..holidays over

not that im unhappy-it feels like a holiday being at school compared to the last week.. lol

the hip flexor feels a bit better today. so i went swimming today and did some exercises in the water. some of you willl be aware that i HATE HATE HATE HATE swimming. anyway i suffered through 10 laps of 25m pool...lol and i did 4 laps with a kickboard... man i hate swimming

and i made a complaint too. This happens on a continual basis. There is a sign saying if you have a child of opposite sex please use the family change room. well today there was a boy who would nearly have been at my shoulder.-he was AT LEAST 7 and another who was maybe a year younger-RIDICULOUS! i ended up talking to the girl at the counter and said that i wasnt comfortable changing in there.(the last time i approached a lady in the changeroom and asked her to use the family room, she got really narky) next time i will though, cos im sick of it. It is RUDE and inconsiderate.
anyway i suggested maybe they should change their sign to-if a child of the opposite sex is over this tall or is more than four years old, please use a family change room. it really REALLY irked me

dinenr with stu.yum. my eyes hurt after swimming and i really dont feel like doing hwk! d'oh

..overtired little chickadee

..not overly happy that the relay dude after kunch didnt do any sort of a warm up before yelling at us to sprint-i didnt go flat chat and he was yeeling at the group that we had to. i was stretching and mentioned to him we hadnt done any warm up -and he's gone oh well just go 3/4 pace(cos i also informed him i had a sore muscle) and so when i went again, i promptly puled the muscle a bit-its not too bad, i have iced it-i think its the hip flexor.hurts a bit but i can still jog slowly for small distances...grrrrr i was not happy. that is def going on feedback-you MUST warm up the athletes EVEN in a coaching course
many sore people today(mainly from yesterday)-me included

came home-stu had droppped the boys off so i was looking forward to a few quiet minutes when i got home(as it has been a VERY loud week). Not to be as stu had music quite loud so i went and sat in the car because i seriously needed some down time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anyway enough from me-im extremely tired and a wee bit grumpy

..please believe me

..when i tell you i do enjoy running and i do have good runs, please please please dont think i lie

HOWEVER, yesterdays run was not one of them. First of a f#$%ing squally wind(one direction more than the other) and as a 7th consecutive day my body went what the F do you think you're doing missy- so i tried to work it to a way where i would run a direction run back a bit and run out again so i would only have a head wind for a max of 15 mins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
let me begin with
ughghhghghghghghghghhghghghghghghgghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghg
there was no joy, there was no euphoria from running, there were no lovely endorphins cuddling me-there was just a whole lotta ARE YOU KIDDING- the wind along the creek was NOT pretty -even stu said so when i returned. i had to walk for 20s a couple of times(after 15mins into a DRAMATIC wind i was not a happy camper-ette
but i did it -tick in the box-then was a grumpy as a little miss j could be for the rest of the day...lol
70mins.grr ugghg anything you like in there-feel free to imagine any expletive you think

then an aths meeting til after 10pm-stayed up watching the tour, then first day of a level one coaching thingy-um this is the convo with stu
"do i need to tape my back" - no
so i decided i must not need a great sports bra either!(it said low impact
MY butt it was low impact-the 45 min warm up was quite intense(the other 2 groups played games(frisbee etc) whilst we did a MILLION drills and sprints
-then hurdles
-then long jump(had to sit out a few -back really hurt a LOT)
-then high jump
we were told at the beginning that they really wanted us to try everything and it wasnt good if we sat out-so i tried. Im sure i will be sore(esp in the back-have taken an anti inflamm)
i walked in and knew about 6 people which was kinda cool
i am such a conchy little nerdburger- i answered th questions if noone else would, i took notes when others didnt even have pens(lol) and i asked questions(so did many others) i love being an adult though-cos you feel like you can ask questions and not be considered a mega geek! and i suck at hurdles(well i was ok at the drills) and high jump and LONG JUMP will never happen again :(

fresh as a daisy----ummmm maybe not

i guess since this is the first time in awhile where i have run 6 consecutive days(including an all out 5km race) my little legs can be excused for being a wee bit tired (no dramatic analogies today!)
the plan was 6x800&96 sec per 400 (4min/km) with 90s break.(aiming for 3:12)
the first 800 3:14 :( but i knew i was in trouble for 6x800
number 2 800 3:13 breathing heavy and i mentioned 6 days straight and stu knew i wasnt faking and i couldnt keep it up so he said to go to 600s same pace (aim for 2:24)
3 of the 600s were 2:24 and one of them was 2:23 so it was def the right decision
-the first 3 reps, every 100 and 200 were 2 fast and i flagged-the last 3 i paced much better(and it felt better too)

anyway- i was quite grumpy and out of sorts today- enough said on that matter though

-we had stu's eldest over for a bday dinner for him(and his gf) with the other 3 rugrats as well. Certainly a full house. We had chicken with cranberry sauce rolle din with silverbeet and camembert, carrots beans and wedges for main. Garlic prawns on a lettce bed for entree and i cooked custard drops(pastry with custard and fruit-which is quite yummy)

a big day- and as i have to do a level one coaching course(enforced ny my school) this weekend, i am going to have to do my long run tomorrow as im not sure if i will get any in on the weekend :( it is going to be a slog(and i dont think ive ever run 7 consecutive days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) remembering i do do a few quality sessions in there saturday tuesd and thursday have all been hard days with a long run thrown in on sunday-so yes stu, i probs will whinge for a few days but it is MY CHOICE and i choose to do a long run as whilst it MAY(or may not) be tough, it i necessary)
just gave my foot a bit of flexall(anti inflamm cream) and wow it is quite sore! doesnt hurt when i run though which is good

-oh and i must be a real runner now.im pretty sure im about to lose a toenail :( my big toenail iis black(and sore) bugger stu reckons they take months before they drop off. does that mean no sandals in summer??????? i started checking out 5kms-there is one at the end of sept- i really want one in august.um ok sorry that my thoughts are a bit scattered(id say today? but they are kinda scattered EVRY DAY!)

nighty night kidlets xox

..say it isnt so!

lol
according to stu i am the most overly dramatic person he has ever met (i think it is his way of calling me a drama queen
upon being asked how my run was today-i quipped "well it was fine if you count feeling like i was running whilst carrying kaelen(3 year old) on my shoulders a good run(or something to that effect)...lol
..im not dramatic-i merely use analogies to try to convey how something felt!!!!!

needless to say my run felt "ahhhhh not so good"
i had a massage this morning-a LOT of work done on my left heel(i think im having a wee PF issue..bugger bugger) anyway there was no laughing about ticklish feet when narelle worked on that. she said how tight everything down there in the foot was and i probs had a bit of plantar :( not to worry- I giggled like a twelve year old when she touched my right foot! )
-so i am wearing a shoe insert at the mo(even in my slippers as it hurts a bit to walk on-running seems to be ok though
..anyway back was pretty good, right ITB had a little hissy, and my left shin went for an all out tanty!
I even cooked lasagne for the millions. and i made then rugrats a magnificent iced chocolate today that had icecream and whipped cream as well-it was pretty decadent, apart from the custard cups that i made-aptly named custard craters by C.

..the tuesday hard set

...tuesday is one of the toughest sets of the week0certainly mentally-also knowing the girls i run with didnt have to do the third rep meant i was never going to keep up for the fourth and fifth :(

anyway-couldnt find my garmin today but i cant be sure of my times. i think i was pretty consistent -i ran with a VERY tall 10 year ol(11 next week) and boy she can move-she kept surging so even tho i didnt feel like it, then i ad to omve a bit faster to keep up..was 5x4min but one ended up being 3:54min and another 3:50 due to where we were on the path. my guess is hte reps were around 4:15min/oace maybe slightly faster
my belly hurt in the last one though

a good day today. went shopping.i decided i needed a new pair of runners(well justified) because my other ones are surely the reason my heel is giving me serious grief. i bought a pair of new balance, 2 nike tracksuit pants(50% off) and they had good running socks on special for 3 for $15 at newbalnce(sell in the shops for $20 each and are usually $12 each at the warehouse in smith street) so bought the lad a few pairs too!)oh and went to school to get my pooter fixed(a new shell while they send my poor old one off-but my hard drive is with me-woo hoo
-then out for lunch with stu and the boys(pizza-mmmm mmm)-then the session described above

oh and ewen-you probs are right(i know stu agrees) 50kms would surely mean better running results for longer races.must stop having rest days on mondays and wednesdays and go back to fri only rest days-
as i told you -im pretty soft

.. happy with where im at

to be frank, when it comes to running i OFTEN suffer a crises of faith.
i have spent some time thinking about this today-maybe im not quite as crap as i think i am (and please anyone slower than me-do not see it as me making a slur to you-not mean that way at all.)running is a sport for everyone
but when it comes to me, im pretty hard on myself. Its hard to think youre even reasonable when you cant even run the times you ran when you were 10-11 years old(when i was actually a good runner!!! thats the benchmark for me-even as a squash player, i was relatively good(A grade about to be moved to state grade(there are multiple state grades)..obviously not modest...lol.. so i constantly feel liek a very average runner
..anyway. maybe im not as crap as i think. dont get me wrong, by no stretch of the imagination am i good. but im ok, and for my age im definitely ok
my run on saturday ended up being the fastest (for that leg) in my division(only 5 girls though in my div running my leg) but i certainly held my own
2 years ago, no way did i think i could run 21.xx for a 5km.whilst i havent officially yet- 22.02 for 5.1 kms means i should be able to-
as a focussed little runner gal-it does make me start to wonder what i will run for 800 track which is my real passion-gotta beat that damn 2.34.1
so im now looking for a 5km race(although not quite sure why my HEEL is having a tanty at the moment-i did wear my old old racers and then my 50min run on sunday was on concrete-cant put wéight on it much at the mo) must be time to go shopping eh????

anyway-obviously i am slightly obsessive(with results)-
although -i read everyone elses blogs and feel very slack and underdone and that i dont train enough(stu probs agrees) maybe if i actually ran more than 30-40kms per week i might run better! (although as i said to stu-maybe i run better with less-who says my back would cope with much more) i believe he may have scoffed

oh and english man-we MUST catch up for dinner with you guys
ajh-if i run Sri- def run together
em-hope qld is a blast
stu-well he beat me in the 5km so congrats to him
michelle-that was a really sweet offer BTW
and everyone else just have fun fun fun
ps they sell cosmopolitan in a can-and knock me down if it doesnt taste like a real COSMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!