..yeah that wasnt ridiculous

yep those words were uttered by miss jojo
...well i was grumpy grump grumpy before hand(i even drove in a separate car frm stu and we left ummm 5mins apart...lol
..anyway set tonight was 4x400 at 1500 pace 90-92 sec, 2min recov, 4x200 at 800 pace 39,70s recov, 4x100 @400 pace walk back recov
actual 400s... 90,89,89,89
200s 40(into wind) 37(tailwind) 39(wind) 37(tailwind)
100s 17 dead,16.x,16.x,16.x

so very consistent and CONSIDERING that my leggies felt tired and heavy, i didnt really struggle with this set. yes i was working but it was completely DO-able

got my year9 exams..the little petals are going okay..makes me happy when they go quite well :)
-year 8s are being angels at the moment too(revising)
-its quite funny, im actually quite strict...well i set VERY clear boundaries,...but the boys dont necessarily see it as strict(someone said something to them..and they said no shes not strict(probably cos im FAIR andmost students think strict as being NOT FAIR- they know the boundaries and so try not to cross them... in my reiew(did i say this already) the guy said.... jo I have never seen this b4-you got 100% of kids saying they know their expected behaviour in class on their survey.. lol

anyway watching RUSH..one of my fave shows.... not feeling completely trashed from training...yay..and IT EVEN GOT ME OUT OF MY BAD MOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

umumumumumum somthing must be wrong with spell check-i just pressed it and no errors came up.... it CANNNA be true

omg stu are you kidding me

stu sent me an email today telling me what the set was..i just about fell off my chair
this is continuous BTW 800m@1500 pace and speed up to 400 at 800 pace -do you have ANY idea how hard that in itself is...its racing 1200m faster than your 1500 pace.. and we were expected to do that 4 times. with a 3min break between reps
i emailed stu telling him it was too hard. he told me it was tough but we would do what we could..i sent about 7 more emails..one which said it was the TOUGHEST set he had ever set, and that i nearly spewed when we do HOT 300s and this is harder so he had better bring the bucket..lol
and I WAS NOT BEING A DRAMA QUEEN- this is like racing 3 x 1500m races within 20 mins

anyway, he came to his senses and decide 600at 1500pace followed by 200 at 800 pace. Even this was EXTREMELY HARD for me that is 92s for 400 and then supposed to be 40s for last 200-couldnt quite maintain into the wind so the first 2 reps were (220s)
44,48,48,42
45,47,48,45
then reduced to 500 with 200 faster -i coudlnt manage another one
46,46,(not sure last 300)
then reduced to 1x400 at 1500 pace
93 seconds
seriously one of the tougher sets we have done

...omg miss j was super duper productive today

yep- did soooooooooooooooooo much work at school today-even started writing reports!!!! woohoo
went for a 30min run, just over 5.6kms.... was kinda windy but was very conscious about trying to 'run tall' and have the abs held tight- i might make this a focus during my slower runs

backs a bit so so-to be expected though... leggies a bit tired, never mind

and had yummy blue grenadier with salad for dinner... nice cheapish fish that tastes nice

thats it folks....

a short long run

went to the pool today and the poor little leggies were tired i have to say-not surprising really. 40mins only-stu felt sorry for me i think, then a very hurty hurty massage

..and yes Em, 24mins for hte 5km sure did feel a lot harder than it should
..and Ewen, Stu didnt make me do it, i actually chose to, because as a committee member im about to start asking people to do their non preferred events and because i have done it this week, they cant think im a hypocrite for asking. and im thankful he actually ran with me! but i didn enjoy it

stu has now set up our massive tv! its fantastico! good job done by stu, no tantys(there woulda been if id set it up)

shield-and miss jo, what were you thinking

yes i decided to do the team thing today
to say i ran badly in the 800 is an understatement...expected 2.38 ran 2.43 wasnt very happy, but right from the start my legs just felt sluggish, no excuses, just a crappy run
..then off to the 200 where surprisingly i ran quite well 31.36
i couldnt get out of the 4x4 relay even though i tried, so i put my big training shoes on(had a bit of a blister from spikes) and didnt race the 400, but went relatively fast, then straight over to the 5km... why did i decide to do the 5km.... there is a simple answer to that. I am STUPID! had decided i would just run 5min/km pace to 5:10 pace, but stu decided to run with me and he made me go a little faster. By no means racing but i really couldnt have gone faster today.i thought i was going to have to pull out with 3km to go,1km to go,800 to go 500 to go..i was in strugglesville. it was about 27 deg i think, but i was feeling way overheated and absolutely dehydrated. ran a 24:08 which isnt a great run..but hey valuable points for the club
..am way tired now.not long til bedtime and it is only 9:08
.will do my run in hte pool tomorrow(back isnt great) and OMG my 200 start was the worst ive ever done. i couldnt get the block thing on at all so when someone helped me i couldnt change it and just had to have someone elses settings!
ANYWAY CIAO
oh yeah, my budgeting i even worse. we went and bought airconditioning today which costs over $3500 eek but we do need it and it was a bargain. Even stu said we should buy it. if id known i was going to do that though, i probs wouldnt have bought the tv.... oops never mind. the air con is on 24months interest free and im very diligent at payiing monthly. so its only really $150 per month
..oh and hows this i walked behind some seemingly sane man who was standing still, when out of nowhere he did some buttkick and kicked me deadset in the knee.OMG, i can tell you it hurt, the lucky part is he didnt have spikes on

..i loved tonights set

yep i actually said that
200m reps are my all time fave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the plan 3-4 sets of 3x200@ 37s pace- a bit faster than 800 pace with walk back recov(approx 2min) with 3 min recov between sets

the whole first set was in the 37s
second set 1x37s+ 2x36
third-all 36s
fourth-everyone else dropped out except stu and myself- i kinda got yelled at-not directly but stu was heard to retort to someone who said -cant beat your gf eh, "well shes not running the pace shes supposed to) yep i was very naughty and ran 35.5 on the tenth rep which is NOT what the set is about(and i know that-stu can run heaps faster but we are trying to learn pacing for the first 200m of hte 800). i put my head down and let stu pace the next two cos he is spot on and im shite!
the next two were done in 37s which is what it was supposed to be


yes -i did not complain(i LOVE this set, suits me to a tee) felt good felt strong, felt controlled.... aim for sat sub 2.40-have NEVER EVER done that at shield comp before

performance review at work tomoz..yep def need a few more wines..lol

last night i didnt run but did an elongated pilates at home which i then tacked on to: walking lunges up and down hte hall(omg didnt my legs feel it today!) squats, one legged squats, military press, 2x15 pushups and a few other things too...good gal jo... oh and ive lost a full 1kg in the last week. down to 61.5 which usually i feel like im nearly skinny at, but alas alak, i still feel way too chunky! i think im startin g to feel a bit more serious about losing weight so i can run faster. its less than a second i need in the 800m, and whilst i can never take the 1st girl, the 2nd girl may(and only loosely may-she ran 2.29) may be in reach, if i eat well and train well-sorry im talking about the vic masters champs which is in march. oh and my all time pb(when i was 12) for the 1500 is 5:28 so i wouldnt mind giving that a crack in the next two years either-although i dont see that as very likely!

errr. go get the dictionary little miss

okey dokey.. so miss j put herself on a budget yesterday..YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!
anyway apparently i do not understand the meaning of it.. i accidentally ummmm errrr accidentally bought a big freaking TV... lol its 42 inch,5 year warranty, full HD and its way cool, and i didnt mean to go into teh shop but it was the biggest bargain EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but i did even ring stu to see if he coul curb my enthusiasm, but he kinda told me that it sounded like a great idea.so ummmmm yeah i spent $1300 hehe
anyway yesterday set was in the hea heat heat
plan was 6x400at just faster than 1500 pace approx 90s for me-but i was kinda running with stu and B(10 year old) and the reps were
91,87,87,87,87,87 and in that last i thought i mustve slowed so tried to tack on with stu 85s

at least it was a standing recovery. i nearly spewd after the 5th rep-bit too fast for me really

then friends over for dinner...was lovely(theyre great fun) but at 11.45 i piked and went to bed! i had to get up at 6am! and besides by that time id already spilt all my wine over everyone...yep actually did... lol