...ooooh i loooooove fridays

...i definitely loove fridays... even though i was super tired today..after going to bed after midnght..i can tell you when that alarm went off at 5.45 am i wasnt happy.. i think i was heard to exclaim...omg youre kidding me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! surely it jhad only been an hour that id been sleeping!!!!!
..so this friday is well and truly a rest day.... a rest day from running... a rest day from going out....a rest day from evrything..... have a 30th party to go to tomorrow which wil be heaps of fun...must remember to not drink too much before my long run on sunday..hopefully more enjoyable than last weeks :(
well that wouldnt be hard....
..tomorrows session is 10mins easy 20mins@4:30min/km pace which i find really tough(havent managed it yet :( and it caused a slight aqrgument with stu and i last week... at least since hes away this weekend..i wont get the phone call saying ..have you run yet...you do know its supposed to be a morning run....lol.... bossypants
..anyway too tired to be scintillating(lol like i am anytime!!!) or witty or even mildy amusing...

oh yeah..in the last two weeks ive racked up 1000 on my credit card..how did that happen???? and hwen did getting paid more mean saving less huh?????
this weekend im buying a heart rate monitor.and a melways after i cracked tha sads yesterday at my half broken one that i threw disgustedly in the bin(well actually i threw two away..i also had a 1990 one which didnt have citylink thingy

...oh mobile internet

..im not at my house at the moment yet i am using my very own internet 50kms away from my house.... HOW SUPER COOL IS THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i bought one of those 3 mobile internet thingys 2GB for 24.95 a month...am loving it..dont need a phone line or anything(although i still have one)
..anyway little miss jojo is feeling much more 'half full gal today' woohoo..that could ummm err still be from my sugar rush...lol...at scholl today i bought a slice of banana cake (very rare for me) anyway ate half at lunch and then after scholl finished off the bit with icing,.... and i go a bit silly and giggly...i seriously think i was on a sigar high(i really eat VERY little sugar..im a savoury gal..me!!! sweet enough

oooh b4 i forget(im a bit of a gold fish today...oopsies.. i was at training today and someone possessed me and i was a super bith!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oopsies again.. not sure if you recal but a few weeks ago i told a guy off for heckling me during a race..anyway once he was heckling me b4 my 1500(which was fine-it was kinda funny) about my achilles strapping... anyway today he came to training and had an ummmm sore achilles... well evil jo took over and said...hmmmmm shane is that a bit of k..k...k.... kharma(initially i thought it was pretty funny) ...then i realise dhow completely HORRIBLE it was to say that and i felt bad..an injury is not a joke... anyway i then turned around and said very sincrely...actually i am very sorry you have an injury..and of cours ehe said something not so nice back(joking...i think???)...sorry shane :( bad jojo :(

so after boring you all senseless(or leaving you wanting me to get on with the running instalment in the life of little miss average runner(thats average for AV of course...so im not denigrating anyone else who runs slower than me..... i am at the tail end of the track!!!!!!) i know in the general scheme im not too bad...whats that eh??is someone clipping me over the ear and telling me to get on with it..i am in gasbaging modd arent i...lol well thats because my freind who s being very busy at the moment(and he really is) isnt really talking to me...lol..hes not angry or anything ..just packing i think..i dont know i was telling him a story before and he did TRY to feign interest but he wasnt very convincing..kudos for trying tho...lol...oops there i go again
..ok jojo proposed set 8x250 @ 50 s... you may recall last time couldnt hit this at the tan..all 52/53 witha 58 first one..ooopsy doopsy
well today i rocked...even if i do say so myself... i deserve a big pat on the head... lol it hasnt been often lately i have hit the set..so let me gloat a wee bit :) hehe i am in a very very silly mood
did about 5.5kms today splits for 250's were 53,50,50,50,49,50,50,48 parfait- perfect en francais ..back is a bit sh1te..bc i didnt tape it :( and i could do the oblique plank on one side cos it hurts too much so i did a modified version
...and instead of getting junk on the way over here i stopped and bought salmon and vegies(2nd day in a row i craved them..what is with that!!!!! eh i told you someone was possessing me at the moment...
okerly dokerly..im going to go and talk to real people now instead of my computer..although i may get the same response im getting from my computer

..ok... so im a an impatient git..

..im trying to count my blessings... i really am
..i dont want to be someone who complains...
..i want to be a half full girl
..this is what half full girl is thinking:
..im lucky to be back running
..im running loads faster than this time last year
..great job
..really like the boy i spend time with
..when my back gets REALLY sore- it recovers quicker

unfortunately..for every YING there is a YANG and half empty girl counters with
..running hurts me -sometimes significantly
..im not able to play squash
..great job-mostly
..not running as fast as when i was 10
..lets not go there about the boy..people know whats on my mind and what stresses me
..my back still GETS very very very sore..its 11 months on and im still having quite a lot of issues

..sigh... half full girl will win...but the last one(back) on half empty is not always winning... physio AGAIN tonight..back feels pretty good now...but she did comment how tight it was(tightest for quite some time).adn she did mention that if i wasnt running fast and .often i probs wouldnt have this back pain nearly so often..but we both know im HAPPY to put up wiht a bit of pain as opposed to not exercising/competing.. hopefully not quite as bad as sat and sund tho--wasnt really very enjoyable...
..i just want to go back to being the girl who can do anything she wants anytime she wants who's natural fitness will always see her thru...and yes i know how whiny that is..but that used to be me :) and now im this person who always has to think thru whether or not the repercussions of my back are ok... and im NOT someone who likes to think that far ahead when it comes to sport or doing something FUN...yeah im sure youre all shocked to the bone eh!!!!

anyway..50 minutes pool running(was boring and my legs were fatigued) i think its the first time ive done 5 days consecutive in a while
..so all good.. i just need a kick up the pants..and to remember to count my blessings..im actually a very lucky girl.....(just dont kick me too hard...or it will hurt my damn back!!!!!! lol..can you see where im at!!!!!!
BOYS___..oh yeah forgot about this.. there is a guy I chat to on msn(only a friend... not a friend like 'my friend'-lol ) anyway just about every week he asks me to go somewhere with him... i feel bad..but i dont know what to say,.... maybe he is just being friendly... i have had stuff on every time.... which is why im surprised he keeps asking??? also- the guy who sits next to me at work was a bit bizarre the other day... im like..."can i ask u a question and can you tell me the truth(cos sometimes he is silly) and he goes....'yes jo i think youre pretty-.... it kinda freaked me out a bit... i kinda put my head in my laptop and just said..what is wrong with you..i just wanna know if its 2man tents for kids at camp..and then hes like...why do you wanna bunk in with me... lets not beat around the bush.... um it was very weird..i made some lame-o comment and then i went and got some coke zero.. im sure he was just fooling around(very much hope so... cos seriously...not interested)- besides which- he knows i errrrr i regularly stay over the other side of town

..hard work

...today... which little miss was i... oh thats right...it was little miss busy :)
..and the year 12's today were complete little sh1ts..just because they are 18(some of them) or nearly 18-they dont alway think that they have to follow certain rules..also one of them actually said something quite inappropriate..which if it happens again0-his butt will be hauled up to head of year- i can only hope the comment was not meant as it came across
..anyway..enough of that...
..my set tonight seemed like a tough one to me today 1min @1500pace(3:46min/km) with 40s recov... trust me thats not very long... and i sucked at hitting the lap tonight

1st one would have been faster than that(fogot to hit lap) 2) 3:44m/k pace 3)3:44 4)3:45 5)done no time though forgot to start timer 6)3:51 7)3:52 8)3:52 yes it was continual running but i timed the 60s paces..wasnt i supposed to??? all up 2:65km with an ave(incl float(but ummm float was pretty slow....) of 4:34m/k
..and after that i was completely stuffed/// so about 5kms altogether(and a tough 5kms)
..dont enquire about the back cos i dont wanna B and M every day :( achilles was good once it warmed up... will be back in water tomorrow
..did some practice starts out of the blocks(yeah back not loving that)
..my friend is too busy to see me this week :( and is away all weekend... oh well- i will survive

and i go on camp in may- so my school is going to buy me quite a good sleeping bag(if i dont do the camp more than 3 times i have to give it back though)

anyway..bit tired...big day today,,,, but nice to do a set properly...stu even said it was close enough..and he doeasnt often tell me i did ok!!!

..some respite

..its amazing how quickly your body forgets pain :)

i had forgotten just how bad my back is sometimes...it was really quite bad yesterday..i couldnt get in or out of the car very easily(just ask stu- he saw me getting inn and out like i was a pregnant lady) with much grimacing..anywa was VERY unenjoyable... took some extra anti inflamms and also some panadeine...
pleasantly surprised today when i was only slightly uncomfortable.. yay... that was seriously the best i could have hoped for... i can cope with a wee bit of pain-as long as it recovers ok!!
anyway..water running today as opposed to real running/// and was very excite because for hte first time in AGES- i had a pleasant run(albeit in water)
..i have been sooooooooooooooooooooooo unmotivated lately... i think its mainly because the track season has finished and then i thought that i was having a rest period(and yes i know it is me who chose to run the masters so im not complaining.its just my body that is rebelling a little

anyway have also done my core strength work which i seem to have been set everyday for the next week and a bit- yes my coach is a lave driver
..oh yeah andrew- dont worry i will be right for run 4 the kids...

..a little bit crazy???

ill get to the run in a sec..first things first
IT FELT AWESOME BEING ON THE SQUASH COURT-many twinges in the back to remind me which moves i needed to avoid(any that involve running and lunging)
..had a great night last night..dont know that my dinner companion loved all my jokes ;) but i did get a laugh out of them(yes they are at a primary school standard) and they were met with a cool stare across the dinner table....lol and watched a really good movie about RWANDA ..extremely interesting
..as i was over that side of town i even asked stu if maybe i should go to the you yangs but he said not many were going..and i would get lost by myself(he has such little faith in me,,,lol..or knows me too well)
anyway decided to have a nap instead(back is majorly taped)and was pretty pleased with how it pulled up... glutes are sore(which concerns me bc hat was the precursor to the 'drop foot period') BUT Since it is symmetrical on both sides then its probably ok- fingers crossed
..RUNNING-
who would have expected a run to make me cry :(
todays run was just horrible...i stopped heaps of time for water and just never got into it...
a moment of truth from me... bad things sometimes happen to nice people...anyway i ran past something that brought back something not very nice to me..and for the next 6 kms was close to tears... finally finished ..rang my mean coach..and then hes telling me that i havent had a good run in a long time(and ummm that was about enough for me-i actually started crying(no not about the running)..and was trying to talk like i wasnt but it wasnt working so then i very rudely said ..gotta go and hung up....i am very loath for people to know when im upset)
and yes im ok ..im not being sooky la la anymore..it was just unexpected
..anyway im now sore everywhere
edit: its now 4pm and my back is really quite bad..it started hurting during the run a little..had a relaxing bath to try to help it... i know someone wont be happy with me but if the back is anything like this tomorrow, then it will have to be a water session(i am hoping to go down to the run4the kids training session... it may perk up tomorrow you never know

so there it is... 15kms(i think??cos when i got sidetracked i forgot to turn my watch on for what i think is a km and half -just over 80 mins... no pleasure..a real mind over matter session

..and andrew whilst running, i was thinking i should probably revise the run 4 kids goal- no way can i do 4:30 pace for that long-lol and it would be a 10km pb so maybe not ready for that) maybe 4:35 to 4:40..what times are you thinking???

..ummm is that a 'tempo' tantrum

..lol.. i do crack myself up..does anyone actually read my titles???

as one may have been able to guess- i had to do a tempo run today(i think stu enjoys setting these sessions..cos he is a sadist) anyway i knew it was going to be tough...
20mins at 4:30 pace is REALLY hard for me... sometimes i think stu thinks im ahead of where i actually am.. i think i race faster than what ot would mean as a trainer...ie i dont train at the right pace for someone who runs hte paces i run- if that makes sense
\..anyway i just couldnt manage it..yes it was bit windy..but im very soft so deliberately chose the way that had the least wind... 5 mins very easy,10mins easy(umm 5:30 pace felt much harder than usual i have to say)(then had to stretch a bit..both achilles were sore this morn..and back..well the back is being a brat lately...so it is double taped(by me):( no one else around to tape it..good flatmate is away and crazy one-well the less ssaid the better
then the supposed 20min tempo-made 14mins and had to stop for a minute,get a drink then last 6 mins...average 4:31 pace..the cool down i could only manage walk/run i was absolutely completely spent..
rang stu(and was a bit grumpy-cos i HATE it when i cant fulfil a session-feel like a failure) not helped when he has gone...well it only counts a tempo run of 14mins and then explained why..plthhhh ..and then i dropped the f-bomb..ooops sorry stu... and told him...well then i wish i hadnt done the next 6 f-ing minutes at 4:31 then..and he's like..well they dont count... and ummm i might have sworn again...and the given him the FINE treatment...lol.. i am such a little brat sometimes... today i was definitely acting my shoe-size ..so there was my 'tempo' tantrum...lol

..ummmmmmmm not sure if i should post this cos im quite sure youre all going to yell at me

..im going to go and have a hit(not a match) of squash now ..and yes i know i probably shouldnt because the back isnt fantastic-but: if i wait for the back not to be a bit sore-i will NEVER EVER get on the squash court, 2- i wont be able to go tomorrow bc after a long run-there is no way (it does mean 2mrws long run may end up beign done in the pool-and yes stu wont be happy about that..but this was going to be a rest 2 weeks but then i decided to do the masters championships.... so i had the squash thing in my head...
..and heres the killer- this morning when i got up -i actually thought ..you know what..maybe i have to retire from squash..back is never gonna be better enough etc etc.... and this made me PROFOUNDLY sad..and then realised i have hte power to do something about it..and if i want to play A grade again(and move to state grade) i do actually have to get out there and give it a proper crack... i am NOT a quitter(not yet anyway) squash has one last chance..and this is it

supposed to see the boy tonight??? well we'll see if he cancels or not i suppose- hes been pretty busy this week..anyway i finally got around to exchanging the shirt i bought him a while agao(that had holes in it ...oopsies) not sure if he'll like this one though-they didnt have many choices actually..and since i didnt have my receipt i am happy that they exchanged!!!
anyway squish squash...
i will say a little prayer to the back gods on the way over there... feeling very nervous...fingers toes and everything i can is crossed

..mmmmm just for a change

..mmmmm just for a change.. i am tired... hang on that may be tired tired tired... woke up tired on monday and it has been a week that has just got progressively more and mor tired..cant quite put my finger on why...possibly racing in 30+ degrees days on saturday,and tuesd??? dont know but i barely made it through the day
..anyway last night i volunteered at the melbourne A series..adn was ferrying call sheets to the call roon(it was very inefficient though... i would take one sheet down, come back and trot another one down..never just print out 2 at once...lol... didnt matter... i stayed down a few extra minutes as i bumped into clare(also volunteering) and watched asafa fly in the 100m... back into the room so i dont get to see many races..can only see about 30m of the track..skived off while craig ran so i could see it.. went and raced over to say hey to sara, ducked over to where sam was..(didnt see him til after the meet in the end) and then home alone to a bedroom that looks like a bomb hit it..it is truly abominable(lol..see previous post if unsure what om laughing at!!!)
...couldnt get out of bed
..back was soooo bad last night i had to take panadeine to get to sleep... just about yelled at someone at work.there is this guy that annoys me a bit.. he's always telling me to get back on the squash court even with a sore back and even said i was faking it today... im like yeah...11months././. anyway not the right day to say that..when ive had 3 weeks with my back being complete sh!t
..did something silly yesterday..speed session at the tan..and didnt strap my back...it really hurt whilst running :( couldtn hit the times stu set/// was supposed to do 50s for 250m(which is my 800m pace) JUST COULDNT DO IT 58,52,52,53,52,51 and i thought it was 6 but supposed to be 8...ooops sorry stu! i suck at the moment... this week i have been like a goldfish

have decided a quiet night is in order....

..tired little miss jo

..not unexpectedly i am very tired tonight....
i stayed over at my friend's house last night..and ummmmm decided to have a couple of wines to celebrate... oooooh maybe i should have had dinner...was very tired this morning and getting up at 5:45 or whatever ridiculous time the alarm is set kills me.. i am no longer a morning person...... lol
..i decided to buy an etag yesterday..and it is definitely quicker when i come over from the other side of town..
..oh and what is with stupid wordpress..i remember to log out of blogger,bloglines, when im on someone elses computer..but when im commenting on other peoples blogs i never check if has automatically put someone elses name in and just hit submit...derrrrrrr fred.. ive only done it about ummmmmm 20 times... whaddya reckon em???

..just had a massage...ummmmmmmmm back was pretty tight///corrie started working on my and is like..wow its tight..i dont even know where to begin.... lol...strabgely enough it wasnt as painful as i thought it would be....
..anyway got to have a chat about my pb etc (im like a little kid who feels like theyve done good!!!!!) lol... sometimes i really just am a big kid

..and i think after the conversation(text) that i just had with the lad-he probably thinks im crazy- never mind... i probably am...lol

..anyway waaaaaaaaaay tired..
hey..did you know the masters have a30-34 category and 35-39 category.... i used to think they were only 40+
..anyway i entered the masters championship on 3 weeks...gonna have a crack at my 400 and 800 time... this will be the first time ever...a 400 is run without an event first...im a bit excited about that

..what is with this obsession with time

as a runner we know acutely the difference between 0.2 of a second if it means we missed our pb//its quite funny really.... when youre teaching you want 45 minutes to fly by..at the end of a 10km and you look at your watch(yes coach stu i know ishouldnt be looking at watches at the end!!) and you want the seconds to tick away more and more slowly....lol
..well tonight i chose(yes CHOSE) to enter arace where they only had one race for the women which mean that im running against gals who run 2:15 in the 800m whereas my RPB is 2.42(stu in his defence st had warned me of this and did ask if i still wanted to enter)the second last gal had an RPB of 2:30 so i was a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong way behind..and trying very hard to suck up my sooky-la-la-ness... i dint quite manage it- i was thinking about ALL kinds of scenarios to get me out of running..... and ummmmmmmmmm if anyone had seen the look i fired at stu when i was on the start line......ummmmmm it wasnt very nice(not sure if he noticed...but his athlete scott did say he saw it...lol.. yes yes ..we all know i blam others.... lets face it..NOONE wants to come last by a MILE..but i did want a pb..
so asked stu my plan which was 78/80 but then he said- i would go too fast in the first lap..(he such a blooming know it ALL!!!!! i went out a bit hard...75ish seconds...couldnt maintain(and really noticed the wind in the back straight) but did come home pretty hard but was apaprently making a teensy bit of ground on the girl in front... i didnt even hit stop on my stopwatch..so it was lucky tony(toger boy) came up and showed me my time(and stu 2) so 2:38.6.(official) wa ssooooooo happy with this.... a MASSIVE pb... close to 4 seconds(3.8) and yes stu was happy but apparently a 78/80 2.38 is better than a 75/83 2:38..and i know pacing wise it is... it also means my 82/80 of the other day in 800m terms is a terrible race... it is soooo intricate this racing thing
..i love to race.. but it doesnt seem that many other females do..ONE RACE..seriously ...4 mens races.... maybe if people see that slower(me) runners run-then they can come run too

..i was sooo happy i even called my mother(when i used to be a real runner as a kid-she was part of it..so i called her..adn she was very excited(we dont talk much-mainly cos she's ummmm how to put nicely...ummm crazy-not in the good fun sense like me...but in the emotionally stunted crazy!!!!!) anyway...lotsa KUDOS for me..and i didnt have to listen to all teh crap she usually gives me... i think she may have even teared up at one stage..which i ignored cos seriously...dont let her get started!!!!
..anyway im having a wine and celebrating....
the whole reason i went back to runing was to beat my 2.34 800m time as a 10 year old!!!(when i was actually a decent runner) it now seems almost within grasp for next year(yeah doesnt make me decent now-but adequate...lol)
..happy little jojo.mwah ,mwah!!!!

..very tired little joey cat

...omg... tired..tired..sore..sore..tired ...sore..tired..sore..tired..not sure which is the over-riding one
fortunately my back is not the sorest--that would be my quads..yowsers.... you should have seen me walking down stairs... i seemed to have left my elegance bag under my bed today..and instead brought the grimacing elephant clomping down stairs bag instead
..only just got home from work... part of the reason im soooooo tired is cos i had an ABOMINABLE sleep(i have an un-natural love of the word abominable..just makes me think of hte snowman...anyway..surprisingly..i digress!!! i stayed at my freinds house(i think i need to get an etag... i went through the burnley tunnel today..which kinda scares me a bit and ,makes me feel a bit boxed in..but then i tell myself im being an idiot and to get over myself) anywa i difress a little-again..and the fan kept me awake -but it was too hot to turn off..so it felt like i was awake all night..i def checked the times at 2:30, 3:30,4:30 and hten when the alram went off at 5:30 i was DARK.... i dont think i spoke a single word this ,morning... i was a grumpy yet VERY quiet miss jo...im sure i had a HUGE scowl on my face
..anyway we went to williamstown last night which was lovely(and even nicer that he invited me over instead of me asking... and he is waaaaaaaay in the good books after we stopped off and he washed my car for me..what a good boy(Ive never had a boy wash my car for me b4..it was very nice),....lol..i wonder if it had anything to do with stopping at petrol station and ive gone are you gonna fill it for me???no.....and ive gone...oh you are a little princess arent you(i was the one in a nice dresss..lol)... anyway..cookie is looking beautiful again(he was very dirty) my friend was gobsmacked with how dirty he was
..i have vic milers tomorrow..and i am def going to be last by over 10s.... i have this kind of irrational fear of coming last ..but i guess since i KNOW its gonna happen..i can tackle it head on.. i want that PB and im prepared to be last to have one final crack at it! i did buy spikes especially for this meet after all!!! hot doesnt affect an 800m race... i want that time and this is my last chance... i also think if i hadnt got TOM on sat..i woulda been a good chance to get it..no excuse..if its meant to be-then i will get it 2mrw if not it will be one grumble-cat
...i may be super tired today..but i am feeling pretty happy...also had to do a favor for my sis and as a result i actually have an address so i can send my darlings some presents(had to put in their redirection)

..yep..that was poo

..this morning's run...was ummmmmmm not exactly pleasant..i woke up tired with a sore back..thought the achilles was ok(til i started running) and very sore quads... am moving like a 100year old... anyway it was 10am b4 i got to the Tan which means it was kinda hot...and i was already a little dehydrated....

stu had put me down for a 60min/walk run easy.. so i set off...ended up doing 10.6kms which meant 5:34 pace.//but that did invlused walking up anderson st hill so it was actually a bit faster durng the running... didnt overly enjoy it ..and then decided id better be a goody two shoes and stretch as back not happy...

did some back stretches on the grassy area over hte other side of the top of the hill(or mound according to jh-the super hill runner) ..and then went alright some glute stretches.. so rolled over...and then im like whats that smell..i must be near some dog poo..look to the left and there is some dry poo..and im like..i dont think thats causung the smell... there was NOW a dreadful thought in my head(and hence the title of this post) yep..i had rolled over into some poo... i was sooo unhappy..i dont have a very good constitution so i was almost chucking!!!!i think i only - anway so i got up and walked off(after i wiped the poo off my arm) wasnt sure if there was any on my back so got a blanket on my seat so cookie would get 'poo-ed'.. was kinda annoyed at people not picking up after hteir dogs and then i kinda just started laughing cos i was thinking just how ridiculous i am! im sure the people i was walking past thought i should be committed

ok-back to yestrdays run..i feel much better about it today... there are 2 days a month where i find it particualrly hard to run the fast-the day before and hte day of TOM... well thats what yesterday was... it makes more sense now... thats why the 82s lap felt like a 78s lap- d'oh! so it makes me quite pleased now that i equalled my adult pb of 2:42.4.. and i did get a season best of 13:15 for the 3km..even if AV have me down for a 12:56earlier in the season(which i never got)


so today i went and bought a cute little dress..and some track spikes(jana zoom star) and some cross country spikes..as nike clearance i got a further 40% off..wow...2 pairs of spikes for $60(altogether-not EACH)

..danger wil robinson danger... its gonna be a long post

..shield final today
..woke up feeling blah...
oh before i begin..sorry about yesterdays self indulgent post... yes i was feeling very blah yesterday.. i believe stu's comment to me was WTF was that post about...lol

SHIELD FINAL
im supposed to be springing out of bed...nope...woke up tired..went and had brekky out by myself whilst i did the gals team sheet..then back to bed for a 15 min kip
..when i went on my warm up..my leggies felt a bt heavy (and slow)
ummmmmm and it was kinda hot... although stu kept telling me perfect conditions for an 800m.. he told me to go out in 78 and thought that should bring me home in 2/:41(a pb).. i ran at wht i thought would be 78..well it certainly felt like it and was very dismayed to hear 82 secs..way too slow and looking at a 2:46..started to up the pace a little, overtook a couple, then one of those girls overtook me with a 100m to go...and im wilting at this stage..heard a ,assive cheer from my burgers to catchy her-so i dug deep(way deep cos i was hurting) so i caught her-she put up a bit if struggle then realised she was done and then i could hear a little whippet bearing down on me so i had to dig EVEN deeper and pused hard... time 2:42 so 80s second lap ANEGATIVE SPLIT..trust me thats rare in an 800 well my 800's anyway..and it wasnt that i was slack 1st lap-just wasnt running well :(
..coughing spluttering and spitting and thinking i might hurl..i bought a drink and then looked at my watch and only half hour til 3000m...sh!t..that was one race i didnt want to run because it meant no way would i be close to being able to do a pb in 400 :( but i did the 3000 for the team)
....um hot doesnt even begin to cover it.. plan was 100s laps and stu said lets revise that- its gonna be too fast for you...i cant remember what he revised it to-i was a bit dazed.... went way to hard to begin 95s first lap..and it was kinda downhill from there..looking at my garmin seeing the times steadily get slower,.... stu told me to go with my team member when she overtook me and i was like i cant(it was kind of a wail.... i was hurting A LOT after 1km worse at 2km etc etc..with 1km to go i wasnt sure if i was going to be able to actually finish the race...was feeling quite distressed..i was as close to tears as i have ever been in a race and was contemplating walking.. i somehow managed to keep going and was feeling very unwell at the end..couldnt stay and record my time ..as i had to get tot he start of the 400m..someone had had to marshall for me while i was still running the 3km....13.15 so not exaclty great..but my only other time for hte season was 13:30..so it was 4.25min/km ..well my garmin reckons i ran 3.07(lol-its always a bit out on the track- anyway my splits were 4.02(too fast),4.21, 4.33 and 19s for the last 70m(so add about 9s to each of the last 2 kms) what a freaking slog that run was...i HATED it

the 400m official has gone to me.... wow you must hate your team manager... my reply- i am the team manager...lol..and i can tell you- the athlete is not LOVING the team manager..lol
..so the 400 started about 5mins after the 3km finished ..i was actually all over the shop... am i running yet..heather would go no jo..ill tell you when.... then i jump up..am i supposed to be runnnig..heather no jo ill tell you when.... i think im meant to be running...no jo.... im not actually joking when i say i was feeling a little delirious ...lol..and the legs were wobbly..
the 400m was UGLY it was 6 s slowere than last week..which is disappointing but not unexpected...and had to go immediately to shotput...where i was feeling terrible.... only managed 6.22... oh had i mentioned the back was sore in the800m, worse in the 3km and REALLY bad by the time i got to shotput..couldnt really bend(no it didnt affect my running..i just suck)
..it is realy really unhapy with me at the moment..so i think water running tomorrow-no road running... im actually feeling a little ill at hte moment
..im not overly pleased with how i went today... i didnt hit hte times stu initially set for me 800=2.41 3km=12.30 400-survival..lol i did make that one ... ieven asked him if he was disappointed with my running today.. he said he wasnt..but well..i am
i have the victorian milers meet on tuesday to have a crack at that 800m pb.. oh achilles was pretty good today :)
..oh and jay... never feel bad about saying something to someone which is about looking out for their best interests :)
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh andrew that was nice you calling me sweet :) :)

..the many faults of jojo

..im a little obsessive about things
..i panic and fret and stew over things causing way way too much angst for myself
..have bouts of insecurity(especially around TOM)
..i annoy a lot of people cos i am very loud at times
..i cackle and laugh hysterically at my own jokes
..i tell terrible jokes
..well i wont even go into my body ..but ill leave it at that-its fairly obvious i dont like it..it doesnt help when your coach tells you, you would run faster if you lost 5kgs
..i can be incredibly insecure..oops wrote that above-it deserved a double post
..i can be a little bossy at times
..i often think i know best(lol..and of course .. i do)
..i lack moderation..drink toomuch..eat too much..party too much..
..my teeth(recall monster teeth saga :(
..driving- i suck
..can be very stubborn
..not great wth money... and a bit of a shopaholic
..do not share my deep feelings very well..a little emotionally stunted
..men..need i say more..i suck at the whole dating game
..im an ostrich
(and at least 50 more)

...ok got that all out of my system
on the plus side..
..i try to be nice to people
..im friendly
..i like to think im generous
..extremely loyal(dont ever say bad stuff about my family..lol...as a little tacker i stormed over and yelled at someone once when they were mean to my sister
id say funny..but we all know what a strectch this is

..purpose of this post..nada ..zilcho... i mostly like who i am.. lots of things that i need to change but hey i got years to work on that!!!!!!!!!!!!! and no i dont need a pep up... its an honest appraisal
-yep definitely gotta be TOM shortly for me to be in this mood
racing tomorrow..am excited..nervous cos my bf (best friend)is coming to see me(and i dont think she realises just how crap i am) AND shes bringing the other girl who was the bridesmaid along as well... how incredibly boring for them.. but it will be nice to have her there...
..for all her shortcomings(lol) i love her to death..she has been my best friend since 1985 :)

so aims for tomorrow
800m sub 2:40
3km 12:30-12.45 ish(dont know havent spoken with coachy coach)
400m- given its 5 mins after i finish 3km, i will be happy with anything under 71
sp- pb is 6:49 or 51 cant remember...will be happy with a pb

oh and stu is letting me race on tuesday again if they have a second heat in the victoria milers thingy at sandringham... yay... i dont know if it is obvious or not... but i LOVE to race

ummmmm... ok i did a little edit

...um i deleted my blog from b4 and have re-posted it with some alterations
..spoke to my nieces(and bro in law) today which made me happy bt SAD.. ali got herself confused and thought they were coming back to melb soon(they put some freind son a plane yesterday) she a honey...apparently b4 she went to have her nap she insisted that if i rang while she was asleep..daddy was to wake her up...lol.. and zozo said thank you yesterday for the first time apparently... i do miss them heaps(i am tearing up a bit) and zozo was blowing kisses when she was on the phone ot me...too cute ..no running yesterday(ran out of time) but went and saw my aunt... my back was really quite abominable yesterday..the worst it has been this year!!! anyway i am strapped up to the HILT..i look like a mummy!! and have decided to not run today as well...stu said i could not run if i wanted.... ..besides with it being valentines day(which i dont overly believe in) i sent 2 of my single gals a text to ask them to come out to dinner with me..so i finally have a valentine date..yay/// the first time in years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!lol ..as to the boy who i spend time with... its a bit weird this week... last week up til thursday i would have said evrything was going pretty well...and i dont know if something has happened in the meantime..but this week - i probably couldnt even answer the question if someone asked me if i thought he actually liked me... anyway i think im just over-reacting... tired and a bit emotional(the whole sis/nieces and hormonal).... i am going to be VERY angry if TOM hits on saturday... i WANT that sub 2:40 oh and rather than b-ing and moaning(which seems to be the gist of this thing) my achilles is feeling quite good..woohoo

..yep hes trying to kill me again

..lol..
im quite happy with how my session went today..i guess cos it wasnt super fast(it was WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY fast enough though but not sprinting) achilles little tender but not too bad
so it was 4x1km reps @ 4:10min/kms
1km warm up, the drills then 4:02 yikes too fast, 4:11, 4:08, 4:12 then warm down so just over 6kms.. reallllly struggled in the last one...felt a bit sick and legs were way tired
..very excited about the shield final this sat

..dinner last night was pretty average... someone seemed to be very grumpy... oh and the answer to the zoo question was ummmmmmmm no! so that's that!

pleased with the fact that i managed that session tho cos i thought it looked like a tough set!!! maybe im just soft..oh and i walked the 2min recovery :)

..theres a few things on my mind at the moment and im feeling a bit blah about them..

tried to call my sister 3 times last week..wasnt able to get through.... just answering machine :(

...hmmmmmm

..ok so i was a little cranky last night(in case you didnt pick that up...lol
..much better today..and ended up having a good nights sleep anyway

2day was a rest day ..or a swim... so i elected to have a rest day(what a surprise GIVEN i sink when i swim)... both achilles were really quite sore today..and the back..well the less said the better.. lets just say i am currently strapping it... and will probably get stu to tape it for me(as i offered to take him out for dinner tonight)
..lately ive only been taping for racing or long run..but it needs to be taped for the whole week i think.. and since ive had this taping on since sat and done a water run and 13km run yesterday...well its starting to get a bit skanky
..school was good today..except for one year 12 boy that is a bit of a pain in the butt..i was discussing how to randomly pick data(with the calc) and hes like whats to stop me just writing numbers down and pretending the calculator picked them.... ummmm derrrrrr NOTHING..but dont be so stupid as to say it to me.. seriously!!!!imagine the look cos it would have been scary!
..got a slight head ache today which i think is due to dehydration, my gf and i worked out just how much we drank on saturday... OMG... but it was over 6 hours i guess..but OMG it was a lot..and neither of us were ridiculously drunk but we both felt it somewhat the next day
..oh and andrew, heels have the achilles in a non stretched state(which is why you often wear heel lifts with achilles probs) (and ok not heels quite that big)its the back that dont love the heels... although having said that i am planning on wearing those boots tonight...whilst i get told im lazy(kidding)..... lol... i wonder if he would let me do the zoo run tomorrow.. maybe i should liquor him up before i ask.....lol

..a run of two halves

..a run of two halves.. yes seems like a blindingly obvious statement..as everything has two halves.. but it was like i did two different rnus today
.the first one where i had to stop twice cos i thought i was going to hurl(yes out drinking last night) and the second where i started to feel reasonable although it really did feel like i was running faster than 5:32 pace.. so ibasically ran teh tan back and forth omitting the anderson st hill(as achilles wouldnt like it-nor would head today) ummmm teh run was not fun..as soon as i finished i got a raging headache(oviously a bit dehydrated) but it was the first time ive done a long run as opposed to a pool long run in about 3or 4 weeks
sigh..both achilles were niggling a bit..not hideously so and in fact the left is more sore than teh right,..(i thought i had that one sorted!!!)ouch except when you touch the right it seems... and sigh..back is rather tight as well..not bending over well :(
..told my team i will not be doing hammer this weekend for the shield final

ok party time... so i drank bucketloads last night... never got to that drunk and annoying stage..had one of those great tipsy which makes you funny nights...barrel loads of laughs last night :)
..anyway went out to dinner with a gf -we sunk a bottle of wine
get to the party and some guy came up to me an dis like- hey you were at a wedding hte other night..but you didnt say much to me..my response..oh.... and then he laughed and is like..you were soooooo busy gasbagging to evry other person there..and ive gone..well you couldve spoken to me...and hes like..well there was never a time you werent talking to anyone... now i dont like to be rude but i did feel like saying..well i was there to hang out with my friends..which you are not my friend.... but i didnt...
..and then hows this
..later on i was coming out of the loo and this other guy grabbed me and is like come here for a sec..and i go nah ive gotta get back..anyway he half dragged me..and then before i knew it-he was about to plant one on me..i only just managed to turn my head and say no i dont want (it was completely unexpected- i think id only said two words to him)..but get this.. if you tell someone you dont want to..you shouldnt have to justify it
..but when someone says..why not..i was taken aback... and im like... well im seeing someone and youre too young for me... and then hes like no im not im 33(so he was right in that case) and then i just said oh you dont look 33 and walked off.. he was fine about it later..lol
i ended up staying at my gf's house(havent done that in ages!!!!)
so it was a fun night... but my head hurts now..and im going to have a nap-nap
at least i got through the 12.6km even if i did have that right up the top of the throat and i might spew feel for 5kms of it
edit: well my friend rang me(literally as i was walking out the door to meet him) to tell me he wanted to cancel our dinner...because he was going out to dinner with a big group of people .. sooo glad i spent the time to put make up on.. dont get me wrong im not mad at him.. im more annoyed at myself actually!!!!!!!.. ..on the plus side i wont be tired at work tomorrow i guess ..im going to have an early night

..thats an expensive glass of champers jojo ;)

..so ive cracked a glass of champers which is going to set me back $25(lol) as i have to pay 'the fine' not to worry no fine for anything after so i better make it worthwhile now.. note to self..DO NO>>>I REPEAT>>>DO NOT BLOG WHEN YOU GET HOME DRUNK AS A SKUNK..remmeber the last time you did that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! shakes head at self!!! naughty jojo

tempo session today..10mins easy 20 at 4:30 pace and 10 easy...well thats what it woulda been if i was allowed to run...every which way i looked i had been told i had to 'pool' it( f#ck that for a joke..im OVER water running..i stink of chlorine, my eyes hurt and my face is peeling due to dryness..and yes im a whiny little bee-ach to boot!!!sigh..at least teh chafing is starting to clear up-good old vaseline)
i rang stu to ask if i could change it..and got yelled at that he was busy..LOL>>>IM SO MISPREPRESENTING HIM..he didnt yell at me... he was yelling cos he was at little aths and i presume he was trying to make himself heard...lol.. anyway didnt get to pose hte question so i did the prescribed set.and i constantly made myself increase the pace at the end of each lap in case i was slacking off..i was breathing hard ..so i know i worked but it isnt the same..
so went shopping(i have new cards again..thank god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
..anyway i bought myself the highest heel-ed boots ive ever worn but they are pretty hot..will post piccy tomorrow..some trackies,some undies,some make-up ,..and i bought a shirt for my friend... i presume im allowed to cos he bought me a gift the other week. the only reason i get nervous buying gifts for people is this guy E who i was seeing for about a year and a half used to make me feel bad evrytime i bought him a present(and i often buy presents..when i was living at my dad's i used to buy my brother presents all the time-he certainly didnt complain..lol) ... i wont even try to explain why E used to get upset with me buying gifts but he used to say me being nice to him made him feel bad about himself... i dont quite understand..(he did have a bit of a depressive personality)but its always made me a little funny about it since then...cos i would always end up feeling bad after i had bought something... he was a moody little bugger..

i think this guy wont mind too much :) Hes much nicer to me than the other boy..lol..

..ohhh and hows this.... im a bit annoyed actually..my casual london dude(younger ) is in town,we are friends, and in december when he asked if we might hook up, i said it would depend if i was seeing anyone..yada yada yada..but we could still meet up for a drink as friends either way(we have known each other for quite a few years) and so i havent heard from him(yes he knows i am involved with someone)..the little sh1te..although i have lost his number..anyway i think thats pretty poor form!!!!

..whew rest day and a busy busy busy week

...my gosh, how tired i am..
..i did a water running set yesterday..worked very very hard too! teh session was going to be 600 in 2:15 and 2x400@81 and 2x300 @60 and 4x200@44s so i worked as hard as i could during this and was huffing and puffing as much as i could ..allup including recovery was about35 mins so will count as about 4kms(stu has told me to count running as kms
..oh and 144kms training +25kms water runing + 9kms racing .. so 178km for jan :) did i mention that already..so tired i dont know what ive already said
..and then i went over to my friend's house and we went and saw Atonement which was ok, but it wasnt the best movie i have ever seen... and boy oh boy oh noy, was i tired this morn... getting up at 5:30 will do that to you eek!!!!
i think tomorrows session will be in the pool again as advised by ML(and stu) and then back on the real ground on sunday...the pain in my leg has dissipated along with my stress levels as a result...
..oh and jh...apparently i dont know how to get dressed either.... this morning when i went ot the toilet i noticed my shirt was inside out(fortunately before classes started) and i had a slight wardrobe malfunction(lol) when one of my buttons came undone(which i didnt know until i was walking somehwere and then i had an uh-oh how long has that been undone.... it wasnt gaping but.. i guess since there were no little giggling boys it mustnt have been too bad
.. anyway so a bit ...you know...having a fat day...
..i do have good classes..and most of the day was great..doing hwk tonight and staying in...

...hmmm thats not exactly good news

//ok// so i have been mentioning how unhappy i have been about my leg pain..which is unfortunately too reminiscent of the referred pain immediately preceding the loss of foot function(drop foot as my aunt called it)
i sent stu an email again saying maybe i should hit the pool instead of running, to which he readily agreed..
was struggling to fit in a run before physio but jumped in the pool and felt like i worked at the appropriate rate(i am getting better at this)..the leg pain has been diminished a bit today//although tonight i am having some(wish i could lie and say i wasnt)
..physio
saw my aunt.. who is quite concerned about the leg pain..its not anywhere near what it was when i initially had the severe pain and couldnt even drive for 5 mins..but im pretty sure it is back related.. apparently i am quite sore in the L4/L5 region(again) and the L3 which is new but may be compensating or as my aunt said..like a bike chain can get stiff..lol
..anyway she is managing me until the shield final.. has said she would probably like to take me off running now... and has mentioned that she may enforce a break after shield..and has said she REALLY doesnt want me to do hammer at the shield and should avoid at all costs..which would leave a gap in my team but maybe it is necessary
..she was talking 6 weeks break but i commented i had racing in march...hmmm i offered water running for a while and then just racing but she wasnt impressed /..as in her words..racing is the problem(for the achilles)
..we discussed achilles in depth and decided (together..lol) that there had been progression and whilst really sore from racing.... it is recovering quicker....
one of my biggest problems this week is that i wore flats for my back first 3 days (which puts extra strain on achilles) and when i wore heels today its harder on my back .... :(
the only time i was very concerned was when she said ...well we dont want you to have drop foot(this was when my foot just kinda hung there limp and i couldnt control it) permanently :( surely that cant happen...sigh..maybe she is scare mongering
..anyway//looks like an MRI is the next step..and possibly some special patches...
..so it wasnt exactly a fantastic session(but she is very cautious..... so maybe its not all that bad)

pool at least tomorrow and probably saturday..stu's=well you cant shift tomorrows session into the pool cos its 200m's(he wasnt telling me i had to run) im going to have to discuss with him what session to do in pool cos i do want to do a session :( :(
..so looks like this little black duck is going to be splashing around again(although i have a weeks scheduled rest after shield final so MAYBE back and achilles will improve heaps... and yes i did say that to ML!) she said...maybe
...oh and jh i pmsl at your comment about stu yesterday..hopefully he will read it ;)

..anyway..trying not to be 2 stressed but cant say im not somewhat dismayed/stressed
..at least work wise i REALLY felt back in the swing today..and when the thought comes into your head..im doing what im supposed to be doing(and i really enjoy it) well then you sure are one lucky gal...

..tuckered out little jojo

..why so tuckered out... well that would be twofold... not enough sleep... but well that is my own fault
anyway still having some pain in my leg(which reminds me of the referred leg pain) so am hoping its nothing more than paranoia.still have function in my foot so thats a very good sign :) but was reluctant to do the 6x1kms @4:10 min/km pace stu had set for me given the circumstances... so i went water running ... and i worked way hard for 4:10 min intervals... kept reminding myself to push and work hard..and i was puffing hard at the end of each set :)
..boyoboy was i hungry at the end of it
..oh and the great new snack that i am addicted to....raw beans... omg they are so crispy and crunchy -its like eating lollies... lol ok only a barely eats lollies person like me would say that!!! but they are awesome
..so the equivalent of 8.5kms today of the water running

..and the boy is definitely in the good books-lol..after being somewhat put out after he was mean in my dreams... its so weird when you have dreams and people are mean and its difficult to not be upset with them... although i have to say i think i am the biggest clam in the history of the world sometimes(and given im a real talker!!.. its a bit of an anomoly..lol)

glad i did the water running.... i have been sooo stressed about this leg pain... i have been aware of it 10 or more times during the day and heaps of times last night.. and i feel very relaxed after running and i put the vaseline on my VERY bad chafing from sunday and it was all good..was a bit concerned as i had 2x8cm chafe marks.. very pretty..eh.. how do the boys resist me....???? lol... oh thats right its my VERY annoying personality!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
seeing my aunt(physio) tomorrow so hopefully she can also get my achilles back on track

...hmmm lifes no fun at the moment

..soooooo i lasted the whole weekend..no alcohol...ho hum... people arent as funny...lol... what a little alco i am~~~~~~~~~~~~~
..i succumbed and had a coke zero- i was very silly and had a cold one in hte fridge= it only took a minute of lapse....bugger
..work today was busy....
..and i had a horrible horrib le dream where 'my friend'was really not very nice to me.. here's the heads up boys..if youre mean to a girl in a dream...she can be a little put out with you even tho she knows you didnt do anything.... lol...
then went running... omg th leggies were like lead.. 30mins slow..but was NOT easy at all... and after 25 mins the back was very very sore..so stopped and stretched and continued..... then i did lunges, squats(and surprisingly my back was sore during these),pushups(30) and some reverse back thingies, and 2x45s planks and 2x30 side planks..............and now im almost having a panic attack..ummmmmm im having some pain in my leg...almost like the referred pain i got when the back was really bad..... im trying to tell myself its not that...but im feeling very very stressed..last time it got worse over the course of a day or two.... :(

not happy

...good grief jojo...how do you manage it..time and time again?

...good grief jojo...how do you manage it..time and time again?
..hmmmm......
ok lets do running first so people like my coach dont have to read the whole 'saga' post
...was supposed to do 60-75mins running today... woke up and well to put it nicely my achilles was extremely sore(even walking) and my back..well it is kinda hating me right now for doing hammer .. put more succinnctly.... my body could not possibly have managed a run(i tried in my house and ummmmm it wasnt going to cope)
..so water running it was... i was feeling pretty fatigued for the last 40 mins or so... did 75mins.. arms were tired too... im amazed at how tired i was after 2 track events and 2 field events..maybe the sun had something to do with it.....

...ok so then i decided i deserved to go shopping and buy myself a present for my RPB 800m and pb's in 400m and shot and hammer..lol
..stopped at the bank...went to lunch.. off to big w(to buy some undies as ummm i kinda had to go commando as i 4got to take undies to the pool) and some mascara(what kind of girl am i when i dont have any??????) get to the checkout...ummmmmmm no walllet in my bag.... and stu has told me on several occasions that i walk around with my bag open and that it could fall out or someone could take it...so i was a bit paranoid.. went back to where i bought lunch, back to the shop...nope...and im think sh1te im in a shopping centre ...people could be using it immediately(which apparently happened to someone last week at highpoint) so i called both of my banks and cancelled my 2 credit cards and my 2 access cards... i then managed to fin centre management and was speaking to the lady..she said are you ..joanne..yes... keep speaking for a bit... how do you know my name... you gave it to the ladies downstairs..she kept speaking... and im like are you sure my wallet wasnt handed in...no it wasnt.... im pretty sure i didnt give my name to anyone... well you mustve...and then i started thinking maybe i went into a sort of panic mode and forgot???? ok then ..where did i give my name so she directed me.... and you have to picture me looking confused when i went up to the information desk...ummmmmm was i her earlier??? lol.. i lost apurse,... and then i started laughing when they gave it to me(no i hadnt been there) and i explained what she was saying... so i kinda wish i hadnt cancelled my cards..but it was the right thing to do..... i always laugh when they go ..was your pin with your card.... who would do that...seriously?????
..anyway obviously i WAS not meant to be shopping today!!! so happy to have hte purse back.. (but cursing about cancelling cards...nice that there are honste people around :)lucky i had taken a hundred dollars out before i lost it(left in the food court!!!!) so i do have some cash till new cards...lol
..i am one heck of a ditz
..oh and jeg.. im sorry if you misinterpreted what i wrote on ausrun :( was not meant offensively

... woohoo

.. so racing today... i was in the 800 first.. it was VERY funny on the way, i got a phone call from my coach... have you eaten..you're running in 2 and half hours..and make sure you drink 600mls in the next hour..you do have a water bottle dont you.. lol.. its quite cute really...
did my 2km warm up and hte achilles was NOT feeling great...wasnt feeling great when i awoke either... i had alreaady got my friend to tape my back
..it felt windy to me(and other people i spoke to) even though stu reckons it wasnt.. i ran 2:42 which is a pB since i returned to racing... then off to hammer where i did a pb... lol... 13.x and i was going to have a 3rd throw but then my back was feeling a bit niggly so i left it.. then shotput..threw 6.13 which is reasonable for me...not many near that(i was down the bottom of the pile) but saw someone was 6:33 so i aimed to beat that..did a more 'professional' shotput.ie technique and threw 6.39 followed by 6.47 which was a pb... then off to the 400m.. you may remember last week one of my grls beat my time by 0.2.. anyway as i was div2 third fastest ranking, in my team they put me in with the div 1 3rd ranked people and i decide to go out faster..which i did..and then i tried everything i could to catch this girl but just couldnt... i did however run a pb at 68.51 (previous pb 69.27 and seasons best 69.86)stu just came over ,showed me the time and looked a bit smug..he has been telling me for weeks i should be running 68 and i was lazy!!!!!!! so i pb'd(well the 800 was a pb since i was 10) so a pretty good day at the office... my only BUT is that i reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally wanted to run 2:40 or less in the 800... so pb'd all of my events...thanks stu...getting better at the right end of the season :)
results not out til tomorrow so dont know if we got through to the shield final(which is the biggie) i have a feeling we may have....no progress scores

..on fri night went out and had an absolutely lovely dinner at seagrass(certainly not cheap) but i did enjoy... although a wine with dinner would have been nice..
okay..i can hardly keep my eyes open.. nighty night

EDIT: results are out.. the coburg women are the new region premiers..that is just 2 awesome woo hoo the overal l SHIELD final in two weeks!!!!!!!!! i really do LIKE racing!!!!!!
our div2 men and div 3 men came 3rd so just missed out, our div 4 mens are 2nd(but only by 3 points) after hte first draft so fingers crossed that remains the same

..take a breath between sentences miss jo

Gosh what a busy little tacker I was yesterday… first day with the boys…my group seem ok…a couple of them will be a little annoying I think…will have to QUASH that pretty early on… its not gonna help my frown line!!!!

And I had had a very late night wed nite(stayed up til 12:30 just frigging around doing nothing in particular, so finished work, had a quick 20 minute nap then off to training.. a light session 10x200m @ 43-45 sec with walk recovery

First rep 41(too fast) then there was one 44 and the rest were 43 and 42..abd for the final one stu usually make sme speed up(but apparently I shouldn’t have done that…oopsies.. so did 38 …legs were a bit heavy
Distance including warm up..drills,cool down..and walk recovery between 200’s was 7.5kms.. then a meeting with Jeremy and phil to work out the teams.. and then I drove over to my friends house…and ummmm got lost and was driving in the opposite direction d’oh so was feeling a bit frazzled by the time I got there.. had a few wines(as this was the last time I could ‘legally’ til the end of feb.. he was being quite nice to me..was even very PC when I asked him if i annoyed him as much as he thought I would… his reply was… you’re a bit hyper..and im just unaccustomed to it…. Lol I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much less hyper(don’t even consider myself hyper any more) than I used to be…. Poor christian..i don’t know how he put up with me… he used to send me to the other room sometimes when I was REALLLLLLLLY bad… anyway then this morning I felt SUPER bad cos I accidentally grabbed his bag instead of mine which contained stuff he needed and so then he was inconvenienced..i felt terrible.. I don’t react well when I do something wrong… anyway im sucking up big time and taking him out to dinner to make up for it….lol
1st day with 3 of my classes..and my year 10’s are definitely going to be a handful…. You know youre in for a fun time when head of year…goes hmmmmm yes theyre a bit….. hmmmmm ….lol
And RACING tomorrow..woohoo… we are in the finals
800, 400, hammer(don’t ask) shot put for me.. I will be very annoyed if I don’t get a PB (yeah I don’t expect much of myself do i…a PB 3 weeks in a row shouldn’t be too much to ask!!!!!!!!!
Go burgers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!oh and yes you may not believe me..but i a ALL talked out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!