a cottage cheese craving.. what is WITH that

went water running today 30 mins then stretches then 15 mins so 45 mins.. actually felt a tiny bit tired at the end..so it was nice to feel like i had had a sort of workout.. it was beautifully sunny.. still pretty boring... the most exciting part was when i thought maybe i should buy boy jeans..cos i dont go in at the waist and have small hips/butt.. ive put on some girls pants and it looks like im wearing jodpurs.. or if i buy the ones that fit my thighs/butt then theres muffin top.. its amazing how long you can think about this topic for....
you gotta remember i was running for a while..
i forgot my HR monitor so just had to go by feel..think i worked out harder..

and tonight im going on a pub crawl.. how decadent to go out on a school night

and the swimmers at the pool were very friendly.. this little goldilocks was able to tell these ladies about all of the local pools.... this one is definitely the best

at lunch felt like junk and then over-rode that ridiculous notion and went to Coles... whilst there, i had a cottage cheese craving ... SERIOUSLY... how weird is that. i dont even really like cottage cheese... but i am a person who gets many cravings.. the brussel sprouts one was probably up there with this one on an..even im surprised level ... oh and unbelievably the kilo and a half i had put on were only fakies..back to only 0.5 above my norm so i can cope with that

ho hum

woke up this morning.. hoping to go for a 5 min stationary cycle.. but leg wasnt feeling 100% not sore but i could feel something.. so i did a water run.. 25 mins then stretch then 15 mins.. so i played it safe.
it was pretty boring but the lifeguard spoke to me everytime he did a lap of the pool ..so it broke up some of the monotony.. oh and i think i have sorted out the cozzy issue.. much better today

went to koko black for a drink this arvo which was very nice.. i bought some chocolate for my sister.. super expensive (over $7 for 100g).. but im sure she'll love it being a chocoholic.. choc doesnt really do it for me

of course i went the wrong way so ended up being 20 mins late..yeah i shoulda realised where to go on lygon st.(maybe where the cafe strip is miss josephine)..why do some streets have 2 sets of numbering..i went to the wrong 167 lygon st.. seriously have one set of numbering.. for dropkicks like me ... please

av round one.. joey on the sidelines

Well done to everyone who competed today.. i was soooooo jealous

i still went and watched.. and am very glad that i did.. whilst it was kinda depressing watching everyone else run, it was nice to see the gang and have a chat to everyone.. and of course they gave me a job to do so i was at least productive :)
besides i was a little hungover so it was a good way to pass the day... oh yeah..had forgotten how completely BRILLIANT a slurpee is for a hangover..unbeatable

water running again tomorrw(although have to rethink attire.. had a crop top bather(with tankini 2-noone needs to see this belly) and well ..a little more support is required.. the girls are used to being well and truly strapped in when i run... i dont know how my normal sport bra would go in the pool.. these are some of the serious issues facing some us gals!!

hows this..... met that guy for a drink last night with his friends.. no problem.. they were lovely.. but he just left me for about an hour(I didnt know where he was)..i was contemplating leaving... his comment when queried on this..was he figured given the type of person i was,i didnt need to be babysat... which is true (i was conversing with his rather hot friend ..and feeling guilty for thinking it)but...an hour... well i dont know it was a whole hour..but it was a long time ..LOL

ok..this may be a bit weird..but you know what i miss..

i really miss being able to jump around... seriously.. when im excited about stuff i jump...people who know me can vouch that this is true.. sad state of affairs when i am grounded.. i might have to start being sensible if this persists ;)
went and saw phys...unfortunately there is still pain when he makes me hunch over and try to extend the leg... so no real running for me.. yet
..but he did say i could do 5 mins on the bike..and also that i shouldnt go for a one hour water run(funny thing is..i had sort of been thinking about doing that so probably good that he kyboshed)

so i went water running..ive been a bit of a goldilocks with pools
..ooh this ones too cold...oh this ones too shallow...ooh this ones too far...well today i found one that was just right..and it has reciprocal pool rights with mine so i dont have to pay..BONUS..

went water running again today.. 20mins then stertches then 10mins(yes nick raised his eyebrows a little)..i was restrained..i had to force myself to stop..mega boring tho.. i need to take me one of them ghetto blaster things..hehe
and then i actually just floated around like a goofball for a while..that was kinda fun.. cos im a sinker.. cant float to save myself but with a water buoyancy belt..woohoo
...now if someone can just remind me when im out drinking..NOT to dance..it will be all happy campers this weekend

yep.. me and the old people.....

so ill admit that im NOT the most dignified person in the world.. but even i felt ridiculous today...
all bathered up.. and a flotation device waddles into the pool..what a look jo... it should be noted here that i was less than 1/2 the age of everyone else in the non-lap lane.. had an old granny query what my injury was..and then she told me about her sciatica when she was younger.... hang on a few more dots there ....... but hey i was running on the spot.... what did i care.
although if she had had better hearing she might have heard me yelling out very loudly(again very dignified!) to her about the kid who swam straight into her.

i remember vaguely hearing the phys say something about water running(but i was in a bit of a sulk at that stage) so i think im following advice.. the belt is literally just two bits cut out of a kickboard.. $60... i reckon i could have made one for TEN... lol..im such a tightA ..at the end of the day IM happy to pay anything if it makes me feel like i exercised!!!
tried to take it easy 4 x 5mins of water running and then 15-20 mins water walking..thought this seemed reasonable
DANGER DANGER.. i know im in the danger zone at the moment cos i feel like i could go and run(yes it would hurt..) and sooooo i am mentally fighting against my urges about a hundred times a day
much happier today though...feel like i will be able to run sometime soon... sometime in may now seems likely (well in my eyes)
oh and i did my progression yesterday which was a hamstring stretch...lucky girl jojo ;)
more jigsawing for me tonight.. what an exciting life i lead LOL

ooh, and i took my darling niece swimming today so all in all it was a good day for me.. see i WILL EVENTUALLY stop being a sooky-la-la

Lest we forget

Respect, remembrance, gratitude for all that was given and sacrificed so that we can live the life we do.

Just met some gf's for brunch(was supposed to be on a date but i'll explain that later) i had poached eggs,spinach on rye, much to the disgust of my gfs..who well enjoyed their egg/bacon and hash brown(ooh no thanks)..i will make up for it with crisps during the footy... was going to stroll around city..lasted about 10mins before leg was too sore... and then walking the last km home...i walked 2-3 streets past mine...god im a ditz sometimes ..blame the MP3

i hate dates to begin with..even more so morning dates(cant even have a drink to ease nerves)... and we all know im not miss patient..
so we were supposed to meet at 11(no actual place or suburb organised)... anyway, there had been no further confirmation that it was still on,nor a meeting place..and it was 10am!!!..( i had texted at 9 and no response)so i decided i would go meet gfs instead..im not going to wait around for a phone call...for god's sake we were supposed to meet in an hour..a gal needs to know what to wear as well!!! so texted and cancelled saying no confirmation,etc so i made other plans..wasn't a narky text..
My gf's seemed to think this was reasonable.. he called at 10:30...bit late sunshine.. (ok felt a little bad when i found out he had been running..but he should have organised earlier) i was nice about it at least :) he wanted to reschedule to tonight..but my leg is sore so decided i will rest it instead. im a bit ambivalent about the whole thing really

mind numbingly boring....................

ok.. so i am doing what im told...good girl jo

...i am resisting the urge to run..even though the pain is nowehere hear as bad (still not pleasant but definitely manageable..and part of me is like well i could handle a bit of pain if i could run...sigh..but i wont) and now having more and more times when there is absence of pain..yay

so like i said..lot better today... went water walking..found a much shallower for longer pool... and the people werent as mean..they actually smile at you... i find normal walking by myself a little shall we say boring... try freaking water walking.. i was finding it so boring that i felt like hitting myself in the head to spice it up(joke..not a masochist :) )

anyway walked for longer today..did some exercises and so now im going to babysit my two angelic nieces (they are just too cute)... although i wish my sis had mentioned it was day before anzac day before i agreed..i would have gone out and played tonight!!!

a water baby i am not..

so i went to the physio today.. slightly better mood ..as there have been some BRIEF moments where no pain...you have NO idea how nice that is.. and even better a couple of times I walked pain free...
was hoping to be allowed to do something as opposed to water walking.. not just yet.. wednesday im allowed to do some hamstring stretching. yay.f...ing yay
... and hows this Nick(phys) goes.. so what sort of therapeutic exercise have you been doing as opposed to jo-exercising... hmmm he also commented on how despondent i was last time i saw him.. i dont take this no-exercise thing very well..
i went water walking today..and did some water stretches..probably not allowed.. OMG.. it was sooooooooo cold. outdoor pool.OMG..did i mention COLD.. apparently im supposed to be in warm water.. i dont seem to do anything right...
and apparently i forgot to tell him i fell over a week ago.....
anyway there it 'tis... maybe a drink is on the cards!!

..and can someone please tell miss jo... who very rarely eats chocolate...when you're not exercising..it is definitely NOT the time

there is hope on the horizon :)

so i have sciatic pain.. so i cant run.. so i need to get over myself and stop being such a sooky la-la..my poor sister was in a wheelchair for 6 months with her last pregnancy(4months the one before)
anyway there is good news.. there were a few times yesterday where i actually wasnt in pain. so that is a step in the right direction and the pain is less than it had been so maybe the ant inflamms are starting to work..yay
being part of a club is nice.. haven't been there in a while...as i walked in i was just about knocked off my feet by one of the guys who i didnt even see until i was in a bear hug... it did actually put me in a better mood though :)
physio tomorrow.. so hopefully he will be able to start outlining my back to running schedule..or at least give me a clue as to when i can do something...
i will go water walking today... and i have put the ironing board away..I bought this little moveable laptop table thing..and an office chair..so i can occasionally sit
.... i had my 'handygirl' hat on yesterday.. got out my tools and got to work...and assembled them both

the NERVE of it

so the last two days have SUCKED... the glute pain...and the increasingly uncomfortable pain down my lower leg near the ankle..got even worse today and was also up towards the knee..side of the shin.. making it extremely uncomfortable to walk...self diagnosed as referred pain
....it was not actually a huge surprise that it is a nerve problem ..starting from the back..going through the glute and down to the lower leg.. crap crap crap
no running.AT ALL. AV round 1 is NOT looking good at this stage.. he just about laughed at me when i asked
what can be done... nothing until at least monday...suck up that pain jo!cant start doing anything towards for the nerve..until the inflammation is gone..
yes...my running regime earlier in the week..more than likely exacerbated the situation.
yes I suck.
water walking is it for me.

so maybe a little 'JO' logic kicked in

my favourite ex boyfriend used to tell me when i was using jo logic... his definition--there was definitely logic..but just not necessarily the normal logic that other people used...
so woke up with extremely sore side of the glute..and a pain also down the leg... was very uncomfortable so had decided not to run..
but being on holidays..my willpower was weak..it lasted til 12.... so decided to go run.. the logic being... well it hurts quite a bit at the moment..even to sit...maybe if i run...it will either work thru it, or just be hte same pain.. it kept me awake a bit last night so i figured it couldnt be much worse.
..anyway only time will tell.
i did 8oom walk..stretch...4km jog(23:31..) stretch 2km jog(11:39).. only concern was when i stood up after stretching back was a tiny bit sore..but then realised thats because id been strectching on a branch...derr jo .... felt pretty good during the run, the sharpness seemed to be a bit duller..so maybe jo-logic was good ..fingers crossed ..and im actually sitting on a couch now..good sign
and then stretched... and then lost my damn car key...do you know what a goofball i looked like walking around the oval at snail pace..(and i had to keep looking cos my spare key was in my car in my wallet(so i thought..apparently it has been vaporised!)
didnt find it in the walk around.. was about to give up when there it was about a metre from where i had been stretching ...derr jo
..but at least i didnt get bowled over by any dogs.... hope you are ok Sara

a day of pain

woke up this morning with an extremely sore glute. it was soooooooooooooooo uncomfortable. driving is abominable.. i tend to be doing this thing where i put the left foot under the right while it is on accelerator... like one of those pool cues... so it hurts less.. ummm and yes probably not the safest thing..especially in my little manual!
anyway..i listened to one wiser than myself ;) and went and had a sports massage. OMG-how much pain.... apparently i dont know how to relax my glute.... very tight tight tight...

most of the pain was bearable, but there was some very unbearable pain when she dug into my tensor fascae latte(spelling?) on the left.. very hot pain
she was not scared to get stuck in.. which was good... sort of

ok the areas i particularly did not like ... adductors .... tensor fascae latte....glute medius.. and any of the hip stuff with her elbows digging into me.

apparently she works for the Carlton footy club.. She seemed to be extremely good. and very friendly and explained everything as she did it... but those words... your not gonna like this...

was surprised at the end how dizzy, unsteady on my feet i was.. for quite a while

ok- maybe some people know more than me

ok.. so maybe i actually agree with Stu's comment yesterday.. and so today I paid attention to that advice(apart from the ...not training 2 days in a row part)
and i did a walk run...
800m walk 2km jog 400 walk 1.6km jog 400 walk 1.4 km jog and i kept it very slow.. didnt even take my watch

am a little sore.... but.. and it is a big but.... I was actually getting more sore just sitting around.. .and my physio did say sometimes movement helps.... and yes I know IM justifying.. which is why i decided to run....
..and yes I am a little sore now.. but not more so than i was before i left :(

have set the laptop on the ironing board...again.. ..so IM not sitting around on my A as IM being a little nerdburger...
am not really in the greatest mood today. I am WAY over this stupid back
sooo bored yesterday I made a top to wear for puffing billy as it appears I will only to be able to 'cheersquad it' posted piccy right.. makes sure you wave at me

yay jo finally does a running post

ok so apparently i know better than the physio... and thats after me posting to deege to say ..your body knows best... hmmmm.. hypocrite i think springs to mind about myself ;)

ok so i was allowed to do 4 x 1km..but strictly on an oval.. i think the words not the TAN were used...
ummmmm i'll have to blame the cricketers..cos the first two ovals i drove to, had cricketers playing on them.. and then well i kinda went to the Tan!
was told to do slow running so i kinda figure 6ish minutes per km
1st km 6:06 min/km happy with that pace
2nd km 5:53 min/km still happy
3rd km 5:54 min still happy
4th km 5:37 min probs should slow a little ..and this is where physio advise to stop

5th km 5:44 min a little faster than my aim but not too bad
6th km 5:32 min felt a reasonable pace ..but not what i was aiming for.. but i did manage to resist striding out in the last 100m...and the URGE was strong..

pulled up a little bit sore.. so decided i would go to the pool to do some walking and slow twisting .. forward lunges were ok.. sideways ones are out i discovered after one attempt... still feel like an idiot when i do it.. but hopefully it will help.. going to the pool was me trying to placate the.. dont overdo it gods (alhtough seriously...how can 6kms be overdoing it)

so fingers crossed that its all good.. and can maybe do a similar session tomorrow.. when all my teacher friends are at school... and IM not... oooooh sorry. i shouldnt say that.. I need all the good kharma i can get at the mo
motto for the day: no falling over. . . . so far so good ;)

jo takes a fall - just for a change

ok. so another post about not running....

went out last night..and would you believe it..fell over AGAIN.. thats 4 times this year.

I actually fell over backwards and cracked my head on the ground...derr jo! so i have a bruised noggin, elbow and knee (and maybe a little bruised ego) I really suck

back was a little sore today.. not sure if from the physio, the dancing or the falling..
whatever the reason I decided id better not risk the back. so no running today..
........jo plays it safe..will wonders never cease :)

Presentation night tonight but i think i will drive.waaaaaaaaay too much drinking last night.

edit: yeah driving was a great idea. I smacked into a car whilst parking and had 3 little old ladies yelling at me..
ok kharma police... please tell me what I did wrong so I can make amends .... haha

my physio is nice again

been to the physio today. was a wee bit nervous. he has said that i can start building up.woohoo. still has to be on grass and I can now build it up to 1km at a time..and do 4 repeats..very excited.. and i dont have to see him for a whole week.. and he seems to think it reasonable that I can get up to 4 x 2km by then. yayayayay

so today (before the physio) I did 20 minutes on the recumbent bike..snooze central.. then did some walking and twisting in the pool..looked like a complete knob.... but back felt amazingly good..

and then of course getting massaged by the seriously hot physio has done wonders

i am in SUCH a good mood today. today would be one of those days if I didnt have an average back that i would jump around for a little bit :)

my first ever post - how exciting

Hi there.
first post from me ..how exciting.. a word of warning.. if you read my blog..you will get to know pretty quickly that I TALK TALK TALK...
not much to say about running yet.. been injured for the last 2 weeks..back problems strained quadratus lumborum, SIJ issues , facet irritation..
Today was my first run back so i am a happy happy little gal :)
it was a teensy weensy snail run, but hey thats better than nothing. my phsio told me i could do 4 x800m VERY VERYslowly so i did them about 5mins each(about 6:15 min/km pace)
fingers crossed that it pulls up ok
i want to start the AV season on the first day...please please please