. My sister Cheryl ran the 5k with Scott, where Scott took off right at the end to beat her. I ran the 10k with Will. He was ahead of me during the first few kilometres and then I lost sight of him so I just focused on my race. My goal time was 50 min. and in the 10k they provide pace bunnies so when the 50 min bunny ran past me I decided to stay with him. It wasn't as easy as I thought because there were so many people in this race that I had to try and weave through the people and avoid the people who decided to stop and walk suddenly. So basically, I lost my friend the pace bunny. But I did feel good through the race not too sore or too tired. I finished the race at 52 min and 26 seconds which beat my time last year by 4 min. I was the 267th female to finish out of 3661, and the 47th in my age category out of 574. I had a pace of 5:20. Oh, and I ended up beating Will as well. Unfortunately me and everyone else who came to watch forgot a camera so we don't have any pics of us on that day. Next year I plan to run a half marathon.

NHL Playoffs 2007 (Stanley Cup Final)

I am choosing Anaheim Ducks to win the Stanley Cup after 7 full games maybe some might even go to overtime. Maybe I think this way because yes I am a Leafs fan and no there is no way I could ever cheer for the Sens. But the same would it be if the Leafs were in the playoffs, you wouldn't see the Sens fans cheer on the Leafs. If you see all the hype here in Ottawa and to be real in all of Canada everyone wants the Cup to come to Canada, well, I do too. It will be in Canada a lot more if Anaheim wins because Anaheim has 20 CANADIAN players including their captain and Ottawa has only 14 Canadian players. Good luck to both teams but I guess Ottawa needs the most luck since they are going to lose this round.

A Long Weekend

I went to Ingleside today to visit my grandmother. She has not been feeling well lately so I think the visit helped her spirits a bit. Also my Aunt was visiting from Toronto. So it was nice to catch up with her as well. We had a nice lunch in Cornwall. We started to go to the Marina which is on the St. Lawrence Seaway but when we got there we realized that they are closed on Mondays, so we headed over to Don Cherry's. It was a nice way to spend the end of a long weekend.

On our way home we saw these signs and had to stop and get some pictures taken. We even got Scott in one of them.

My Sister's Keeper

I have finally finished My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. I had to take a bit of a detour since the nurse from the office lent me one of her books and I felt I had to finish hers before I am done working at the office. Anyways, I did finish and I was quite a good book, it was controversial and touching dealing with how a family can make some big decisions about life and death situations for their children. In the end I was a little disappointed with the way things worked out. But it did keep me wondering what was going to happen and when I got about half way through the book, I could barely put it down until the end.

My next book is another Jodi Picoult book (I seem to be into her books lately) this next one is her most recent one and is titled Nineteen Minutes.

NHL Playoffs 2007 (Conference Finals)

So here we are near the end of the hockey season. We are down to the Conference finals, also known as Semifinals. So as always here are my picks for this round.

In the East we have have the President trophy team aka Buffalo Sabres then we have my home team aka Ottawa Senators. I am going with Buffalo to win it in 6 games. Miller is solid in nets and his team can score.

And finally in the West we have Detroit Red Wings and Anaheim Ducks.

I believe that Anaheim will pull through and win it in the final of the 7 games. Giguere is solid in nets where Hasek is on again off again with his playing. But I guess we won't know until it all happens.