...ooooh not sure if i can manage a 15km-er

....wow i had just had the most HUUUUUUGE nap..... like 3 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
stu cam and met my bestest friend vic last night and we did dinner at la camera..... ive been drinking much less lately and ummmmm got a bit tiddly a lot quicker...im wondering if that accoutns for the headache when i awoke at 6:45 and had to leave at 7:30 for berwick!!!!! yep school cross country was at berwick..blooming hell!!!! its a loong way alright
..and yes i am running at latrobe..if i feel too shit i might just pull out...especially considering how lousy ive been feeling all week..was feeling somewhat better yesterday tho and my very mean coach had said that if i couldnt manage a 15-20min run at 5 min kims then i couldnt run latrobe(you may remember that i couldnt manage 6 min/kms on thurs!!!!!! )
anyway whacked on my garmin during period 6 a nd ran right on 5min/km..... ummm it was like it was a tempo run..i found it seriously difficicult to keep that pace... i would like my fitness and speed back now thank you...plthhthththth ..still i did what i needed to do... knee(not the stitches one-the other one) is a bit niggly as is some pronblem im having with my big toe.... but happily the back is feeling really good.... i will still tape it of course tomorrow
..and i finally and i mean FINALLY returned my crutches and zimmerman leg brace

okey dokey... some pasta for me...another AFD

hmmmmm..a runner i am not :(

yesterday when i tried to run..i had to stop after about 5 mins(had run about 10mins earlier with the boys and felt crap.)
..anyway stu said i should go for a 40min run... was feeling VERY VERY tired(yes a bit of a theme i know) so when i got home i had an hour lay down(slept for 20mins) adn really didnt want to go running... was feeeling pale-if that makes sense.. my flatmate has gone i dont think you should run- you dont look like you should run,,, then i thought about how fat im feeling so i decided to give it a go
...omg it was dreadful..i was struggling to maintain 6min/kms(not something i usually remotely have difficulty with) and was really not feeling great..after 20mins i stopped running and walked for 15 mins..however 3 times during the walk i had to stop and dry retch- i have actually been unwell since sunday- there is definitely something wrong.. have booked in with the doctor for monday.. i am thinking i must be realy low in iron or else just that i still havent fully recovered from when i was laid up a few weeks ago
..anyway an early night tonight... still not sure what to do about latrobe... im not racing it but i think
anyway ...work is ridiculous..im a grumpy little so and so.... lucky i have a very patient lad :)

a tough running day for jojo.. ps i suck

ooooh miss jo was quite unwell yesterday..couldnt get out of bed...definitely had a fever...
anyway today was feeling somewhat better but still extremely tired... i tried to go to bed by 9.30 but didnt get to sleep until after 11pm...
found work pretty tough too...pulled up a bit better in the afternoon.....
..until///dumm dumm i had to go and train... i pleaded with stu to let me have an easy session... compared to the last session- it was easier...or should have been.. but i still found it extremely tough session.. 6x800 @ 110 secs per lap (4:35m/k) with 90s recovery
100 + 110 = 210 (3:30) first lap too fast
106+112=218 (3:38)
106+112=218(3:38)
108+112=220 (3:40)
changed to 2min recov as really struggling..even my VERY mean coach could tell..and was nicer to me
108+110=218(3:38)
107+111=218(3:38)
note to self...was definitely easier on the 2nd lap when i didnt go too fast in the first
i am soooo completely unfit it is hideous
i definitely like my bf MUCH better than ,my coach today :(

and when i got there all i wanted to do was start so i could END the session.. i DID NOT want to run... i did run because of the bigger picture and im sure my annoying coach will say to me .... tick in the box or kms in the legs or patience grasshopper(ok we know that last one sounds more like me)
at least i didnt have to train with teh girl from last week who just made me feel bad that she was having to run slower!!!!!!!!!

anyway out to dinner with the lad..i think tuesdays are our 'date' night..lol i deliberately didnt even BRING homework home

..not always quick on the uptake

.. i shoulve known yesterday when i could barely keep my head upright whilst marking my papers at 5pm that something was wrong..... i just assumed i was tired after the run...(although it did seem to be a completely excessive tiredness....
anyway at 9pm i was not even able to keep my eyes open and i got sent to bed and was definitely asleep by about qtr past.. i couldnt even tell you if i had a conversation later?i was a bit out of it... anyway this morning when it was time to get up..i could barely open my eyes..and i just couldnt get out of bed.... and i wasnt just being lazy.... i eventually sent an email after i had called in sick..which took about 15mins to write and it was reaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllly hurting my eyes.....
i slept til about 10am and was still a bit tired but decided id better toodle off to my own house.... by the time i got home-had some lunch(brekky) i was completely washed out... so i went and had another hour and a half sleep... it was crazy.. im convinced i had a fever.. on the car trip-didnt have the heater on.. and only a long sleeve tee and i was sweating!!!!!!!!!!!!! and then after my nap i was freezing and then within 10 mins i was sweating again... started to perk up at about 4-ish but am REALLY tired now
..was very weird..anyway am very glad i took the day off...i really dont think i could have managed to teach today :(
..early night for this little pussycat..hopefully it was only a 24 or 48 hour thing(i was feeling a bit faint at one stage saturday afternoon) so i should be all good tomorrow....well thats the plan anyway...

ferny creek is very lovely....but....

..a couple of people have made comments about me sounding happier..i have been trying for every negative thing i say to come up with at least one positive,.... we can start feeling all too sorry for ourselves otherwise,..and i mean look at how lucky i have it.. i also wonder how much of that is the fact that my 4 week incapacitation is OVER and i am back running...now if i can just get back to squash ill be euphoric..lol.... i know i know..no squash until after i have the MRI :(

..not sure if i can equal the postives with the negatives today...lol
..i am struggling to keep my eyes open now and it is 8.21pm....atrocious!!!!!!!!!!! went out to dinner last night with stu over my side of town (nepalese..pretty yummo--funny to see the hippy dude with no shoes...lol and a beard(of course)
..and then this morning we went runnning at ferny creek.... ummm for some reason i had it in my head it was a 60 min run...nope 70 mins.... i struggled BIG time.... very very unfit!!!!!!!!!!! im sure at one stage i told stu- i MAY like him again at the end of the run but i didnt really like him very much right then..lol
..the hills(and im sure we didnt do many) just about killed me
..and really not very happy with my toe.... am having quite a few issues...it hurt nearly all of the run..and has been not great for the rest of the day..hurts even sitting here..... its kinda in the very beginning of the big toe joint..
as expected- the back is really tight... but you know what! im back running..i can suck up a but of pain
..also it is the longest run ive done in over a month..it was somewhere between 12.5 and 13kms and with a run at the you yangs yesterday of about 7.5 kms..its been a good weekend of running
...super tuckered out tho...i even fell asleep last night at 11pm....ON A SAT NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!
..im such a nanna at the moment

..okay then

..hey

completely stuffed on thursdya...thank god for a rest day on friday..and a quiet night at home with the lad.... had a couple to many wines...ooopsies.... then off to geelong for cross country for my students who did really well today..and then we popped into werribee maccas on hte way home..yep all 30 of us in very distinguishable colours :)

.then got some excitng news from a gf....woohoo who got engaged.... she was very excited :)

she hadnt read my blog for a few weeks and was also quite happy that things with stu were going well... she had actually known about it since a week or so after it happened(she had picked there was something going on quite some time ago!!!)

..anyway we went for a 'pack' run at the you yangs.although stu myself and another girl ran in the opposite direction...we just did 44mins slowly(the girl had already played netabll so was struggling a little) but at one stage we surged for about 9 minutes at a faster pace...and OMG did i feel that...was probs only 4.40-4.50 pace but i was strggling..and then had to walk for about 3mins up the very last part of a hill....

..we are going to go to MY side of town tonight and then go running in the dandenongs...ferny creek trail i think tomorrow morn...an hourish i spose

..having an issue with teh very start of the big toe joint(been 2 weeks now) aso have been googling it and will tell my dr when i see him.... ive narrowed it down to a bunion(enlargement of bone?) or to turf toe... both strappings were similar so may do that tomorrow.... andbeen researching the back..... i am 100% convinced that it is the SacroIliacJoint causing me all this grief..Thank go the taping helps... back was fine while running... but has tightened up sinc(is to be expected :)

knee couldnt be better :) i love my knee..even with an upside down smiley face..hes a real trooper that knee ;) heh ill post the piccy now..good knee

on monday i am starting a diet as i have been way over eating lately..its TERRIBLE muriel



having a good weekend so far :)

im a snail I am

..im soooooooo slow its not funny.. i couldnt hit the times my coach set me.... he wanted me to do a pyramind set of 200.400,600,800,600,400,200 at 100s laps(4:10 min kms per lap) with float recovery..he also thought i would find it easy.....no i did not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

just to work out: 105s laps = 4:22 min/kms 110s laps =4:35min/kms

for each i will write the total distance and each 200(ish) cos i was out a few lines wide..fortunately my garmin gives me my speeds..i hit lap every 200m
200 (4:12 pace)
400 (4:40 pace)-too slow
600 (4:34,4:36,4:39) was struggling.. contemplated not doing an 800
800 (4:19.4:27,4:34,4:480 was really tired in last 200m.... not very good form breathing heavy
600 (4:20,4:34,4:34)
400 (4:29,4:36)
200 (4:38)

and i couldnt do the float recoveries..walked the majority..floated for the first two and half of the last two

and ive come home for the night..... tis going to be very cold..

thank goodness its nearly friday.....

.work is pretty average at the moment-just have to suck it up
.personal life is great
..miss my family
..knee is doing really well..yay
..back is well..you know how it goes... some days i tape it so i can run, some days i have to tape so i can walk...today is a day where i was sore but not ridiculous and nowhere near as bad as that terrible day last week.. im supposed to book in for the MRI for my back.... it would be good to find out exactly what is going on...and to you know... not have back pain constantly ...lol... i should count my blessings...when i couldnt run and immediately after the injection into the back-i did have a few weeks without pain so that is all good

...tired heavy little leggies

..a tough day at work today (they all seem to be at the moment) but it s crazy time for me at the moment... i will be more like my normal self in about 4 weeks.... am really feeling the pressure at the moment
..one fo the boys was quite rude to me..so i had to give him a lecture...and every day before school im helping students out at the moment..and then mondays wednesdays thursday fridays after school there are work commitments... thats ok..i will get on top of it soon

just a 40ish min run(ended up being 37 mins) running with the boys today at an easyish pace(bit harder than easy though)
,,,the legs feel extremely tired..and heavy... when i said this to my coache;) hes gone...i dont care (lol-hes so sensitive) cos im not in racing mode for a while so he wants to build up kms... so i said ok as my coach you dont care but as my bf you could pretend...lol./... so he duly pretended to care....

more homework of course tonight have already been doing some, more boys before school tomorrow... but for now im going to go out to dinner instead.have a couple of wines and relax

..oh and ps..after such a bad day at work- i felt so much better after a run

miss jojo is loving being back running.... yes my back doesnt love it...but it just needs to put up and shut up really(ive been taping it which is helping) but the KNEE is brilliant.... i even kneeled on it today ..woohoo..must take a piccy of it to show you

..track work..woohoo

...yay..got to train at the track(stu;s track) which was very necessary considering how stressful work is at the moment.. there is guy there who is driving me to DISTRACTION... i literally try to run away from him..he is the most annoying teacher on the planet.... grrrrr

..anyway stu wanted me to do 6x800m at 105s per 400 ..and one of this other coach;s girls was running with me... it was slower than she was used to... it became very obvious VERY early on that she had NO INTENTION of running the same pace as me.... the first lap was 95s and we finished hte 800 in 3:21(aiming for 3:30) the next rep- frst alp 100s still to fast.. by the 3rd rep..i decided to let her go off on whatever pace she was running... it made me look like i was VERY far behind..but i was actually running the time that i had been set...(and besides she didnt really even talk to me because she didnt really want to run with me :(
..i was quite happy when another 2 athlete came over so she ran with the faster one...and the other girl ran the last 2 reps with me.. i got the right times..but was COMPLETELY COMPLETELY stuffed... i asked stu whether or not i could only fo 5 reps...and he said only if i was completely stuffed..i sucked it up and made the final rep.. i found the session pretty hard...but im sure if i had done hte first rep at the right pace then i probs wouldnt have been sooooooo tired
..trying very very hard not to eat rubbish..i wanted to go out for dinner but instead stu cooked me a very nice stir fry.... but i bought some choccy for charity today and im dyiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing to eat it..(of course stu wouldnt let me....lol)

so im loving being back on the track...and i remembered to TAPE my back today so hopefully i will be able to walk properly tomorrow UNLIKElast week after my track session

..hwk machine

..yep
im definitely a hwk machine
..seriously
..work is insane at the moment///
..my eyes hurt...im no fun to be around...ask anywone spending time with me at the moment
..uggggggggh

lucky i have running to keep me sane.... no running today... but i do love running

..why do people say that

..you would think of ALL the people to say it... my bf would know better than to say... you cant possibily get lost...LOL i really thought he knew me better than that..
he toodled off to bacchus marsh or somehwere and sent me to go running at riverbend by myself?? in werribee... found that fine... and umm was supposed to just run along hte river....yeah seems simple enough..all going well...well not really but ill get to that in a minnie)anyway on teh way back..i ummm missed where my car was parked and ..umm walking through this residential section..and im feeling a bit perturbed..going dont remember running through this..oh well we all know IM VERY unobservant... keep wandring and end up on some ESTATE...lol still not convinced..spend about 5 mins trying to work it out when i finally decide to CEDE to teh fact that yes i am indeed lost..lol... I SUCK BIG TIME... and so i had to ask some random people where to go..and theyve kinda gone youre supposed to be where... ummm keep going ack the way you came ...yuo cant miss it(apparently they dont know me LOL) nyway walked back..in teh end after stopping running at 53 mins i got back to my car at 1hr 28 mins...oopsa daisy
//ok the run itself
...ummmmmmmm let me see if i can define it in one word... Ummmm oh there it is SH1T or if i have a thesaurus handy crap, rubbish, terrible, nonexistent,snail
you may have the gist now... yes well it started off poorly when my legs decided to stay home and i accidently brought along two logs of lead... 7 mins in i was busting and had to climb down a steep section..not far to go for a bit of a squat...lucky no one walked past the other side of the river(i remember once on the yarra some rowers rowing past...very embarrasing for miss jojo it was) back to running.... got to the turn around point(which ended up being after 26mins because the train line bridge was flooded and when i went up the hill to see if alternate route it was just roads etc...i had already had to walk for a minute here and there..anytime there was a hill no matter how small i reverted to a walk...i had NOTHING in the legs..in fact i had NEGATIVE energy in teh sill legs.and had to walk 2 or 3 times on the way back as well before getting lost...

oh and Em i strongly disagree with your comment i havent lost much fiteness since run for kids..if i had even mantained...i would have run 46mins.. and my fitness ran pout at 4kms and i managaed to suck it up(and probs stioll had some residual fitness until 7kms) after that i had nothing..i literally had to talk myself into continuing(not something i usually have a problem with) and sing songs to myself.... it was pure mind over matter for the last 3kms..... so a weekdn of kms in the legs,,,but a terrible weekend of running

on the plus side..lat week sunday to sat i ran 31.5kms..not too bad for a return ..
...and i have done sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much homework that my eyes ahve gone all googly..have had to stop.. definitely time for a wine :)

..not fast..but a race nonetheless

..hmmm after teh shananigans with my back i was very concerned about whether to run...i have done some serious taping and saw my sports doc yesterday.. he said he was perplexed by my back and has sent me off for an MRI... but thinking SIJ...sigh and if the procedure he wants done gets done....ummm apparently it is quite painful...AWESOME.... lol....
anyway 2 days anti biotics..only a few tweaks this morning -might as well give sandown a burl//// but know i cant race it.... pb's at sandown 2 years ago 45:36 and i am chomping at the bit to break that
..not even the remotest of possibilities today..so was aiming for sub 50 mins with max pace average of 4:45m/k started off fast 4:36, next km into a hill 5 mins... then even out to 24:15 for the first 5.....OMG i just about died at the 4km mark...so so tired..at 7kms i was wondering if i could keep going.. back hurt and my legs well they didnt really belong to me anymore...this was the time i saw stu and yelled out..why on earth did you let me run this.. his response of course.... I DIDNT

anyway was really struggling..so sang a song in my head to try to dull the start walking thoughts which crept into my head
with 1km to go i was at 44:15 and im like ok ill break 50- better try to beat 49..so tried to up the pace(no sprint tho i was ker-nackered) and ran th e alst km in 4:34 to record 48:49 only 3:13 slwoer than my pb :( but all things considered a very reasonable run.. unfortunately it didnt feel good though
..any way time to move on
..oh hang on..one thing there was this guy next to me who kept loudly farting(and i couldnt overtake him...well sometimes i would then he would) but it was like fetid air(and it was open air) but at one stage it was so bad that i was like wooooooaaaaaaaaa and exclaimed out loud..i couldnt breathe for about 15 mtres and very nearly gagged
..anyway a tough day at the office for miss jo...quads and calves hate me and the other knee hurts..have skins on...
but you know what ..for all of that PAIN...MISS JO IS BACK RUNNING....woohoo and it wont be long before i can post a REASONABLE time aging so happy campers :( :(

..oh and YES stu....you were right(of course) i wasnt fit enough to run..was in a bit of distress at teh end of the run....
oh and awesome effort today Ems....well done :) next year....you and me-sandown showdown!!!

...a HOT date..

...yep had a HOT date tonight ;) lol..i do make myself laugh :) i di get a peck on the cheek though...... hehe ok ok ill come clean it was with a gf of mine..,,
super tired at work today...and i cant even really blame the boy... i fell asleep on his couch last night at ummmm hpw embarassment 9:45 LOL... yeah he did say how wonderful my company was.... well plthththththth is all i can say....just joking!!!
..yesterday was a very tough day for me..if there was one word i could use to describe my back it would be ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm excruciating..i got to the stage where 2 steps were making me wince..thank god for the codeine etc.... :( not a happy camper
..anyway didnt run last night - dinner with stu at a chinese restaurant where i seem to find it impoosible to keep any food on my plate..such a little gromit i am :)
..so tonight the plan was in the pool-but dang it..it was too cold ...and well really truly..i just didnt wanna!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im such a BRAT i just cant help mysefl.... so i whined to stu who said i could skip it..then felt bad so went for a VERY VERY slow 30 min jog...the back held up ok... it is taped to the left and to the right and up the middle..i may have said yesterday???????cant remember...
wont be able to go to GOR mara to watch..way to much hwk ..have a lot of work pressure on me...and feeling quite stressed and tired... doesnt help being sick for a coupe of weeks with STUPID f-ing cellulitis..LOL arent i just a joy to be around...
lol..poor stu... lucky he is being just the biggest sweetheart at the moment :) :)

i am a CRAZY lady in term 2!!!!!!! only semi crazy the rest of the time

oh and sandown saturday..coach has said maybe i could aim for 4:45 min/kms but he thinks i may blow out... oh and ive been banned from standing too close to Em cos he thinks ill try to keep up (and we all know hes right too.... i wanna run fast..maybe i could be the little train who can... i know i can i know i can i know i can...ooops apparently i cant..... bugger...cant even pretend in a fantasy.....

.grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

.grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
people must think im the biggest whinger on the planet...it just isnt so :(

anyway..last night had a great night.... it begun with a training session at the track
..yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
ran with michelle 15..and then two teensy tiny rugrats..lol down at stu's track... 4x800m at 110sec per lap pace so 4:35min/km pace and then stu let me do a 5th one at 100sec per lap which is4:10 pace
./was pretty fatigued by the end of it and with 1.6 km cool and warm i did probs about 6km for the night...
..i knew it wasnt great when i was unable to strap my back as i forgot to take the tape to do it...bugger bugger bugger(back had already been a bit sore)
..woke up today thinking it was ok//... and by then end of period 1 i was in considerable pain.... couldnt bend..heels too high and hurting..it was extremely unpleasant .and the pain on left and right side..bugger(the RHS is the one o have to watch..that the one which caused foot drop last time :(
..anyway when i had a free..i popped down to the pharmacy to get voltaren..but i HAD to take something for the pain ...so they let me take some panadeine...i also bought the tap for the back...and have taped the left and right sides and also down the middle of the back(like a mummy) the back is almost completely immobile(which is hte point) and changed to hald the size heels..although they were summer sandals lol so i look a little silly..but heck who cares
..cant bend over to help the boys(cant kneel cos my knee not ready for it..lol am i falling to pieces OR WHAT!!!!!!) so when i come over they have to stand up.... lol
..not sitting down have the computer on a stand so i can stand and work.... supposed to be running with the boys for cross country..ill see how i feel...
the panadeine has kicked in...or it could be the other 10 things im now doing to help my back

...then last night stu and i went out locally for dinner..he is a very sweet boy :) although not nice when i HAD to get up in the morning..and he just stays there..looking all snug and cosy..im sooooo not a morning person these days

happy miss jojo(even with thh tanty throwing back)..much better mooded than yesterday..was extreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeely grumpy cat.... a good run certainly helped :)

..upright littl pussycat today

busy busy day for miss jo..started with a before school meeting, 5 ON(plus tutor group as well) then yard duty then training with the boys til 5..no running for me..to be frank,,my back is too sore today..i probs shouldve gone swimming but i was feeling very very tired..knee is GREAT which is awesome..my little leggies were rebelling and feeling VERY VERY fatigued... lol..i am just soooooooooooooooooooo unfot it is crazy
..booked in with the sports doc for friday about my back..its been more than a month since the injection in the back and whilsyt its been very good..two days of running and well its back doing its little tanty :( i may need another one that is deeper and actually done whilst looking through a scan or something..not sure

..and yes sara i laughed too about stu using MY language... if it keeps up he may even develop a sense of humour... ROFL

apparently tomorrow i get to do 1km reps :) but i have already been warned it will be slower than i want to do/...dont know what that means

anyway cleaned my room so feel better

....miss jo goes to the country

..lol... drove over to stus this morning(after a night of ummm drinking) and we decided to go to the you yangs...that was after he called me and yelled at me to WAKE UP....lol... lucky i wasnt too hung over... although i was having a major bacon and eggs craving...so nothing but a quick mandarin and hit the not hillly sections of the you yangs,..calves very tight... back -lets not even go there..its always going to take some readjustment.. knee was GREAT :) :) :) felt heaps better than yesterday..although my coach did try to kill me... he made me run 9kms!!!!!!!!!!! ummmm the last km and a half was very hard for me cos i am very unfit.. and super slow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! anyway very tired after that...and didnt get to eat brunch til 2pm(was a 40 min wait)
..oh and in reference to teh country comment- we could smell cows..i jokingly enquired if stu was telling me i smelled like a cow..i believe he just rolled his eyes...sooooo doesnt get my sense of humour
..then we went to 'the plaza where we met one of stu's friends clare for a coffee before me being mesmerised ONCE again by the large screen tvs..i really want one.. i also want to buy a wii... and i aslo want to buy other stuff too!!!!!!!! such a spendthrifti ha ve been in an extremeley silly sausage mood today...i wish the weekend went for one more day
miss jo is officially back running

..omg i am the UNFITTEST person on the planet

..so i thought i was going to soak up the atmosphere as i was super excited to go for a run..my coach said i could do 5kms..seemed reasobale..how fast??easy..ok stu 6min/kms??if you can manage it or slightly less
..i felt dreadful after 2.5kms..not in my leg...but my cardio fitness is NON existent..huffing and puffing like crazy...and im ostriching about my back so dont ask..but the thought that i may have retire from squash has definitely crossed my mind
..so yes im happy to be back running..but the run was SHITE
..last night i was extremely drunk and poor stu got some ummm errrr very drunk text messages..... oh well at least they werent phone calls....
my cross country boys did very well today..got some great photos..
going out and getting sozzled with some gfs tomorrow

yay im back running....poo im unfit

..very excited little joey bean

ooooh am about to head off to the hospital for what IM CONVINCED will be good news..will be gutted if it isnt.... but i soooooo know it will be

..had a great night out with the boy last night... it wasnt anything special-just hanging out at a local pub.. and he also allayed some of my worries...so we got to have a good chat... which was good for my ever fretful ways...lol.. yeah i know -im a pain!!!!

..i have had a great day today....obviously in a good mood cos in period one today my year 12s are like-gee youre in a good mood miss...and ive gone..yeah it is friday you know...lol..and theyve gone..no thats not it..lol... so ive gone -well ok youve caught me out im going to the hopsital and going to be allowed to run today... they think im a bit wacky i think ;)
anyway all good vibes for miss josephines knee...



EDIT: super fantastic news..am allowed to run again..within certan thresholds..and under coachy coach's advice of course :)
i was soo excited earlier i had to ring stu back who said he hadnt understood me earlier cos errr ummm i was speaking a million miles a minute..i was one excited little pussycat
..he did say there would still be pain..and there was no magic time number so i should give it a go..and he said i could race next week...if i felt i could..well i said not quite race..i dont think my knee quite has that much give..nor my ticker that much fitness at the mo :) im going out now.... may even run woth michelle and jay tomorrow...AWESOME 5kms...double awesome ...kisses

ummm errr..take it easy

..lol... there is something wrong with me...
i rang my mother for her bday(she hates it when i call her mother so i called her mum today)(i texted her this morning and even mentioned my bro was overseas so probs wouldnt calll her(he probs wouldnt anywya but hey...) anyway chatting away...and my family(which drives me carzy...are I love you people....well thats not true..but my brother and mother are(my bro says it to me all the time and at LEAST 10 times a day to his wife...my mother says it to me a bit on the phone and im all squirmy and will occasionally say it back(under duress i might add) anyway i think she was a bit taken aback..may have been expecting slightly more of an end to the phone call than..ok then take it easy... lol..there was a bit of a suprised sound on the end ...i was distracted in traffic and hang up and then had a laugh...
..school was pretty good and i have a very SPECIAL day tomorrow... it is my final(i hope!!!!) hospital appointment and should get the go ahead to run.... shhhhh about tuesday.. i decided not to run today
..i am ABSOLUTELY that im going to be able to run sandown...not race or anything but run... i will be soooooooooooooooooooooo gutted if i cant... i have my heart absolutely set on it...and ive been healing like a SUPERSTAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
..im about to go out to dinner...no wonder im getting to be hte side of a house.ok i can be prone to a tad bit of an exaggeration..but well i think i can hear hte ooompa loompa song on in the background ...hehe
..this week has been crazy..been way over tired..not sure why... anyway i went to bed before 10:30 last night...WOW...and felt much much better for it
..okerly dokerly time for me to duck off..
ciao peoples and peoplettes(hehe...)

..shhhhh dont tell anyone

..ok so i decided maybe i could go for a teensy weensy very very slow jog
..so i went over to stus home track(although was a little concerned when stus coach freind said to me .how many days have the stitches been out?oh 8...arent you a few days ahead of runnnig??ok so then i was pretty nervous... so i ran really SLOWLY..and did 2kms
..it felt VERY weird running at another club..its ok jeg....im NOT joining another club..im coburg gal..but i did pay associate fees so that i can use their track once a week ..it will make it easier if i am out this way already on a tuesday
..anyway it was only 5 very very slow laps...and i didnt do the run throughs that stu had said i could do because i could feel it tugging a little bit
..then it was off to dinner with a coupla of people and home without time to finish my blog even!!!!!!!!!!! so im finishing it this morning(i did start it last night)
..and im surprised at how tired my left leg is..i guess the poor darling hasnt been used for quite some time..i could feel on the track- i wasnt running evenly..ittl just take some time
..as someone said to me the other day...patience is a virtue...
..by that theory i am NOT very virtuous.... lol
hurry up- i want to be back to where i was 4 weeks ago thank you

..OMG just too too ridiculously tired

..i seriously just about fell asleep at the wheel this morning i was so tired..if ever i needed a coke zero(didnt have one) then that was it
..just couldnt wait for the day to be over so i could have a nana nap(yes stu-a nap!!!! and no Im not a toddler)
..so work was fine... had some seriously naughty boys(not my usual ones...i was filling in for someone else...period 6///yay..f-ing yay
..then cross country with teh boys... and then i broached some running with my coach
..he actually said i could too..so i was all set to do just that when on my long walk down to training i noticed the knee kinda felt like it was just 'pulling'(ie the skin) so i decided to err on the side of caution and not push it.. when i say i was going to run-stu was only going to let me do 5 mins and hten some run throughs and then 5 min all pretty slowly
..so nothing to report..tired and a tiny bit grumpy

...

..been a busy little chickadee this weekend..went and had dinner on friday night and met one of stu's freinds..then saturday morning sport with teh boys....cross country..didnt that make me wanna run,.....you betcha
..then my brother made me go and get cigars for $80 and hes like..ill give you the cash and i said... like last time(he still owes me $300)and laughed... anyway prganised for him to come pick it up..and of course -no cash.... which meant i wa short today and am dipping into next weeks money... d'oh
,...then off to the western aths presentation night with the boy..it was very interesting to see how other clubs run their presentation... so we are well and truly óuted'now.. i was really nervous beforehand actually...
and then today after a big sleep in..yeah we were still drinking at 2"30am- dont even want to tell you how mnay bottles of wine we went through,..... suffice it to say it was BUCKETLOADS....lol
off to indian buffet for lunch..where i way over ate and felt a little ill after eating too much then off to a pub for a beer(well wine for me//lol) and then a wander round the shops and now home...oh i did do some hwk this ,morning
i really really really really hate homework..its just NOT funny...when you work sat morning as well and then do homework on sunday- it really doesnt feel like a huge break from school.....
so a lovely weekend really...i dont know if the other person has agreed yet
..but we are doing a two week healthy eating thing
..kness doing well
..well done to Em yesterday..musta felt good being out there

....nice is good

..wow yesterday was busy busy busy...lol..doesnt help when you leave at 5.45 am in the morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!anyway had to help some boys before school- then in my spare had to go buy foodstuffs for cooking with the boys in the arvo(thats my service on a thursday...then lunch meeting..then after school service then off to rent a bomb to drop off my car...breathe jojo

...i know you may find this pretty surprising lol...but im a wee bit of a chatter and relatively freindly..so when i droppped off the truck(hehe) and was asking hte best way to get to brisge road, the very nice scottish man said he would drive me there(saved me a 20 min walk in the rain) jump on tram decide i should get a haircut(yes without an appt...which stu seemed to think i wouldnt manage..and just LAUGHED at me...well HOW rude....lol
jumped off at kew..nup copuldnt get appt(was 6ish) but if i came nack 8.15 (remember miss jo has no car... so decided nope..see a tram and accidently ran to it...naughty naughty..jump on d'oh.... wrong tram..god im a loser..jump off...walk to next tram stop..'nother tram coming..yep had to run again/...oops..
jump off at the shops up the road from me..and enquire about a haircut..im like...i know i have no appt...and they were pretty busy but i think my...but i have a function thingy to go to on saturday and i only found out yesterday and i REALLY need a haircut...really sold it to them..how can a hairdresser resits a bad hair-ed girl in distress..
anyway my gal lexie was great...loved getting a wine while it was done... just neatened it all up..so yer it is still the same haircut..as my family call it -decade hair...lol.. then a cab to the country(south morang to pick up cookie monster(my car) OMG how much do i love my car- its quiet -it handles well..and it isnt a TRUCK... so parking and staying in my lines is soooooooooooooooooo much easier... then a long drive back of course..
..ooooh oooh oooh and how exciting...im wearing a skirt(with black opaques0) havent been able to because i used to have to elevate the little leggie\..i had a little panic last night because the dodgy knee was feeling hot(which is a sign of infection) im currently watching it like a hawk.. i may have just done a bit too much yesteday(i was overtaking people when walking and ummmmmmm yeah i know i overdid it a bit)
i will be better today...scouts honor..ok time to do some work