Ohhhhh forgot about my blog!!!!

It's been sooo busy!!! I forgot to update my blog in a long time!!!

Well.... three weeks to go until the run!

I am ready... I think.....

Did 18km last week...

This Sunday 20km.... then tapering off until the big day!

I can't believe 6 months have past since my journey began!
From never having been a runner to being able to go out there for almost 3 hours!!!

It is a body and mind endurance challenge!

I feel great! I am almost at my fundraising goal!!

I received my Purple Running Shirt for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for our group!
I am going to get some fabric paint at Micheals to have Amelia help me decorate my shirt!

Also going to stuck up on a few extra gummy chews for the long runs!

Lots of complex carb in the next few weeks!!!

I am getting excited and nervous at the same time that the run is sooo near!!!

I can't wait to post to every one about finishing the run!!!

Sonia

In Honor of my Mother Jocelyne Brisson

I have been training with

the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

for the Toronto Waterfront Marathon

Please Sponsor Me! Click on the link below:

http://tinyurl.com/SoniaRun4Lymphoma

It's my birthday!!!

Today I went for a short run... just 4km as we had a busy day planned! We went to see Cirque du Soleil in Toronto!

Last Sunday I was busy at the Honda Barrie Relay Half Marathon with my friend Chris!
Our combined time for 21km was 2h16m01s
He did all the fast work! I was sooo slow!! I had the worse tummy ache!
It did not help that we had gone blueberry picking the day before and I had eaten wayyy to many of them causing me a bad tummy ache for the Sunday run :(

Have a great week!

Sonia

Getting Back on Track!

Monday Hill Training with the Running Experience Ladies!
Thursday Speed Training on my own!
Sunday My Weekly Long Distance Run! Now at 16km this week!

It's been really nice to receive all the positive feedback from all the patients who seem to compliment me on my weight lost but the scale is not showing any :( I must be toning up... my body shape changing... but the scale is actually 5 lbs heavier! ;(

This coming Sunday August 14, 2011  I will be teaming up with Chris Swantko to do the Barrie Waterfront Honda Relay Half-Marathon, race money for the Royal Victoria Hospital!
I am hoping to do it in less then 1h30m :P that is the max time allowed! ha ha ha

I am really touched and flattered by the amazing support I have been receiveing from friends and family with the generous donations! I am almost at my goal!!!

This week-end we have been enjoying the Alliston Potato Festival activities and having a blast!!!

Have a great week everyone!!!

In Honor of my Mother Jocelyne Brisson

I have been training with

the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

for the Toronto Waterfront Marathon

Please Sponsor Me! Click on the link below:

http://tinyurl.com/SoniaRun4Lymphoma

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What a tough week!!!

It's been a really tough week!
It's been too  hot for going for a run in the evening.... I have been swimming instead! :)
I only managed to do one 8km run this week! :(
I will be going on my Sunday long run this week it's 16km!!! Wow!!! I can't believe I can do that!

I should go in the basement on the treadmill tonight to do my hill training (incline)  but once I sit on the cough it's hard to get off of it!

BUT

Starting Monday I will be in a running group with the Running Experience on Paris Street!
I am really looking forward to joining the running group to push me past my comfort zone to increase my speed! It's an 8 week program to help train for a half marathon!

Have a great week-end!
Stay cool!
Sonia

14km in Niagara? let's see.....

It's been really hard with the warm weather and going away every week-end to keep with the training schedule!

The challenge is making sure I get out there! BUT it's hard!!!

This week-end we will be in Niagara Falls to celebrate Amelia's 7th birthday!
I have to get my iphone app Runkeeper to map out a run in Niagara Falls!

After having the local paper write an article about my venture it's been really nice
to have patients coming in already eager to give a donation for a lovely apple!

Every donation motivates me to keep going and gets me off the couch!

Thank you so much for all the support!

Sonia

In Honor of my Mother Jocelyne Brisson

I have been training with
the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
for the Toronto Waterfront Marathon
Please Sponsor Me!
Click on the link: http://tinyurl.com/SoniaRun4Lymphoma

Embrun Old Train Tracks Run

This weeks synopsis:
12km Slow Long Distance in Embrun
3km Tempo in Alliston
5km Hill in Alliston
Total for the Week: 20km

Wow! What a great week-end in Embrun and Ottawa!
We spend the day on Parliament Hill for Canada Day!
Saw a tiny glimpse from far away of the Prince and Princess!
The crowds were brutal! We were there at 7:30 am until 11 pm after the AMAZING fireworks!

So I did my weekly slow long distance run in Embrun!
12 km!!! on this beautiful trail it was shaded and perfect weather!
I just loved it! It was actually funny there was a posted sign "BEWARE of poison ivy along the trail"
so this time I made sure to empty my bladder before I went out!

Have a great week!

Sonia

In Honor of my Mother Jocelyne Brisson

I have been training with

the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

for the Toronto Waterfront Marathon

 

Please Sponsor Me! Click on the link below:

http://tinyurl.com/SoniaRun4Lymphoma

Summer Solstice Run 11km

Last night I did the longest run ever 11km at the Alliston Summer Solstice Run!!!

I was 3rd!!!!  That is third to last!!!
I can't believe how slow I am!
It took me 1h 26m for 11km - oh well!!!
I did it!!!

Well... that means I might be able to do the half-marathon in 3 hours!!!

Amelia was so excited to meet me at the finish line that she really wants us to register together for the Toronto Zoo Run in September!

Well have a great first day of SUMMER!!!!

Sonia

My first 10km!!!

Well  I managed to do 10km on yesterday's run!  1hour 35min....
It was great!!! Except the fact I really had to go pee at about 5km into it!!! So along Albert Street in the tall long grass in the fields I got off the path and relieved myself!!!
I was trying to make sure I was hydrated prior to running... but I guess that was too much!!!
I am excited as tomorrow I am doing the 11km Summer Solstice Run here in Alliston 7pm!!!
We will see how it goes since it's a BIG hill!!! That will surely slow me down :(
Sonia

Happy Father's Day!!! Bonne Fête des Pères!

Ok... I feel bad but my dear husband Ian is getting an early breakfast in bed as I am eager to get out there to do  my  10km slow long run today!  It is still cool out there and I want to get out before it gets too hot and before starting laundry and groceries!

Today Amelia and I are planning to pack a pic-nic and go to Earl Rowe Provincial Park with the two dogs and Surprise Daddy with a Provincial Park Pass to "promise" more tranquil week-ends as a family and slow down our running around everywhere during the summer and enjoy more tranquil family time at our beautiful local provincial park!

Sonia

Fundraising GARAGE SALE 33 Oak Street in Alliston

It's time to clear my basement and sell out all the accumulated "treasures" for someone else to take home!

Please come and support Amelia, my daughther's efforts on selling Lemonade
and help us fundraise for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society!

In Honor of my Mother Jocelyne Brisson

I have been training with

the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

for the Toronto Waterfront Marathon

 

Please Sponsor Me! Click on the link below:

http://tinyurl.com/SoniaRun4Lymphoma

Hot Hill Training!

Wow! I was soooo hot!!! My head was on fire! As soon as I got home I had to go take a cold shower as my head was overheated! I don't know if I was going too fast for my hill run but I was definetely overheated tonight and it's not even full blown summer yet!
Now I know why some people are doing hill and tempo training on the treadmill... so hot out there!!!
I can't wait to go out for my slow long distance run on Sunday as it will be my first 10km!!!

Tonight I receive a surprisingly generous donation from a patient for $75!!! I was so touched!

Sonia

In Honor of my Mother Jocelyne Brisson

I have been training with

the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

for the Toronto Waterfront Marathon

 

Please Sponsor Me! Click on the link below:

http://tinyurl.com/SoniaRun4Lymphoma

Monday night.... BOOTCAMP!

Yep! Running 3x weeks is not enough!
This is my third week of bookcamp!
At least tonight is a cooler night!
Have a great week!

I got an email confirming the Alliston Summer Solstice Run for next Tuesday night 7pm on Paris Street!
I joined for the 11km!
Want to join me???
http://www.therunningexperience.ca/

In Honor of my Mother Jocelyne Brisson

I have been training with

the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

for the Toronto Waterfront Marathon

Please Sponsor Me! Click on the link below:

http://tinyurl.com/SoniaRun4Lymphoma

Help!!!

In Honor of my Mother Jocelyne Brisson

I have been training with

the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

for the Toronto Waterfront Marathon

Please Sponsor Me! Click on the link below:

http://tinyurl.com/SoniaRun4Lymphoma

Follow my Blog at: http://soniarun4lymphoma.blogspot.com/

 

Our daughter's school really needs a play structure!

We need your votes daily for our daughther's school to recieve a $25,000

grant to build an outdoor playground. 

Her school is on a french school on a military base with no play structure in the school yard :( 

Please vote every day!

http://www.refresheverything.ca/structuredejeuxmargueritebourgeois

 

Sunday rest....

My legs are sore from yesterday's run... it was my slow long distance run... I did 8km and felt great when I got home... but then we went to Ikea and Vaugh Mills shopping until 6:30pm... and today I am not sure if my legs are sore from the run or from 8 hours of shoping! lol :)
Well... in two weeks I will be running the Alliston Summer Solstice Run 11km!
I am looking forward to it! Come and join me on the run!
http://www.therunningexperience.ca/
Now it's laundry and groceries day!
Sonia

Alliston Relay For Life

An Amazing Community Event!
Last night our family went and did about 6 laps around the track. So emotional as you walk around and see all the luminaries and the peoples names....
A special thought to our family members affected by cancer!
In Honour of My Mom Jocelyne: Lymphoma
In Honour of My Aunt Ginette: Breast Cancer
In Honour of My Father in Law Doug: Colon Cancer
In Honour of My Best Friend Tracy: Skin Cancer
In Memory of My Zia Anna Maria: Leukemia
In Memory of My Grandpapa: Bone Cancer
In Memory of My Husbands Uncle Wayne: Lung Cancer
In Memory of My Husbands Aunt Joan: Brain & Lung Cancer
We sure hope the list never gets any longer....
Lets find a cure!

My Tempo Run yesterday was more a of Tempo Dancing!

Last night I had an amazing night with my friend Cristol as we went to see NKOTB & BSB !!!!!
It was amazing! We danced the night away! What a blast! My legs are sore this morning.... so a rest today ... and back at it again tomorow!
Sonia

Busy Girls Week-End!

Well Ian was gone fishing with the boys this week-end... his yearly boys week-end!
Soooo Amelia and I had a girls week-end!
We were really busy as Amelia was inspired by last Sundays 5km run in Newmarket she wanted to start running with me and we went out around the block and did 3 km --- but with a stop at the corner store to buy a banana Popsicle!
Then she had the idea of doing a Lemonade Stand and raise money!
So today the weather was beautiful and she was determined and we were set up by 11am until 2pm and sold $35 worth of Lemonade!
Grandma knitted some stuffed animals to "sell" for a donation of $15 and we sold one of them... but the little girl who bought it only had $10 so Amelia said she would pay the difference out of her own pocket since she really wanted the little girl to have it! So happy to see that my daughter is a generous soul!
AND tonight!!!! A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT!
I went out after dinner and once the "stinky fishy" laundry was done out for my weekly long run and managed to do 7km in 56 min!!! A record distance for me! I am just soooo happy!
I feel great! Thank you for you donations!
Keep them coming!
Sonia

In Honor of my Mother Jocelyne Brisson

I have been training with

the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

for the Toronto Waterfront Marathon

 Please Sponsor Me! Click on the link below:

http://tinyurl.com/SoniaRun4Lymphoma

Don't forget if you don't like online donation drop by

the Simcoe Foot Clinic and fill out the paper forms and

grab a delicious apple!

Feeling Emotional :( :)

I am feeling very emotional tonight... maybe it`s PMS or maybe it`s the fact that I am touched that my friends and family are sponsoring me! At first I thought how I am going to be able to run this marathon... but truly it`s all the nice words of encouragement I am getting from all those I love that keeps me so motivated! Thank you for believing in me!
See the comments I am receiving on my donation page:
http://tinyurl.com/SoniaRun4Lymphoma

New Orthotics... Yep! I need them too!

Well... it was time to update my orthotics! Yep! Even a foot doctor does not have perfect feet and needs the help!  The cast was sent to the lab... the biomechanical assessment and gait analysis done.... and my design???  I am going to experience on my own feet this great design that I have used several times on Ultramarathoners!

Runner’s Mould
	Black crepe shell to sulcus, with a Thermocork® LA filler to mets.  1/16” PPT® from heel to toe.  Extrinsic rearfoot posting is ground into the shell.  This device is designed as a light weight, shock absorbing competition device for high level runners

If you are a runner with some foot problems don't hesitate to some and see us at http://www.simcoefootclinic.ca/ !

Other reasons for my running.....

Why did I choose the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society?

1st In Honour of my Mother!  My mom Jocelyne Brisson has Lymphoma and was diagnosed 3+ years ago and I am doing it in Her Honour!

 

2nd I run in her Memory Zia Anna-Maria!  Mydad Ermanno gave his bone marrow to his sister, my aunt Anna-Maria,  to help her treat her leukemia, she was in remission for over 5 years but unfortunately her blood cancer returned and she passed away....

 

3rd I will be 40 soon and I wanted to do something out of my comfort zone!

4th I have been toying with the idea of running for a while now after years....many of the patients are runers and they have inspired me with their stories!

5th be more physically active!

 

6th have fun while fundraising for a great cause and help find a cure!

 

Please consider sponsoring me!
at :  http://tinyurl.com/SoniaRun4Lymphoma

 

Right now at my office http://www.simcoefootclinic.ca/  you receive a delicious apple for each $1 donation! Yum!! Drop by for a snack and say hello!

Practice 5km Run in Newmarket Sunday May 29th!

I am so excited for tomorow! 35th Anniversary Easter Seals 10k Run, 5k Run & Walk  I am number 76   I just picked it up today!!! I just started running 4 weeks ago and this is my first run 5km in preparation for my fall Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon - Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada as I will be doing the half marathon in honour of my mother!
This is my first official run ever!

Why I deceided to sign up for a half marathon with Leukemia & Lymphoma Society???

1st my mom Jocelyne Brisson has Lymphoma and was diagnosed 3+ years ago and I am doing it in her Honour!
2nd I will be 40 soon and I wanted to do something out of my comfort zone!
3rd I have been toying with the idea of running for a while now after years of seeing patients with sport injuries and being inspired by their stories!

I heard on the radio as I was driving to work about a month ago this really touching add about someone training for a marathon with Team In Training with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. As soon as I got to work I googled " team in training " and signed up right away! I really wanted to do something special for my mother. She,  as many others,  being diagnosed with cancer had to struggle through a hard time! 
I thought I would honour her by doing something that is out of my comfort zone and train to run a half-marathon!

I started my training on May 2nd, 2011 on my mother's birthday!

Having never ran or been a very active person I could barely do 5min of running!
It's been three weeks now and my last two runs or should I say jogs were over 5km in less then one hour!

For those of you who are runners you might be giggling or laughing... but for me it's a HUGE accomplishment!

Anyways... I will be posting weekly on this blog to keep you informed!

Please consider sponsoring me!
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