..good decision jojo

..ok. so lets break this into sub topics(obviously im back in school mode)

school:
day two and am surviving ... in fact it was quite nice as i was walking along today ..i actually thought...you know what im glad to be here..not at my old school.. so that is a good decision by me...lol.. also theres a new girl who is in cross country and aths and is an absolute cracker... we already get along really well... the boys are barely going to be able to concentrate with her in the room tho.. she is quite simply stunning.. lol.. boys are back tomorrow... bit nervous but not too bad.. am going to be all prepped and ready tonight for friday..because i would actually like to go and visit my 'friend' tomorrow night

running and injuries:
no running today..had no idea how i was going to fit it in... but i managed to squeeze in half hour water run before the physio..worked quite hard..but found the couple(about 15yrs old) that were having a full on snog in my lane the whole time i was there.. a little offputting.. you cant help but look and then you have to try to look away..it was quite revolting really and i dont think fair on the really young children there either... i almost said somewthing to the lifeguard..but a) am not quite ready to be the old nanna complaining b) in a super rush c) i thought for sure one of the mums would say something
..boys: one of the guys at aths yesterday(who said he reads my blog.asked me about english dude..ummm i thought i had made it pretty clear that NO WAY NO HOW
..the other boy who yes i used to call casual guy but decided that it doesnt matter if its casual or not, after this many months i dropped the casual tag..it didnt quite fit... anyway hes being very nice to me lately... theres only about 2 things that i would want differently..and ah well you cant have everything you want i spose ..and i must admit im generally pretty happy and enjoy spending time with him

general:ok im officially done with telling my car crash story...lol... and NO i cannot just say i crashed it and leave it at that!!!!!my friend told me thats what i should say(but then i think he realised who he was talking to lol!!!people actually ask me follow up questions...so its not my fault i bore them senseless with my craphouse stories..lol
anyway gotta go read blogs..and then start my preparation..sorry continue my preparation :)

oh yeah my aunt has banned me from 100m and 200m and said i have to stop if the pain scale out of 10, hits 5(dont see how thats gonna work..sorry ML cant stick to that) she wasnt happy with my back(which was pretty tight) moderately happy with achilles but did say if theres not improvement she might pull me off running altogether,,,,hmmmmmmmm yes she did add an...i know you dont want that!

..and ummmm sara... i thought maybe i had gotten away with my not quite dummy spit with the spikes that i threw(thats too strong a word) although stu did use the word tanty earlier... i am now referring to it as a disgusted lob of my spikes...lol.. yes i was none too happy about not doing the 400m last night

..okey dokey... have a good night.. happy little campers..detox starts friday

..hmmm a pb but cant say im happy

..so today i ran the 1500m... we were hoping for 5:39.. there is a big difference between 5:40 and 5:39 sub 5:40 is waaaaaaaaaay better
..so only one heat..the girls cranked out the first lap..i tried to run my own race but went thru a couple of secs too fast which evened out over the next couple of laps(which were way slow) and then an 82s last 400 i think so not very even....
..conditions were fine/... anyway was very annoyed that i ran 5:40.xx(well i am kind of pleased cos it is a pb since ive been an adult... so.. im kinda torn
..then ran the 200m but was kinda looking around to see where stu was cos i knew i would get in trouble... he wasnt even sure that i should do the 400m :(
anyway we didnt have any girls in it so i decided to cruise around the 200... got called back and did the hammer throw...omg..i had no idea how(and was a bit concerned about back..fingers crossed for tomorrow..i decide not to pull on the back too hard just get a throw in... it was ..lets see...abysmal...ridiculous..um but kinda fun..i did have vision of me clonking my head with the bugger.... and then had to run straight over to the 200m... contemplated no spikes but popped them on..and ran slower and started to speed up...just as i was getting to a good pace..i became quite aware of my achilles(it dont like speed man!!!) so pulle dup and slowed for the last5ish m... yeah it was a 34..omg how slow is that..thats ridiculous!!!!!!!!!
also did shotput 6.x m and discus 16.x both of which i only did one throw.. my rules are if i throw over 6/16 i dont have to do more.. after the 200m i was icing my achilles :( but was still going to run the 400m... well that WAS until i bumped into stu of course..once i mentioned the 200m and pulling up there was a conversation... um i think i took my spikes off and threw them(i love the 400m)not sure if stu saw that little tanty...lol.. but it was the RIGHT decision...definitely..although when one of the girls ran faster than me and then i thought i was kicked out of the 400 for the finals(although i have still run the 3rd fastest av time so i should still be in the 400..and the 800 and maybe shotput or discus..not sure yet
...first day back at work... finally got some answers from the guy running my year 12 subject..so feel much better about it now
...ummmmmm almost crunched poor cookie monster today... i bought one of those visor things for the car..and i got kinda all muddled in it(yes it was kinda mister bean-ish) anyway...the car wasnt in gear and was rolling down the hill towards my garage(and ive got the visor everywhere so i cant even see my feet...and am madly popping my feet on stuff to try to brake...omg...you dont even want to know whow fast my heart was going... i had the highest adrenaline for ages..all shaky etc....
.big big day... miss j is having a glass of red(havent had red for about 2 years..cos it makes me look like vampira... my teeth anyway
..and i loved a comment sara made to me today.. if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and has feathers like a duck..then its a freaking duck...gosh that girl cracks me up..
..and yes em..i was at a car wash place..im super conchy water girl :)

..a day of 'coaching'

..my coach is just too too cute.... stu bought me a cookie monster doll for my car(which is named the cookie monster) it is just adorable... see he's not always mean...lol
..anyway i hung out with him today..a few raised eyebrows at my err diet but it was actually a nice relaxing day.. we even washed my car...how exciting ...lol..actually i quite enjoyed it..and then i went and bought about a million things to keep cookie looking good... stu is a real car man(and bossy to boot..lol).. so he was telling me all the stuff i should buy.. couldnt find the spikes i wanted for track :(
..no running today as it is a rest day... however..i can tell you that i must have hit myself about 10 times today.. i was playing on a scooter in rebel and picked it up...ummmm nobody told me it kind of Tbones..anyway it schtonked me in the leg(which hurt) and then stonked me in the other ankle when i tried to fling it away...lol.. and then the escalator spikey things dug into my foot(i dont know how that happened) and then i accidentally kicked my leg back under the table and hit my achilles...ouchies. im such a loser

..back to school tomorrow :( oh well i guess the good times cant go on forever

..well its sort of a run

..okey dokey.. i had the worlds worst sleep last night.. was awake for quite a while at 4:30am this morning and when alarm went off at 6am wasnt feeling wonderful so hit snooze a few times then decided run wasnt happening til later.. i find when im not 100% i find it really hard to open my eyes properly(not sure y) anyway ended up getting up at 8...well staggering would be abetter word..achilles quite sore(and i iced it last night) but i just knew tha there was NO NO NO way i could manage a long run... was going to skip altogether and then was thinking about the conversation i would have to have with stu..so i decided to go water running..first 40mins wasnt great but i started to feel a bit better after that... ran altogether for 80mins... had an argumaent with a lady... i dont mind peopple being in the aqua play lane..but they cant expect everything to work like a lap lane... rehab people and all that should def be in aqua play but cmon there wer 7 other lap lanes lady..anyway i was sort of running up one way and back the same side(if there are only 2 in the lane this is easier cos she doesnt have to overtake you at all..anyway she would be coming straight at me and i said i cant move..and hten we had an argumanet whereupon i told her it wasnt a lap lane..and shes like..well what are you doing..and i said im water running which is tooooo slow for the lap lanes(there are times!!!!) and shes like well real water running should be done between 5-7am.... um hello...was i snoozing when that rule got made...cos i certainly never heard it before...and os i said..listen..this is aqua play lane..i can do anything i want in here... anyway..anytime she went past me she would wait til she was 30cm away and veer outa my way then which of course meant she often kicked me... it was very annoying cos she was there for about 50mins... and when she got out she did this big thing about waving to me...which i completely ignored.. so she did it again..so i completely ignored her... seriously.. yes i could have gone up and down the opposite sides..which i did when there were 3 in the lane..cos there was another lady who was doing side stroke etc..so definitely needed to be in there...
..ohhh and even tho was still a bit average last night there was something that made me feel better...cmon guess.... yep shopping
..i bought a blue pair of bathers(although the problem with a girl of my dimensions...is that bikini tops kinda make me look like im about to go do a porn movie...lol.. i sent my friend a picture explaining this.. he very politely said..nice colour....lol
and then i bought...2 work skirts, green work shirt, a very very cute little skirt,tank top,sports socks...a shirt for someone else but im not really sure if they will like it, one of my favourite sweater girl bras(seamless and gives a nice round shape..not like some of thos pointy madonna bras)
and then i went to nike...
i was going to buy some red miler spikes..the 6.5s(mens) toes right at the end, 7.5's too big(i do sound like goldilocks now dont i) but alas...no size 7's so i was talking to the guy and hes like we got these cross country shoes out the back(not spikes) and htey are called zoom streak XC and are black and a little cute(will post a piccy soon)

just had some fruit salad and yoghurt..i need to eat a bit healthier..oh yeah the february detox starts on well february...2 gfs are doing it with me and have imposed the following rules
if break with alcohol.. have to pay $25 into the kitty first 3 times,50 next 2 and have to go another full month after that..obviously not supposed to break
..also each person has chosen another food that they are quitting and if they break it costs another $5
mine was going to be crisps and hot chips but i amended to fried food but really that just means junk food...
also... i will eat dairy..low fat yoghurt..no milk or cheese.. rice milk instead
no white breads (sushi rice will be accepted)
..will have red meat once per week max
..fish chicken are acceptable
..must have fruit and vegetable EVERYDAY
..no refined sugars
..and heres a real toughie for me.no COKE ZERO
..and then at the end we are going to go out for a really nice(frock up) dinner...no not bad food...good quality food... and probs alcomohol

...ummmm ...ummmmm... ummmmm

..not really sure what happened to me this morning... take away myself and put in a grump..not feeling very well...seemingly emtional..and unable to run girl
..im not even being flippant!!!
..the poor boy hasnt even done anything wrong yet i was super grumpy and more so because i listened to something someone else had said to me which made me feel insecure..so then i texted to explain...yeah good one... he would have loved that! any other shovels to dig the hole any bigger while im there??????
..so went for a run... ummmmmm if you could call i that.. i think i would prefer to call it 'an attempt at running and not one that you would call successful'
..was supposed to do 5x1.25km in 5:45min(so 4:36min/km pace) this should not be too hard a set for me as last week i did 20mins at 4:35!!!!
went to albert park...theres markers maybe evry 500m..went to start warm up jog...got 250m along at 6km pace and was struggling and had to walk..bit weird... tried again..same thing...oh well i thought ill go to the tan i just dont want to run here..theres no .25km markers anyway
..so toodled off to the tan 9am and put my water bottle where it needed to be and went to take off on the first rep...got about 40m into it and stopped and walked..so decided to cut my reps tol 750m bc OBVIOUSLY 1.25km wasnt happening..so i walked to 750m away to try and collect myself(now aiming for 3:27min)
rep 1 750. 3:20
rep2 750m 3:27 and just about keeled over... i felt terrible..so went to the toilet gathered myelf and set off for the third..was really struggling so cut it to 500m
500m 2:14 (aim for 2:18) deperately wanted to stop as feel awful
500m 2:18 there was some dry retching at this stage...eeeyuk wasnt sure if i could manage another...nearly stopped at 250m(yes thats how bad it was)
500m 2:19 and it was torturous... so the session was MUCH shorter but i managed(dont quite know how) to do 5 reps... the legs were tired..but the body felt sick or run down but certinly not with it
..couldnt manage anything more than a walk cool down
..got in car and was really struggling to even drive home..feeling a bit faint and listless..and even contemplated pulling over.. i was in that...almost despair sighing that is close tears..it was very weird..and i thought i was gonna vomit..(i was a bit worried i had a touch of the gastro that sammi had- she had to go to hospital the other night)..got home climbed into bed..and im pretty sure i had a fever..i think i was a bit delirious

..now if you dont like reading dreams skip over this bit...
i crashed hte cookie monster when someone stopped in front of me in a merging lane..and then the car rolled and i couldnt get my bearings and eventually just sagged out of the car looking at all my big lumps and was hurt quite a bit... and then i was thinking to myself..geee i hope this is a dream..and then i was looking at the cookie monster again..going damn its not a dream.. and then more weird stuff...and me in a cab at the end going im never driving again..and also how on earth do i explain to my insurance company that ive written off ANOTHER car :( and then my friend was also being VERY mean to me in that dream..
...ummmmmm how happy was i when eventually i woke up and realised this was a dream...ummmmmm very... and also the unwell-ness seems to have passed.. it was very very odd ..i really do think i had a fever.... and now i feel bad about being such a grumpybum this morn
..oh well at least im lucid again now...lol

.. ohh no..theres a scratch

..yep..i went over one of those roads that have like a V dip in them(a bit too fast) and scraped the bottom of my car..i then proceeded to e sprawled on my hands and knees(shorts not a skirt b4 you ask :) and was quite dismayed that i have scratched the cookie monster... i rang my friend and he's like..ill look at it this weekend..i was still going on about it for a while.... lucky he's sooo sensible it did make me slightly more calm
(well most of the time--he did a very funny impersonation of how my bather bottoms were very boggy the other day(wrong size OK) which was not sensible at all...lol) ..
so first thing this morning i went half hour water running(stu said i can count this as 5.5km but i dont really see how i can) today was an optional rest day but since i didnt RUN(only pool running on wed) i thought i had better.. i didnt eat first and then was meeting a gf for a 7km walk..a km or so in i told her we would have to do 'my strength work...did i mention i did this the other day...man my upper body was sore) so we did 10 lunges each leg.10 squats.. the hold them at the bottom then squeeze butt on way up..could really feel them.. pushups with situps between.. the pushups were 10,8,6,4,2 i reallly struggled and thought i might have to do the modified pushup.. but i did the straight legged ones..it HURT!!!! then front plank 45s 2x side plank 30s 45 sec plank.. and continue walking
towards the end of the walk i was starting to feel a tiny bit faint..it was now 1oclock and i hadnt eaten anything today..so we went to a cafe..but it was an organic cafe and they didnt sell coke..(and i needed one)..so i snuck off to the sushi place..felt a bit better once i had some energy back..big gossip which was good
..then off to meet a friend greg and his wife and rugrats ..and about 5 other ex work colleagues which was vnice.. home for a quick nap and blog, then out again meeting a gf...whew...its tough work being on holidays..lol
..but i am thinking about driving tonight!!!!!!!!!bit tired and tough session tomorrow... 5 x1.25kms @ 4:30min/km pace
..oh and i have lost a bit of weight which is great..had crept up to 63.4 and im back to 62.1 woohoo.. only 3.7 more to go according to my mean mean coach(who also called me lazy when i asked y im not running the 400m he thinks im capable of!!!!!) that many kgs....it aint happening!!!!!!!! the most i can do is get down to 60.xx maybe i should have that fatzap thingy done..lol
..okey dokey time for this little runner gal to hit the shower then the pub

oh yeah..that sub 5:40 1500m, means i have to maintain 3:46 min km or less(15.88km/h) and the 800m i want which is sub 2:40 means i have to maintain 3:20min/km pace or less(18km/h)
sub 69s 400 means i have to do 2:52min/km pace for a lap(20.86km/h)
..ummmm that means marathon runners(elite men are maintaining that pace for 2 hours...WOW did i mention WOW
..yes im a geek.. but they are the 3 times i want over the next 2 weeks

..oooohhhh atta girl jojo

..before i forget(cos we all know what im like...lol) Andrew that would be great to run together..im not sure if i could maintain that either ..last year i did 70:03 which is sub 5min kmss and probs 4:48-ish(stu is reluctant to give me ANY predictions at this stage...booo hiss...lol
..em you reserve judgement but i reckon youre more than able...but since its all on concrete i wouldnt like you to go too hard and hurt yourself
..day started well not... left my wallet,training program(was having a squiz last night)and shoes at my freinds house...lol..so had to go pick up the stuff from his work today..i am such a freaking moron
..super happy with tonights set.. supposed to do 4x200@45s 4x400@90s 4x200@45s

so did a 2.5km warm up..and for the first time the pain in my achilles for the first km wasnt excruciating..woohoo..just uncomfortable..then some buttkicks(?)knee lifts...sidesteps... and some run throughs
200m's 40,42,42,42
400m's 87,86,86,86 FINALLY hit under the 90s..which i havent been able to do the last 2 session
200m's 41,40,42,37 stu told me to stretch out on the last 120m of the last one..i was pretty spent by then 800m cool down and watched everyone else train
approx 6.8kms
...i felt really strong today..and a couple of people actually came and said this to me...and 2 other people separately told me my style/technique looked very good :)
so miss j is very happy..getting some speed back
..am icing achilles...back was quite sore so hopefully that will go soon!!!!!

you have no IDEA how nice it is to finally be running the paces i was running prior to the nasty back injury...9 damn months ago
big smiiles from this little tacker...yay me

..sigh..more physio

..i may have mentioned achilles was pretty sore yesterday..i iced it..which is MAGIC and seems to be hte best thing for it(so the plan is to do this EVERY run for a while...did you listen to that miss jojo!!!!!)
it was a bit sore when i woke up.. so went water running,,,, ok so there was a fair bit of bitching and moaning about that(i think its because it just makes me think of when i was injured)
i did 30mins of water running(which stu has said i can count as 5kms!!!) thats after forgetting my watch(and my heart rate monitor..which i went home for and got the heart rate monitor..but forgot the watch again dóh which also meant i couldnt use the damn heart rate monitor...god im a ditz)and forgot my goggles..dammit so it cost me $30 in the end for the swim dóh
..then off to physio.. happy with an improvement in my achilles... am going to apply for run for the kids.. which stu will not give any indication..i want to do 4:30-4:40min/kms... cmon em are you in for that..you can drag me along
..back at work next tuesday..
..and as my comment said jh..yes im in my thirties,,,were you implying im older!!!!!!

...finally....some speed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

..ok.. so am pretty happy with tonight;s events
the analysis
1500m 5:41(so approx 3:47min/km pace) a pb since i returned to running(ran faster 20 years ago when i was like 10)..and a whopping 13s faster than my slow little legs would carry me last week.. i acually wore my garmin and told myself i needed to be running 3:50 pace or better and so anytime i looked and i want hitting it-i ran faster,,, splits were 91,93(stu called out to tell me to push it a bit harder and not drop off)92, and then 65s for last 300................... previou RPB 5:45 so was very happy... achille so-so
..had to run the 4x100m as we only had 4 girls..fortunately we were last when i received baton cos i told themi was only cruising it
..the 400m i was particularly worried about..cos achilles was VERY sore.. i gave it a fairly harsh massage prior to race so i could have some movement in there..and ran 69.86..was really pushing in the straight cos there was a girl half metre ahead..and we did a bit of a race against each other(i think we were 4th and 5th) i just manged to get her i think..but i would have been grimacing quite a bt when i finished cos achillles was VERY VERY sore..have since iced and have physio tomorrow... and stu has ordered me into the pool instead of running tomorrow :(
..i also did shot put 6.18 but wasnt happy with my back which was sore(im always happy if i throw over 6m..cos im really quite crap!!!
..also just in case im needed..and ONLY to qualify..i went over to the very start of high jump (maybe i should call it low jump) and jumped a meter(yes not good for my back i know) then said right im done...lol.. stu was like...my son can jump that...and im like..yes well i wasnt trying,... i just needed to qualify IN CASE we dont have anyone for finals
..at the moment i should be in the 400,800 and maybe shotput??
oh and the person who heckled me last week didnt ..lol..he was a bit snooty...when he saw me he called me a baby or something(LOL-much less precious tonight..but also it wasnt while i was racing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and my reply was bully!poked out my tongue and dashed off...gosh im a mature little pussycat

oh the 400m was 69.86 which i thought was a pb but notice on my blog it says 69.27pb so will have to go check it out
..so yes STU...you were right and i just had to be patient AND the speed would return(hes back in the good books) and im sure hell be pleased that i can stop whinging about how slow i am... fingers crossed for a sub 5:40 1500m next week??

...and yes I REALLY enjoyed racing tonight.. i seemed to be more focussed
..oh and even nicer one of the young girls from willi that i hang out with..i was saying i was one of the oldest women running..theres not a lot of senior women that seem to run..and she was quite earnestly saying noooooooooooo i dont think so...and ive gone well im in my 30s...and she was suitably shocked and is like noooooo i thought you were late 20's... god love her :) so a nice ego boost as she wasnt faking it..lol
..also was talking to clare..who usually runs a 400m and is very close to my times...(not running tonight) and we were talking about squash..and she's gone...yeah you look like a squash player..lol..does that mean i look like i run into walls...hehe.......ummmmm not sure if i should say this out loud.... but im thinking about jumping on the squash court tomorrow..ummmmmm and having a hit with my freind not doing drills....
i) i have physio afterwards ii) its been 9months iii) i miss it iv) i miss being good at something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! v)ill never know if i dont try vi) i have to start the comeback sometime vii) i WANT to play state grade(and im soooo close) viii) IM JUSTIFYING big time..and yes the back is already sore at the moment so i should wait another week ix)did i mention im a NOW girl x)i want to start playing again NOW ok better go..before i count to 100 in roman numerals....lol

..racing tonight..time to go zoom zoom

...hmmmmm dont even speak to me about customer service..it DOES not exist.. i had 2 people say they were going to call me back..and for the second one i actually said..is this the call back where you actually ring back cos hte last guy didnt or the call back where you dont ring back.. yes i was a bit errr assertive would be a nice way of putting it...no call backs grrrrrr..and its their fault and they havent delivered it and want me to wait around for another 9-5 period of time...grrrrr.. i actually said to them no and that they needed to fix it.... anyway i dont want to discuss it...it is way time for me to ostrich on thi one for another day or two la-la-la-la-la-la-la

...so i have racing tonight... i feel like im going to run better tonight..even the fact that im only doing the 1500 and 400 instead of a million events should help

..my back is strapped up.. my physio said yesterday the back was really quite tight :( which is not fabbo
..my achilles is strapped up...physio said that yesterday it was a little better than last week.. i was a little nervous when she said ...i dont want to have to pull you off running... i know she would only do that as a last resort... so i have more physio tomorrow(yes twice a week at the moment) the ICING made a REALLY big difference so im going to keep doing that
..how cute is my aunt..i decided to stop off at the cheesecake shop to buy my aunt some afternoon tea..i bought half a cheesecake/caramel topping she was soooo grateful adn then its like as im leaving...thanks soooooooooo much for the cheesecake..the lady is giving me free physio(i try to pay and she JUST wont let me) and is thanking me for a lousy cheesecake..lol.. shes so generous

..so chose the rest day option yesterday :) and then went out for dinner..but whilst i was waiting for my friend i drove over to willi, had a glass of wine and a crossword and a great relax..it was bliss

..also nice thoughts sent stu's way, who is attending his nan's funeral today.. hug

..lol..im sooo hopeless

...lol..i dont seem to learn from my mistakes..lol
a couple of months ago..when one of my freinds annoyed me..i sent a text mesg to another friend complaining ..and accidentally sent it to her!!
..ummm on sat night.. my gfriend was VERY VERY late to meet me so i sent anothe friend a text messg saying yada yada yad..think im being stood up...in a bar by myself.. and was wondering why he didnt reply...lol.. yep sent it to the gfriend who was very late...lol.. yeppers..we had a bit of a chuckle about it..i looove that my friends are not to precious
..but just then i went to send a message..and i NEARLY sent it to the wrong person...but actually thought..hmmmm wouldnt be good if i sent it to the wrong person...lol..yep their name was in the to box...phew..maybe i am LEARNING
..have spent the morning trying to sort ot this stupid illegal bill that telstr@ have sent me(this is what flatmate and i fought about yesterday..cos she organised it..and i said for 52 dollars im not having my credit rating affected..and i will pay it..and then she HAS to pay me..shes going its not fair that you or i pay it,...and i said..i dont care..you organised it...you pay it..and then you get the money from them...anyway it is all sorted now(about an hour on the phone today)
..not running today... and ys i understand what you are all saying..once racing is done..it wont be sooo tough on the achilles... bit tender today(no puppy dog yelping though...lol.. but have strapped ankle which is a tad niggly
..more worrying is my back...its not fantastic today...it musta been all that bragging i was doing about going for 2 weeks without back pain.. its quite depressing to have no pain ..and then go back to it.. thank god clare stoppped me doing hammer throw last tues... and i kept dreaming about doing long jump last night... NO JO... seriously NO JO!!!!!!!
..amd i was suposed to have my mobile broadband modem delivered today(they have stuffed up the order..surprise surprise..the custoner service guy is like ..they deliver any time from 9-5..and im like..well the other person told me they could make it morning or afternoon...and it hasnt been delivered this morning as was requested...anyway i think they actually lost my order(im sure they will remember to charge me)
anyway off to physio this afternoon..lets see ultrasound/differential on my achilles and maybe also on my back(the back's not terrible..just uncomfortable..have to be a bit more careful for a while again) i will get ML(my beautiful aunt) to strap both.. she will tut tut me cos my strapping doesnt have the underneath thing which stops the irritation...lol...pfft a bit of skin irritation..thats the least of my worries
..wednesday is going to be water running..which means racing tuesday then wed off then will train thursday night so there is 2 full days no running..im sure stu will think thats a good idea
..and going to hang out with my friend tonight..it was quite nice..he actually invited me over without me saying are you free??? hes a good lad sometimes :)

thats about it....really..i think im still allowed to use my flatmates broadband..im sure i paid til end of jan..ooops otherwise im stealing...oh no

..and great work andrew on the tri..that swim leg is tough
..and kathy..more than happy to give you a few squash tips.. up to you tho...i can be a bit bossy apparently...lol.. but i do actually know what im talking about when it comes to squash... im a MUCH better squash player than runnner

...ho hum

... i am missing my sister dreadfully today(and the little rugrats :( sunday was a day when i would almost always see them..and i rang them thursday morning which was lovely.. but well..but...well... :(

so last night i went out and caught up with a friend for a gossip..shes a shocker...lol anyway after walking from teh bridge hotel bridge road, to the richmonmd hotel in swan st..and then later back..i was an absolutely drenched pussycat..my jeans were wet half way up my calves... ummm i mustve been splooshing in puddles...had a few too many drinky poos... i wont tell you the reason she was soooooooooooooo late meeting me..but she was VERY apologetic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i was standing sround in a bar solo for a LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time..... hmmmmm fun...

woke up this morn..feeling a bit dehydrated(and i had drunk a litre of water over the course of the night) so was going to run down at stkilda but got told by STU when i texted him to not run on concrete.. my achilles was REALLY sore when i woke up and i contemplated water runnning but he didnt seem very impressed by that.. so i ran at albert park.. all up 80mins 15kms at a pace of 5:21min/km felt pretty strong..but the achilles and the back were both giving me grief ..and i strapped both...ummmm its pretty hard to strap your own back.. i always know its not great when it hurts for me to lean forward to get a drink from the tap :(
..both achilles sore when i finished ..touched the left and was surprised how sore... and ummmmmmmmm when i touched the right...i kinda yelped like a puppy dog who's tail has been stood on.... just a quick aside..my brother once told me i was playful like a puppydog..thats my favourite description,,just makes me laugh
..ooops get back on track jojo
... so two sore achille and a slightly sore ankle(i hurt this one 2 years ago and occasionally it just needs to be strapped for 2 days) and so i decided too many individual things to ice so i wopuld attempt an icebath
...holy guacamole batman
..how on earth do people do it.. iwas in for 30s and my feet hurt sooooo much i could not stand it...got back in for another 30s and gave up...the feet were horrible...i just couldnt do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and no way ,no how could i get my bare little bot bot anywhere near it(yes i tried) i ended up kneeling... ummmm not gonna rush back for an icebath i can tell you

..and ive already had an argument woth the flatmate so dont feel like being at home(which is y i am in an internet cafe cos i dont have internet access at home til tomorrow..and yes i could handle not blogging for a day..but any excuse to get away from crazy flatmate) and i called 'my friend' to see if he wanted to hang out...nup...well i did get the 'you can come over if you want(it might have been really want) but it was obviously a reluctant and not keen invite....so i didnt like to put him out by actually going... a

..the silly thing is..yesterday the flatmate and i were getting along really well.. aaaah the joys of being home

..im a grumpypants today.. and really quite tired(not tird this time jh...and if you're gonna pick on my typos...you really are going to waste a LOT of time..lol)
..man these internet geeks on this cafe swear a LOT..every second word is the FBomb(they are playing games) my poor delicate ears are feeling violated
..ok i spose i should go home now

..bye bye croydon... and a tough session

..so i leave croydon tonight :( and re-immerse myself in learning to survive a crazy housemate mode of living...lol
am packing my car as we speak(yes i never do it all at once...5mins pack...wee break(small break not loo stop) then back at it.also need to vac and shove the sheets in the washing machine and do a general clean
... so this morning session..after an extremely early night...egad i was tired ..it was ridiculus...maybe it was my 15-20mins hgyterical laughing that tird me out...lol.. i get a little delirious sometimes...oopsies
was supposed to be 2km warm up followed by 20mins@4:35-4:40 pace followed by 1km slow
..last week my 3x1km intervals were at 4:35 pace(and i struggled on the last one) so i knew it would be tough..
1st km...a bit fast 4:27,4:38, 4:41,4:40 4:33(only340m this bit) oh and at the turnaround point i stoppped for about10s and got my breath and then ran back for 5mins and then turned again(ummm yep a wuick 5 s stop) and i did cheat a little(yes i fessed up to stu) as i deliberately chose to run more downhill(even thouhg only very slight decline) for more than the incline) so average pace was 4:36 which i was pretty happy with considering a week and half ago 3km race pace was 4:30... i think this is a tempo session?? anyway supposed to do 1km cooldown..i was buggered..so ran for 400m walked anderson st, then jogged until i got to 1.2km so 7.5 kms altogether... i made it...but i certainly wouldnt call it easier...

i rang em afterwards just to tell her i SAW ..go on guess..... yeppers.. craig mottram at the TAN and also to say how tough the session was and maybe stu thought i was fitter than i am...lol.. im such a whiny little cow... unfortunately no Ems for my long run tomoz...so will have to suck it up and go solo...bugger thats gonna make it harder to NOT go out drinking now tonight...where is the motivation now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
..anyway no internet for me til monday night..cos i told my flatmate i dont want to do the internet thing with her..and ive organised one of those moblie modems which is delivered monday..
..so the plan is a 75-90min run tomorrow at easy pace then choice of whether or not i run on monday...gee that does make me laugh..i wonder which one i will chooose....hmmmm... hey and none of you guessed my cars name!!! anyway it is ..wait for it... the cookie monster...lol...how cute is that!!!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhh i really do entertain myself

lol...not funny Andrew

..lol... Andrew i just read your comment on stu's blog...dont you DARE go round giving him ideas LIKE THAT!!!!!!!lol
thursday morning i was over the other side of town so asked stu to take me to through my training... ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm what on earth was i thinking????????????? jojo some pre-thought please missy
...yes well...the planned session was
4x200@45s 2x400@90 1x600@2:20 1x400@90 4x200@45
..from the get go..this looked like a tough session to me(apparently stu dropped off a 400 bc he was being NICE ...shock)

actual..1.5km slow including drills(which i dont think ive ever done cos im slack but bossypants made me :)
200's 40s,44s,43s,43s ..much better than last week for same perceived effort
400's 92s, 92s ..just cant hit the 90s at the moment
600 2:22 close enough\(felt like stopping at 400)
400 94s was struggling
200's 43s, 42s, 43 and then stu said to build up and go hard last 50 so 39s

enjoyed the 200's.. found the speed a LOT better/easier today..CANNOT hit the 400@90 for the life of me at the mo... the wind to this little easternite was noticeable,... and i was glad i had a slavedriver with me...cos i wouldnt have worked anywhere NEAR that hard by myself

..off to lorne..well moggs creek..how cute is that name..reminds me of the meg and mog books..too too cute.. anyway had a great time.. went swimming in the cold water(it was FREEZING yesterday..big waves!!!! then out to dinner and drinks(well we'd already had afternoon drinks...lol) and pool where i shoewed off my lousy pool technique.... then home to watch the bourne ultimatum...which i fell asleep during...too many wines i think...lol.. a fitful nights sleep where i kept having car crash dreams and some really evil lady who i kept trying to punch in the nose
...then out for lunch after a spot of shopping..oh yeah also went to Qdos gallery where i think the cheapest thign was a few thousand dollars..and then off to erskine falls but someone was very slow walking so i ran off and took a photo for them and then we left as we were a tiny bit rushed...ummm i think we ate just about the whole time...feel very fat at the mo...doesnt help that somebody told me id run better if i lost 5kg....hmmmmmmmmmph... i think my friend thinks im a bit of a nut-job.. i was telling my woeful jokes and i was laughing hysterically.... i cant help myself...they are just soooo damn funny.. and then i was way tired...cos laughing like a lunatic |REALLY takes it out of you...hehe

rest day from running.yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

oh and jh...i honestly dont know how i consistently manage to be this ditzy day in day out! its the only thing i seem to be able to be consistent in :)

...it is VERRRRRRY hard to be this ditzy ALL the freaking time

..ok so im in a bit of a rush..this has to be a quick post cos im on hte way to a freinds house cos we are going to lorne for next couple of days..altho i have to do my speed session first tomorrow morning..lol
..i just had to get a CAB back from the shopping centre AND BACK to the shopping centre cos i locked my keys in the bott...good lord..im a ditz!!!!!!!!!!!!
and the number for holden roadside assist..is ummmm in my damn glovebox...oh and yeah i rang 1223...its not freaking listed...deep breath jojo

..oh yeah...raciing last night...um i am one slow chicky babe...was extremely unhappy last night and this morning
..i did the 100m which i shouldnt have(see stu's comment yesterday) cos my achilles is not up to it..and it wasnt ..had to ease up in the last few meters when i was hitting top speed 15.87s and it really hurt..i was limping for a bit afterwards
800m 2:48 1500m 5:54 400m relay...god knows but the achilles was really hurting in that one...no speed .. but i did find it a little annoying getting heckled by my team-mates WHILE i was racing... im happy to be heckled..but when i am actually racing..i really would rather i was being supported(especially when it was hurting like yesterday).. and usually its just one guy who heckles me and thats ok cos we kinda do that and its funny..but because he was standing with many of my team-mates there was a chorus of heckling while i ran the 400m leg... i actually sent him a text this morning about it saying i dont mind him heckling me but since it caused many too i didnt overly like it..and basically got told tough luck and that i was being super senitive(which i may well be) but you know what..i ONLY ever cheer my team on when they run...i leave the heckling for no racing time.. im not pissed off or anything..it was just well... in fact one of the guys texted me last night as i was driving home(no one even knew it bothered me at this stage) and said dont take it to heart..boys will be boys..hes a very lovely guy:) and i think worried i was upset
..i also realised 2:48 not sooooo bad for the 800 since a) i had just finished a 100m and b)my pb last season was 2:48 (not my all time pb but pb for the last 20 years)
..anyway a light recovery jog today..didnt wana go...talking to stu on msn who told me to get off my butt and go..i was kinda upset with last nights racing and i had been crying(god not about running) but about my sister and stuff and really just cos im hormonal... felt heaps better after run(achilles wasnt great tho) 6kms@5:22 pace

..and then stopped being teary la-la and went shopping for the beach.,.. bought 3 thongs, 2 shorts, a bikini top(i already have some bottoms which will match b4 you pipe up)2 fitted T's and a short skirt
..and i tell ya THEY dont call it retail therapy for nothing...miss jojo felt HEAPS beter after shopping
..am really looking forward to playing at the beach :)
anyway i gotta go finish packing..and i always pack enough for at least a week even though im only away for short stint...lol.. home friday
,,,as long as i have money tho..i can always buy anything i forget..any ideas how much they would charge for a NON DITZY brain who doesnt do stupid things every second day
..ooops i think i forgot to breathe while i typed that..hehe have fun fun fun

.... ooooooooh..is racing going to be good...bad..or ugly!!

... sooooo i have racing later today.... ummmmmmm you may recall- last weeks racing was abysmal
...ive also been told my expectations for myself are too high(what..my only expectation is that im not the crappest runnner of ALL time(which is kinda what i was last week) and that i dont run 11s slower than my coach wanted me too!!!!!!!!!!! thats bad.. it doesnt matter what time you run as long as its within your expectation range.. i was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay below expectation
...and it doesnt help today that i got my little friend tommy.. although it does explain why chocolate looked tempteing yesterday..and also whay i have been a bit faint lately
..and just confirm my status as a whinger...my achilles is SH!TBOX.. went to physio yesterday..its very strapped up...shes worried its going to become a chronic injury..and i have to go back to the physio tomorrow

...anyway lets get onto the more positive..my car is gorgeous.. my sales guy chris rang me up and asked me how it was all going and i said yep all cool..ive even given him 2 names-the car that is...(his official one and then his 'play' name.. he laughed and told me he was going to be chuckling about the name all day.. have i mentioned it previously?????? if not...go on have a guess... what do you reckon i may have called him????????hmmmm its the best name EVER... and yes my friend did roll his eyes at me...lol
..im going to head up to lorne for thurs friday which should be lovely..some boogey boarding..pubbing etc.. it will be great..cant wait
..ohhhh and did i mention..i think for the first time in 7 weeks...i have had over a week without back pain..how awesome is that..i was telling my aunt(physio) i thought i may have turned a corner..and she has tentatively agreed

so tonight for racing im a bit of a 'mummy' strapped back,strapped achilles that goes half way up my leg...im an attractive little princess, i am!!!

ps she really is the best aunt in the world...she gives me physio all the time and its her place in lorne(just out of) that im staying at

..hmmmmm that was a bit of a death run

..okerly dokerly.. so i always knew it was not gonna be a great 'sunday morning run' because
i) miss jo had been at a wedding all night drinking
ii) i had worn ridiculously high shoes the night before making front of leggies a bit tender
iii) ummm didnt start til 3:30pm(lol)
iv) i was just doing laps around princess park
v) i couldnt even bear the thought of listening to music while i ran
..so i rang stu on the way there asking if i REALLY had to do 80 mins(i didnt expect any reprieve at all) and then he said i could just do 60mins and hes like but because youve run sooo late now you cant run tomorrow(so i felt bit bad)
..so the only way i could possibly manage (without hurling) was to do a lap at a time and then stop for a breather.. now i dont need sympathy cos it was ALL self imposed... but OMG it was certainly a mind over the body exercise.. the body grumbled groaned and nearly threw up
so all up 70 disjointed and unhappy minutes.... it was a toughie and the reason i did 70 mins not 60 was because there was no run monday...
achillles horrible initially and then got a bit better until the last 5mins

then out for dinner..yep still havent got back on the cleanse and then to the movies.. American gangster.. which is much better than the last film i watched..through my fingers...lol

..off to physio shortly for this super annoying achilles

..wow how much fun!

..im not joking when i say i REAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLy enjoyed having a rest day :) on friday
..anyway went out for drinks friday noght with a gfriend..we were having a great chat together and then this guy who was abit rude started talking to us so we chatted for a bit..and he went off and then later came back...and im not quite sure why but he called us stuck up...my gf was soo funny..her response was...well if stuck up means speaking well and having a good job then yes we are stuck up..i was telling her not to even bother eplying,...he was a drip!!!!!!!!!!!
...anyway my cleanse has been the complete opposite of a cleanse for the last 2 days..it has been a 'how much rubbish can jojo put into her body' last coupla days...lol.. yep we had a slice of pizza at midnight..and not anything resembling healthy pizza..im sure there was 500g of delicious cheese...yummmy!!! and then took a MILLION dollar cab ride....lol
..in the morning my flatmate had said she needed her car at 10:30 am(she had told me that the night b4)(and i was parked behind her) ... when i got home(5mins late only..phew) shes like...oh actually im not going to drive anyway...ummmmmmmmmm it was a little annoying..cos i wouldnt have rushed around soooo much etc etc..anyway a lovely brekky in glenferrie road..and then it was time to go for a run...
.did anyway notice it was kinda hot in the afternoon??? not the 'sweltering im a puddle hot of the 35+ days' where you wouldnt consider running afternoon...but the 'goodness oops i shoulda run a wee bit earlier' type...
set was supposed to be 2km w/up 4 x 1km@4:35 1km cool down .. but stu had told me it was still hot so if i wanted i could just do a few(he had also told me i was going to not like him very much during this session) smart boy..he was right ;)

..anyway first 250 of each rep i did waaaaaaaay too hard(aiming for 68-9 hit about 64) the first one was an ever so slight incline(from the 3.5km marker to the 2.5km) anway hit in 4:35 ..but with only 1 min recov..wasnt feeling great...next one slightly downhill 4:30 but again fatiguing at the end...decide im running out of time as i have a wedding and im tired and really i just suck..so 3 reps will do...
omg i was sooooooooooooooooo spent at the end of it..i could not have done another rep if you had offered me MONEY 4:41 i could barely muster enough energy to do the 1km cool down..i had to walk twice during the cooldown...lol
..anyway then off to a friends wedding where i knew bucketloads of people..was going to drive but convinced to stay with my 3 friends who had a cabin...so kicked up my heels..danced heaps...drank heaps and had a FANTASTIC time...you know its going to be great wedding when 3/4 of people are all up dancing before dinner...it was AWESOME..
..ill post one little piccy later today.. someone needs to go do a longish run...even tho they waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay dont feel like it

..as requested..a photo of my new love ;)

..yep.. hes definitely trying to kill me

..on paper.. the set didnt look too hard.. stu even said to me its not fast(which is true prior to chrissy my 200m reps were 38-40...um that was when i had some speed!!!! i now officially have none
ok so set was 4x200 @ 44s which is 3:40 pace(i really should be able to cruise that for 200) then 4x400m @88s and 4x200@44s this is def the most amount of reps i have done.. when i queried stu he just said it was slow..he obviously thinks im ahead of where i am or doesnt realise quite how crap i am
..i went down to croydon track(omg it was hot already at 8:45am..left achilles great..right really not so good so the 200's
44,46,45,45 i wont say i was going flat chat...but i was working!!!! could only manage walk recovery between..was trying to walk back and then finish walk in the shade where i could also have a drink and pour water all over me..it did look at the end like i was entered in a wet tshirt competition..lol
400;s WAAAAAY off the mark 93,92,93,93 and i was working very hard in these
..last lot of 200's 43,44,43,44 this set was MUUUUUCH better and even though i was tired..the legs felt like they were starting to remember to move a little faster... the right achilles was noticeable at the end but def better than it was for the first 3 200's
all up with warm up/cool down 7.5 very hot kms didnt ACE the session but another tick in the book i guess :( it feels like im even slower than when i went back to speed work just as i was coming back from injury...maybe i should go check
..anyway massgae for me in an hour or so..but first i have to swing by my DEALER...lol..(car dealer) because the dash light isnt working..these things happen but i cant see my dash at night..and i did scroll the scolly thing before anyone suggests that!
im thinking about cancelling plans to meet up with a gf..it really is just way too hot
: lol after reading this ...i really am a bit of a PRIMA DONNA... no wonder jeremy told stu he was glad he had me4 training as i was too high maintenance...lol... hes only joshing...i assume

...i am in love!!!!!!!!!

...yes you read the title correctly..i am officially in LOVE... it is blue and little and at the moment answers to the name viva(have to give him a newie when i think of one) yes i picked up my car today...and it is just sooo cute and AWESOME.. i wasnt sold on the colour from the booklet...but the colour is EXACTLY what i wanted..not the same as the booklet.... i LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE it... i was sooooooo excited when i picked it up..chris(sales guy) was like..i love it when people are excited.. i drove around the corner...pulled over..took a snap on my phone and sent a piccy to a few people...im such a loser... then i rang a freind and i was telling him how excited i was about the car(which if you cant tell...I AM VERY EXCITED)

anyway im going to drive it a fair way to show a friend the car and then go see a movie..but have to do a 5km run today to turn the leggies over..i get the feeling they are going to be a bit tuckered out after yesterday's efforts... i got home and couldnt sleep till one am and then woke at 9!!!!!!!!!!!!!! soooo late..slept like an absolute BABY... then return hire car in between getting a bank cheque etc etc..and then having to PT it to ringwood..fortunately someone left me a paper to read

..and then ..well i picked up my brand new funky car(ummm that i loooove)
..oh and stu..its nice and little..so fortunately...this car knows how to drive BETWEEN the lines...unlike that naughty corolla which kept going into the wrong lane

..happy little camper today...might even pop down to mogs creek in a few days and loll around at the beach..well boogey board or go out to lunch or meander aimlessly around..wondering where my computer is ...lol

..ohhhhhh i was supposed to be racing

...i think the whole point of racing is to go FAST!..ummm if youve ever played scrabble,..throw all the letters back in for a new set.. lets see a w, an L an O and a s... hmmm what does that spell SLOW.. that was me tonight..but i dont just do things by half,,,, no no no...that would be very unjolike... i was SUPER slow.. my worst 800..a mediocre3km and a woeful 400..slower than my cruisey 400 i did first run back from injury
..the whole meet was RUBBISH for me
2ish km warm up...achilles pretty bad
the 800 m supposed to aim for 78,82 type thing for a 2:40 um 82/89 2:51..PITIFUL yep you read right..and i thought the 2nd lap was the same pace... it was ABYSMAL.. i think i should hang up my racers..
..but no..i went back for MORE.. yes one humilation is not enough
..stu had wanted me to do 100 sec laps fpr the 3km to end up with 12:30... after the 8 i did say i thought i may need to go slower... i did closer to 110s 400metres..basically runnning 4:30min/km pace with a 13:31 time... ummm it was pretty consistent and i overtook a lot of people... oh and it was really weird being int he same race as stu... i thought he might lap me... he missed me by 10 metres.. i wrote a VERY funny comment on his blog.... in by best maxwell smart voice...missed me by THAT much ... lol.. i really do crack myself up
and with barely any recovery between they ran a special race for the 3km=ers to do the 400 m ummm i dont even want to post my time... it is 8seconds slower than the last 400m i did... yep 8 seconds..that is just crazy 78s
800m cooldown which was actually quite fun! so 7kms including racing isnt too bad

..ooh and it was a bit weird... i got asked to go to the beach tomorrow by some dude tonight(yes i do know him but there has never been ANY indication he woudl invite me somewhere..maybe he was just being freindly) im getting better at squirming out of these things now though!!!..oh yeah and english dude asked me to meet him the other night..no way no how... i told him i was busy.. maybe i could just lie and tell him i have a boyfriend...lol... but i am one big fat bad liar

..oh i bought a computer today..my friend came with me(and apart from calling me a fat pig was well behaved..lol..im kidding..he said i would squeal like a pig if my hair got caught in this thing so i told him he called me a pig...was joking of course..and then he said i should just eat healthy or somethiing so i told him he called me fat(again joking) so after that i kept telling him he had called me a fat pig..lol...i really am quite painful!!!!!..and so he played video games while i made the guy give me cheaper stuff.. this was the second shop(same shop different suburb) because i didnt like the first salesman.. i actually had a good time... and yes andrew..the credit card...most definitely needs to go away... oops have to go spend 19000 tomorrow...after that..i promise

..oh and this diet is doing weird things to my belly... sorry to share...but im sure 6 times is way too many times in a day!!!!!!!!!!!!

...mmmm yummy food today

...omg how much do i love a rest day... is that right???should i be loving rest days this much???????
..today i went and saw my gorgeous aunt after i did ummmmmmmmm a BUCKETLOAD of spending
...i bought a dress for saturday's wedding..very nice grey dress.she was trying to get me to buy this other dress which was cleavage city,...mmm very sexy(little asian lady) this was before she started prodding me in the belly..you want corste..hide those bulges yes... and then proceeded to show me the one she was wearing...no im fine was my gruff reply... put on the other dress , prods me in belly again...hmmmmm you sure... fien get me the damn thing..then shes int he change room with me extolling its virtues and undoing my bra and suctioning me into the thing..have to say..it was actually pretty good(and yes i did buy it)..but i didnt like her technique..prodd prod poke poke
also bought a very funky top(and the grey dress) hmmm a few hundred dollars gone... and i was feeling broke,,,b4 i left...ooooops
..then off to my aunts for some serious work on my achilles.... differential..cups with a current between it.. then ultra sound and been given... flexsal which apparently is very good for achilles or plantar fasciitis
..then home and then cooked myself a fabulous stir fry... delish

..oh and im sticking with the food but going back to my original plan of no alcohol in feb..jan was always going to be a shit time to do it.. i just got excited cos Em was doing it..im on holidays..thats just crazy man!!!!!!!
..and im quite happy with that decision too! so it means 8 weeks of healthy eating...wooohooo im quite enjoying the food... im not going crazy..there has to be some leeway..i had noodles with vegies for lunch at spice of life...but asked for no sauce.. so that was pretty good
..watching tv so gonna duck off.. ciao
..oh and michelle..i do have quiet times..ps i think you should come over for a bbq and some champers!!

..all quiet on the western front

..its all quiet on jo-land at the mo ,.. no late night drinking..no shenanigans..no eating fun stuff..no drinking.....even my friend is not around...........booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooring

..whats a gal to do... except..go running :)
my session supposed to be 6-8km very easy(as racing tuesday and am very fatigued)
..decided to do the bare minimum(which is actually rare for me) so did
6kms@5:15 pace which didnt feel anywhere near as easy as it should
..i rang stu afterwards just to say that i had no speed in my legs and was worried about racing tuesday... he was nonplussed... i told you that would happen... sigh...hes such a know it all..well so tuesday appears like it wont be fast :( but then it was necessary to build my base to see better results in a coupla meets!!
i think ill do the 800 and also the 3km to make sure ive qualified for finals..and if they dont run it concurrently(wich REALLY annoys me when they do) i will give the 400m a crack.. would be pretty tired after that..
km splits
5:25,5:13,5:16,5:15,5:14,5:04 nad i was pretty hot and sweaty at the end of it too! and i stretched..really truly..i even held my stretches for a FULL count of 20 - i get told off cos usually ive done 3 stretches by the time someone else has only done one
...ummmm achilles was..how to put it nicely...SHITE.. stopped and stretched after 500m as i was limping badly... got a tad better but still not great..i might see my aunt 4 some ultra sound on it prior to racing tuesday..guess i have to continue on with anti inflamms..i had high hopes this morning as it didnt hurt in bed when i woke up
..off to willi for a picnic with some friends..im contemplating a 2 beer break..not breaking with food..im being good food wise
..this is what im taking
dip: tofu mashed with salmon,lemon juice,garlic,spring onion,black pepper and loads of chilli(coriander might be alright too but i dont have any)
croutons:cut up into squares some heavy rye bread...oil spray on top..sprinkle some paprika bake in hot oven til top is crunchy,.turn over for only a bit in oven..then you have a dipper that is liver freindly :)
egg sandwiches: made with appropriate mayonaise..i use norganics even tho it may have a tiny bit of sugar... sometmies you cant get exactly what you want
..and i will take mineral water to TRY not to have beers

..but at least if i break...it wont be a bad break
...ummm i know im whinging but...i hate detox-ing... it sucks all the fun out of life
...lol... im such a baby..another week in and i will actually be enjoying it... i am LOVING the dry roasted pistachios that i have been inhaling last few days
..time for me to go make some sangers!!!!!! ciao ciao xoxo

...ummmm i think my coach may be trying to kill me

..he's aware that im struggling with every run this week(as hes run a few with me).. and im still doing bucketloads of kms...and struggling BIG TIME..(lol he'll hate this..but he did say when i showed him my 2007 kms that with the kms i will be doing next year..i will either be a machine or..broken!lol..its ok..hes not gonna let me get broken..he is trying to toughen me up a bit i think..i am a bit of a sooky la la(and have never done many kms before..so if i stick at it..i should actually see a significant improvement...the proof will be in the pudding at SANDOWN)
..todays run was HIDEOUS.. no other way to describe it... i tried to get up at 5.45 but just couldnt so got up about 6:30..had almond butter and banana(yep im a little 'Em wanna be' got down to mullum mullum where i started running..my achilles had no give at all for quite some time and my legs were quite simply made of lead!!!!im sure thats just cumulative fatigue..i hope cos otherwise im just craphouse!
i literally stopped for a water break EVERY 2 kms...it was woeful..it was hot but im sure i shouldnt need to stop that much.. i wanted to pull the pin after 2kms as i WAS not enjoying it...but i knew what STU would say..so i kept pluggin away..but there was not ONE minute of niec running..actually i lie..there was one downhill in the shade section that yes for 2 mins i enjoyed.. it was an out 3.75km run so i went out and in twice and then ran a bit more to make it to 90 mins... knee just starting to feel at about 80 mins... i dont know how i forced myself to keep running after the hour..i felt like i wanted to cry.. oh well i guess its one of those mental builders..or some CRAP..cos i cant believe it did my fitness any good with so many stops....and as i always get told when its a bad'un ...its a tick in the book.. so there you go there is a great big fat stinking tick in the book... ummm i think i may still be cranky ..lol

..and i had a powerade after it..even though its not on the liver cleanse..i did actually feel that it was necessary to replenish
..oh and last night after saying i couldnt find anything to buy..on the way to buying fish for dinner..i manage to stop off, have a hair cut, buy 3 singlets. 2 work shirts and a whole heaps of girls stuff so i could have a face mask, foot thingy and overall pamper session
..and boyo boy did i struggle with not having a wine last night...geez i must be an alco..but thanks for the comments guys..it did help a teensy bit with the motivation.. as planned i will have one day per week where i have a respite..but i do need to last 7 before i can do that..saturdays will be my day i think.. not today(fingers crossed).. ive been told to eat carbs(within my plan and get lots of sleep) thanks for that bossy pants(i may well delete that before he gets back and reads it)..lol
oh yeah 90mins 15.8km..here are the min/km for each km (15.8 in total)
5:57,5:38, 5:41, 5:33, 5:31, 5:32,5:36, 5:44, 5:54, 5:59, 5:58, 5:34, 5:32, 5:34, 5:57 and in case you wanna look at the pretty picture

..i have the willpower of a gnat

..and take my word for it...a gnat dont have much willpower

..im on holidays till close to end of jan.. i WANT to go out drinking with my friends...its part time.... i am rethinking the whole timing thing....

i have just gone on the liver cleanse... what planet was i on when i decided to do this in january.. i am contemplating doing this in february instead//wpuld continue the food for jan and feb(again with one rest day per week in jan :) but when i say im going to do something I HATE to NOT do it.. it makes me mad at myself and it makes me feel like a BIG FAT LOSER... grrrrr...

..anyway ill think over night on it... but lets just say it was lucky there was no coke zero in the fridge(and also that i had no cash on me) i was almost on a rampage...lol... oh yeah i weighed myself the other day 63.4..which means i had snuck on 0.9kg over chrissy..but it is a VERY noticeable kilo... it needs to be exorcised(lol yes meant to be spelled like that)

i walked part of the run so i could work out how far i ran yesterday which was about 9.5kms and boy ran 11.5.... then i went shopping in smith st with the plan to spend up BIG on work clothes..couldnt find anything..all i managed to buy was a GREAT pair of heels..see piccy below..bet you cant guess how much i paid and some girly stuff so i can pamper my feet/face etc tonight...

..it was weird tho..while i was walking along smith st today... i felt soooooooo faint it was just ridiculous.. and even more disturbing when i tried on some new balance..which i then tried to jog10m in..both achilles were horrendous.... im still feeling completely EXHAUSTED.. its ridiculous... went to bed early 11:30 and didnt get up til 9....

...oh and jh... them's definitely fighting words... you're just VERY lucky you can back it up with some FAST running..you seriously deserve a CLIP over the ears... if you didnt read his comment..he told me how slow i was ... plththththth ....lol

..sleepy little jojo

.. gosh i am super sonically tired.. it is weird..
im not a huge sleeper.. yet i fell asleep on the floor last night for 5 min while watching tv(wasnt drinking)..dinner was good though..roast chicken,vegies(baked -no oil) and a big salad..sparkling apple cider..mmmmm...(i am SOOOOOOOO missing my coke zero...... thats what im struggling with..evrything else is fine)
thnen quite struggled to get up this morning...went for a 9.5km-10km(will measure tomorrow) run.. fortunately my freind very nicely offered to run with...why do boys cruise so easily at my pace.. i felt UNFIT today.. i struggled from WOE TO GO.. and stu had told me i had to do some faster 150-ish m strides after about 8km(yeah like i felt like that).. i didnt think i was going to be able to crank out 10kms today... i wanted to give up..but instead i just said to my friend that i was in strugglesville... he decided to run a couple of kms after i finished..i said i would stretchj in the meantime..but really i just lolled around on the ground.... how tired were my legs
..in the debrief with my coach about my run.. he seemd to think that maybe blood donation tuckered me out or the few days running in a row or increase in kms (11,16,rest,7.6,10,10 last 6 days ) but personally i think its the detox(of caffeine) i always feel a bit crap first few days

..then i went out for brunch..although i had to have a foccacia(white) but everything i had on it was good...and then there was a huge amount of chips ont he side..so i asked the girl for another plate to put chips onto..which i did and then pushed over to my friend...what a good girl i am...even though they were serenading me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

then off for 2hour massage..yes 2 hours of pain..neede to get the upper back done after my car crash..lets just say i stopped talking(i know i know) so i could sort of meditate..it was painful..
also corrie seemed to think there was a large gap between 2 of my neck vertebrae and also a big lump which she thought might have been a rotation thing..it all feels beter after the ,assage
..um i thought my right achilles was the worse one today...but once she started workingon it..it became abundantly clear that the left is way worse..yowsers... lower back as expected was TIGHT TIGHT TIGHT..as would be expected since it was sooooo sore the other day..lucky i had stu strap my back the other day
..then home for 2hour nap.. as i sai sooooooo tired.. but then i kept dreaming about car crashing...
quiet night at home tonight... tuckered out little pussycat

..super quick post

..super quick post
i offered to cook my 'friend' roast chicken vegies and salad(i didnt actually think he would come) but since he is..i prolly should do a quick tidy up and actually have started cooking before he gets here
..run yesterday afternoon.. 2 laps of the Tan
plan: one lap 20 minutes-ish then run by feel with 2nd lap approx 30s faster without looking at watch
..actual first lap 20:16(after a quick loo break with some uhhh err diarrhea) and then back on track..lol
2nd lap 18:54.. yeah ive said it before and ill say it again... i well and truly suck at pacing...lol

..and since i stayed over the other side of the city..i decided id let my coach tell me once again how poor my form was while i ran.. i was very good and didnt whinge.(ok i did say about one hill..i dont wanna run it).until we passed the 10km i was supposed to do..then there was a bit of are we there yet..how about now...now?...lol..i thought i was funny..other people did not seem to!
..the course itself was kinda undulating and the footholds were kinda rocky..my back is EXTREMELY sore..and my poor little achilles was giving me a bit of what for..during the run..
so whilst it may sound slow..it felt quite quick
10.4 kms in 56:40 @ 5:28min/kms... i took my water bottle this time..and had a drink every 2 kms..which apparently i need to try and break this habit....
hmmmmmmm maybe if i hadnt drunk a bottle or more of wine last night..since it was my last allowed drink for a month
i have started the Dr Sandra Cabot liver cleanse.. altho i will allow a couple of small breaks here and there.. if you break one day in a week and maintain for a month..then thats better than doing 10days hard core and then not being able to do it at all..
..oops is that me rambling..im sure i have to go and hide my dirty washing somewhere..lol...

oh yeah gave blood today too... 9mins for the blood letting..she said it was quick..and then i felt chuffed..cos obviously im a nuff nuff...lol 10kms again tomoz... and then a DOUBLE massage...oooh 2hours of pain... but i do have to get the upper back done after my car accident... jo..GET OFF THE COMPUTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! gosh i can talk...me

..frivolity

.. had a great new years last night.. went to jells park with michelle and her two ducklings, mark, sam, sara, Em and jason
..i was pretty drenched after the rugrats stage a war of the melting ice water..but given it was 40 degrees i didnt mind..although chasing them in thongs may account for my very sore achilles today
..i did of course ask the guy ive been ummm errr..you know but of course he said no,,lol... im going over there tonight..havent checked my phone to see if i rang hijm or not last night...lol i coulda been too busy dancing on table tops..lol..tables not too steady we were up on them but not too much dancing.. so a few of us (michelle em and i are doing the liver cleanse from jan2 to end of jan..my liver definitely needs ity...and i think ive put on a copuple of kgs...i am WAY scared to get on the scales
..anyway my very mean coach rang me at 8 this morning and is like..its gonna be 37 degrees..you probably wanna run this morning.. i think my response was something along the lines of..no way no how am i running this morning(i was walking at the time to pick up car and had texted to say i wasnt too hungover) but i can tell you ..not 2 hungover does not equate to belly being able to RUN.. anyway so that means im going to have to run later.. personally i think today should have been a rest day...lol.. nothing wrong with 2 rests in a row is there????

resolutions..nope
but the plan... eat more healthy..do all my back exercises i am supposed to..hopefully start squash in april.. drink less... be a little less bridget jones-ish ...lol
..oh yeah on the way to jells yesterday i could smell petrol(i think thats cos i spilt on myself) and then i had to pull over cos i noticed, not only had i forgotten to close the petrol thingy...ummmm i hadnt even bothered to put the cap back on...oops it was just dangling all happy and free.. derrr jojo

..anyway may post later after my run... could be nasty..not running til it cools somewhat.. maybe ill go to the TAN..theres lotsa water there