..ok...ill fess up then!!

..lol..ok eat em and em- you are correct-i had very specifically not answered the question you asked. and yes you had sussed it right. somebody we all knokw will be moving in with me :) im quite looking forward to it actually-then he will be STUCK with my bad jokes!!!!!!! lol..but i didnt want to say it til i had asked him if he minded if it was said on my blog


yesterdays session was the last training session with the boys so i asked my coach if i could run with them even though it was a completely different session..hes a good lad and said yes of course... so 6min warm up...then 6x3min efforts..i was pushing hard..with only 60s breaks....whew it was a tough one..on muddy grass
so todays session(legs were pretty tired going up and down the stairs....two hard sesssions in consecutive dayss)
50 mins in the pool so equiv to 8kms

oh and ive done more than 1000 kms this year --woohoo..and more than 200km this month..my most ever

piccies of the house

..some quick piccies..well heres one of my fave rooms the kitchen and the hang around bit:

last nights training sessions was 6x800m at slightly quicker pace usually im supposed to do the 800component of my 1km reps at 3:40(which is 4:35min/kms) but since they were just 800s-its was at 3:30 which is about 4:22min/km pace

so the 800s went like this

3:26(um went too fast first 200-legs felt a bit proppy and un-natural

3:28 legs still not moving fluidly

3:28 can it really only be the third set-maybe i forgot one

3:30...finding it pretty tough..stu was it only 5 i had to do??NO...bugger

3:31..and breathing VERY VERY hard

3:27- tried to not let the last lap slow..

much better than 1km reps....apparently stu was planning in having the set faster but given an 8km race(+3.5km warmup/cooldown) and 90mins sunday the little leggies were somewhat fatigued..and his training had let him know that i wouldnt manage it

so 7ish kms altogether. shins had been kinda sore for the last few days-but were actually okay once i warmed into it.

stu and i went and had dinner with my aunt and uncle last night-they are just so lovely :) and hes a great cook!!!!

..oh and the tenants are moving out before settlement so the moving in process will begin on sep 10!!! and lol at ems comment yesterday!!!!

.okerly dokerly

..so it is getting more and more OFFICIAL by the day(buying the house that is) the loan got approved today-assuming the building inspection is fine then it is a done deal..scary/exciting/scary/excitingumm keep going
..anyway we move in, in november..oh and andrew-point cook-see a photo of the kicthen below-it is just too cute

40mins water run today-so--so-in a double lane(i went up middle to try and keep out of the way(so people didnt have to over take) but the swimmer boy nearly kept hitting me in the head cos he deicded to swim as close to me as humanly possible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!so equiv to nearly 7kms... at my actual house tonight which is a bit wierd.spent nearly all nighton phone to gfs ..am all out of sorts

OMG- all of a sudden I AM AN ADULT

let me start with- i am absolutely flabbergasted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i ummmmmm BOUGHT a house today...... OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i only actually decided to definitely buy a house last week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG i cant believe now(subject to finance, i am officially a homeowner-and ummmmmm yes i did buy the house before i got the finance-who would expect it to take less than a week!!!!!!!!!!
(i have browsed the... net of course L) a couple of times in the last few months. anyway -it is a 3BR cottage with 2 bathrooms, a walk in robe and a cute little back yard. and there are tenants at the moment who are getting married in october-so i am letting them have an extra month or so than the minimum time i could kick them out so moving in in november....... oooh scary/exciting and ummm scary all rolled into one!!!! gotta love looking inside one house and it being the ONE! yay!!!!!
RUNNING
leggies were decidedly unhappy about the whole running caper today..and when there were hills my legs complaining noise level went from the low grumble of a little dog into the snappy growl of a doberman...lol..who spotted a postman...double lol ;)
so you yangs it was...i ran with someone for 35mins but sadly the next 55mins was by myself(not fast enough to run with the others) could only manage 5:42min/kms today so 15.7kms... and then took a gf out for lunch for her birthday..very expensive and they tried to charge us for 2 bottles of wine instead of one..lucky stu(whatta good lad(he even found me the house!!!!)) checked the bill

then a spot of shopping(for the last time in a while i might add) and for the rest of the afternoon have been ruminating about what furniture i have and what i will need


oh yeah guess what 200kms(well 197.7 so far) this month!!! i dont think i have EVER run 200kms in a month....woohoo!!!!!!!!! and and and and..breathe miss jojo i have done 1000kms for the years..OMG(yes it includes water kms) but OMG thats so cool for me...one of these days oi may even accept that i am actually a REAL runner(im still in denial...as really i used to be a squash player who also ran-but given i am a retired squash player now.......)

and i dont even want to count how many times i have used the term OMG today...a million perhaps?????????????????????????????????? lol

run run run run

well.... on thursday- i wasnt quite sure if i would be able to run today. apologies for being such a sooky la la-but to be honest i was in a helluva lot of pain.. a bucketload of wines later(cos i couldnt sit down-could only lay on the ground :( ) got me to an acceptable pain level..whe the back decided to play like that-it is about the only thing which alleviates it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
..anyway lets ostrich on that front for a while..its in not so good phase-it will come out of it..and it was slightly better on friday and then a bit better again today...i am sitting as we type..woo hoo!!!
so racing at bundoora.OMG HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW tough is that course... i was very happy in the end with 4:42min/kms only 2 s perkm slower than geelong so all in all i would have to say a better run.... some absolute killer repetitive hills..a 2km lap followed by 3km lap followed by 3km lap...!!!!!!!!!!!!! so very happy with my run....very happy i COULD run (still cant bend to pick stuff up-have to do lunges to pick stuff up...lol!!!! it doesnt afect my speed or anything though so dont think there are any excuses... heckled stu while he ran....i know its mean but i get a PERVERSE pleasure seeing him grimace when he runs(not in the gf sense) but in the athlete sense ..ie as in how much pain he puts me through in training..... errrrr 3x2kms reps spring to mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
put in an offer on a house in point cook-it was lovely-but offer is below what they what and there is someone else making an offer-its a wait and see :(

oh and went to the worst run chemist in the word..BIG gripe coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! apparently it takes more than 11mins to take a packet off the shelf...ok here goes ..there is ONE lady who can get the medication (no problem with that as she is the pharmacist...well LADY stay in the medicine cabinet thingy and DOLE out the damn medicine...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO she comes and serves people(not with medications) puts their 'scripts' in aliitle basket and LEAVES the damn things there...once everyones baskets are now queued up-she MAY and i stress MAY go and get one lot of medication!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! damn it...it could have all been done in 3minutes instead of 11- 2 people serving and setting up the 'baskets' meanwhile pharmacists girls stays and fills the medications...pronto..not exactly high LEVEL thinking caps needed there......f%ck a DUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..phew needed to get that off my chest...but seriously...how hard is it to work that OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

..sooky la la today

havent read anyone elses posts tonight yet- and let me say i have no REAL reason for being so sooky :( well no more than normal

today was a VERY bad day....my back hurt to the extent where i took panadol!!!!! i never ever take panadol for the back if i plan on running as i believe i need to be aware of how much pain i was in..Obviously i didnt run..and when i got home(to stu's) all i could manage was to lay in the dark on his bed for a while trying to make the back not hurt... sometimes when it hurts,,,its hurts to stand it is excruciating to go from sitting to standing(it has been a bad week!) i didnt even go running in the water!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i suck...i think im also a bit more emotional than normal.,but i did have a little sook..one year ago-i could do ANYTHING and never think anything of it... now everytime i think about doing ANY exercise i have to think in ter,s of my 'long term back' injury..yep a one year injury is NOT apparently enough..and no im not feeling sorry for myself(well in actual fact i guess i am) my friend today said ..do you want to play in our netball team..errrr no..my back cant take it..another friend asked me if i wanted to play in our work soccer team..errr no
..anyway..have had a wine or three...lol..trust me -it kills the pain more than anything else..no dinner yet :( no wonder i became an alco last april(when i injured the back)

anyway sorry i have just bitched and moaned...but am a bit OVER the whole back thing today


..anyway... on a good front..stu went and looked at some places today...so im going to go and have a look at a place that is a quick sell if it sells on saturday..just looking at all the things i would need to do

...uuuuuugggggggh i smell.......................

like chlorine that is.i went to the pool for a 45 min water run at weribee today(back kinda lousy today so no way was i going to run)...1.8m all the way. i usually rave about it- well they had one swim squad start before the other had finished so there were no public lanes(this is 15imins into my run) anyway i asked the pool lady and shes like they will finish soon, so ive kinda said..well i cant run in the small pool cos i touch the bottom..anyway she was particualrly helppgful :) and let me run in the lane where she was giving one kid a lesson..i tried to take up as little room as possible. I also made sure that i went and thanked her again, after i got out of the pool. as i was very appreciative.
work was pretty good, except for the fact-im going to have to do worked solutions to one chapter out of the year 12 books-there are so many mistakes in the solutions in the textbook- i dont know what the people who wrote it were thinking-very very bizarre..

not a very exciting dinner today(obviously it was me making dinner...lol) i didnt get home til after 8 so all i made was a chicken roll:( but it also meant i have my lunch for tomorrow prepared as well

hope things went well for Em

i feel for you hon, after all the water running we did last year-it is very difficult to go back to it

..lol..sprung!!!thats the word i was looking for

..very much laughed at ajh's description.yes..sprung was EXACTLY the word i was looking for

..anyway something bizarro was happening yesterday..struggled to run even 4.3kms(initally thought tired from day before) then last night was struggling to stay awake after 8:30 pm(always a good sign something is up-as soon as i am even a little bit unwell my body goes into sleep mode-it is bizarre)anyway went to bed before10..super early..the alarm went off and seriously i could barely open my eyes..i was soooooooooooooooooooooo ridiculously tired it just wasnt funny..i even slept in til 10:30...wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! after that i felt ok and felt better as the day progressed but still a little tired(i even took the day ff work!!!!!!)
was a bit to-ing and fro-ing about training, but since i felt better as day went on and it was an easier set, decided to give it a day
supposed to be 110s laps 1kmx 4:35mins with 90s laps
well today is the first time since i started training at the hoppers track that this speed has felt comfortable- i was working but i was definitely within my limits... i must be starting to gain some fitnes...woohoo..his was the most enjoyable training run ive had for a while..double yay..and surprising since i had felt crapola earlier..it really is bizarre that you can have something in your system for 24hours and then its gone!!! weird!!!!! then dinner with stu and burkey, was considering not going cos it was so cold but definitely glad i did..

...ooops-a-daisy

the funniest thing happened today at school.. i was in the office talking to the maths coordinator(while my year 12 class were working(of sorts) away..when a lady came in and said the principal(brand new principal so going round visiting classes) was in the class next door...oooopsies -thats my class..i just about flew out of the door...lol.. the boys said later that my face went bright bright red...and after the principal left... im like...BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! couldnt you have taken your ipods out when the principal came in...lol..theyre not supposed to wear ipods in class... what a good impression i made....lol my colleagues were pissing themselves laughing when i told them...even stu cracked a smile when i told him the story

anyway-in a great mood today..although my butt is red raw-i look like a BABOON...when i dont put the undertape under my taping-my skin reacts quite badly. (one of the taping starts half way down hte glute and goes up to the cetre of the back) It is fairly stinging at the moment. I cant put the undertape on by myself though-its quite difficult.its a good effort to put on the rigid tape

had soft tacos for din dins..yum yum..unexciting ...but i like stuff like that. have eaten healthy today.no coke zeroes.boohoo

running today was at best a chore.the race yesterday obviously took a lot more out of my legs than i realised.i knew when i walked up stiars and my legs were groaning and tired-i was like..oopsies, thats not going to be good.and good it wasnt.i very slowly ran for 25mins.and then had to talk with the boys and dismiss them before i was supposed to do another 25 mins. i just couldnt drag my butt out again.My back had become extremely tight(it always is straight after runing) and my legs had only just managed the early run, so i decided to pull the pin. I called stu and he was surprisingly accepting of the fact that i couldnt get back out. He is a good lad :) ill keep him around ;)

i dont understand boys fascination with farts i must say! they seem to be born with it! lol

..bling ..bling.bling..ching.ching ching

lol..what an arrogant prat i sound like!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol AS IF!!!! when i crossed the line and theyve gone ..you finished first in your age group- i actually went ...are you sure??????? you do know im 18-39 group... turns out the 3 OVERALL first across the line dont count...dont know if they are all over 18 or not, but it does mean at worst i finished 4th in the open women
..oh and stu predicted 4:33,in/kms.if you count my garmin which is VERY accurate and im going with, it measured 5.13km, or if you accept it as 5km then 4:40min/.km which is kinda crapola!!!! well considering i ran 4:40min/km for 6kms 2 weeks ago!!!!!

..anyway.got there early..honked at TB(tony) had to laugh-he was standing outside in the car while jay and michelle looking all warm in the car. caught up with andrew-running bud :)

very very sad to not see Em there :( as i said..some things JUST arent fair(yesterdays non commital post)
andrew and i started off about 4:23 and was doing well..third km was a bit of a blowout 4:47, but i think thats when there was a hill(and i was feeling shite) also had the dilemma when ajh not feeling well whether to continue or wait while he had a potentially liquid laugh.. i decided -either selfishly or rationally??? that if it was me feeling that way- i would want the other person to keep running as it would make me feel bad otherwise.. and i was always going to run back to find him in 10 mins !!! so i ran 23:10 which i reckon i ran pretty well..oh and got bling..once the pic of andrew and i is up either he or i will post on our blog

so a good day..and then stu , his MILLION rugrats and i went to the werribee zoo.OMG how tired i was after that!!!!! IVE NEVER BEEN THERE_It was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 the rhino-s looked like they were GONNA ram the bus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you cant even begin to imagine HOW close to you they are..and giraffes...man i love giraffes!!!!!!!!!!ungainly...and you should see how camels sit..bizarro..and...and a... and... ummmm you get the idea
..we then went and looked..in a BUCKETLOAD of rain at a townhouse in point cook -which looked OK, but i think i want a doggy!!! then dinner at williamstown....where i got..can you believe it ...a roast dinner and vegies and wine for $10 ...which just means MORE wine for me...wooohooooo..and then we played pool-heaps of fun..he beat me everytime..boooooo hiss..but never by much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
well done all my ausrunner buds today..some GREAT runs

..who's leggies are they-they couldnt be mine

sometimes things happen-and they are just not fair(not about me-its a comment and im not going any further into it)

surely my leggies are not mine- since when do they decide to BITCH and MOAN everytime i run..oh that right, since im doing 57 kms for the last two weeks.they are absolute leaden..no speed... but at least im running

i was supposed to do 45 mins at 5min/km pace-this should be easy for me(well not easy) but i rang stu in advance..as i had run 10mins earlier with the boys-very slowly..and had felt what my legs were like... anyway..sometimes he is delightful and he said i didnt have to run that fast and i could just run.woohoo.. but then when i started i was struggling at 5:15(man i suck!) anyway the km splits for my 6kms(i didnt record the first 1.75) were 5:20,5:05,5:01,5:06,5:04 (and then 250m to make it 8kms) so i did halfish if the run at close enough pace....
not looking forward to tomorrow-well thats not true.im looking forward to running with andrew- or eating his dust anyway!!!!! and its about time i had a 5km time to put in as a pb..since my last attempt at 5kms was really 6kms..stupid runmelbourne mutter mutter sulk sulk

still trying to find a house...have lost interest already(only in looking- i want to buy, but well my attention span is kinda already over...i do have the attention span of a GNAT-and im not kidding.stu didnt appreciate it much when i said- couldnt he just find me a house to buy....lol... bossy britches just told me to ring the agent for the one place i did see(a townhouse that has access to a pool in point cook)- where's that hand of yours jay ;)
am starting...ever so slowly..to lose the MILLION kgs i put on when i was sulking over not running and then the ensuing 8 weeks of eating EXTREMELY badly... lol i am the biggest EXAGGERATOR in the history of exaggerators...lol..and there i go again :)

having a wine..yeah..way early to have one... oh well...im a little alco

...a pleasant day

im very very lucky to have a job that i love... however i should know by now not to disclose anything personal..i said to my year 12s today i was taking my partner to the musical next week(lol isnt stu a good boy to come!!!) and theyre like oh you have a partner -whats his name ..... and were constant about it- i just didnt say anything so they have nicknamed him Marvin..... lol

anyway great day at work..pity the back is playing up quite abit today(but not gonna bitch..cos it wont help anyway!..im going to ostrich on that front for a bit

then it was off to highpoint to collect my new glasses(for driving) before i stopped off at safeway...and heard a hello from someone(what ??no one knows me in hoppers////well it was Marvin(cracking myself up!!!) so we wandered aimlessly around hte supermarket for a bit then some yummy pizza and kid central for a while(he had his million rugrats today)

no running...wooohooo how much i doth love a rest day!!!!! i have my 5km race tomorrow..and my boys will be running a handicap at the TAN at 9-9.30 tomorrow... so if youre there you may well see me

have a great weekend kids and kidlets ;)

oh and jay-did you read my reply to your comment yesterday!!!how can anyone enjoy househunting

oooh a reduction again..yay

...so a great great day at work today :) i do love being a teacher...ahhhhh i have my moments when i wonder if i do- but i know (apart from term 2) that i do love it

and then 'services' which is cooking for me...finished heaps early today so i could go to the hoppers windodrome(ie in the same ilk as ... velodrome..lol-crack myself up)
..for those of you who dont read my blog all the time(and thanks to those who do xoxo) last week i was the first person on the track and hte guinea pig for the 400-til it got changed... lets just say i could have pfaffed around for the olympics today.. i DID NOT WANT to be th first who ran 400m today and THEN it got changed....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anyway someone else went first(yay) and they(as in stu the meanie) decided o change it to 300's..OMG werribee track is seriously a WIND TUNNEL
so 6x 300's at 62-65 sec which to bring it into context (remember it IS SHORT) 3:26-3:36min/km
..i was surprised at how hard they felt..i was SERIOUSLY MOVING this fat ass..and im not joking..im way heavier than usual at the mo...im eating well as of last week...just waiting (lol) for the weight loss to kick in.. still blame the knee for that 3-4 kg weight loss...depressive eating and no exercise
..then my very gorgeous bf (have to be VERY nice when i talk about him as my bf since we all know how mean he is as my coach is LOL-re his comment yesterday) and i went out for dinner- had a COUPLA lol drinks.... apparently im a spendthrift....

im also going to get off my butt and start lookingg at buying a place....oooooh thats SUPER SUPER SUPER SCARY /.... how can someone as FLIGHTY as me. make THAT big a decision!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

can somebody please find me a place to buy..im waaaaaaaay goooooooooood at spending...not sooo goood at all the research/patience/ummmmmm patience..yeah im already done!!!!

...more running..lol

really not that happy with how sore my foot is. right where the second toe kind inserts..its bruised on top of the foot and i can feel the bruise in the foot pad..also the bottom of the 2nd toe is about twice as large as the same one on the other foot..oh well.....i will go see someone i guess

anyway...a one hour run today(yes the foot hurt-but its even worse when im just walking) it was super slow..the boys were doing 15mins out and hten negative split the way back..i didnt do this set...OMG i couldnt believe how leaden my little legs were..... and then i had to do a mini strenght session
15/10/10 squats and pushups
15/10/10 lunges and pushups
2x60s planks
and now im off to a massage which i can only imagine as being painful

and andrew -yes i was thinkg 4:35ish.. i believe that my legs may still be a tad fatigued...but as stu said-he really doesnt care..... lol a fresher week next week where i get to relax a little prior to bundoora.. im really looking forward to racing at bundoora..bring it on!!!

...oooh killer session..and a lesson learnt

..i was pretty sure -after all the jibes i had gotten from stu about what tonights session was going to be- that it wasnt going to be pretty
..and if there is one thing i can be definitive about- PRETTY IT WAS NOT -thanks yoda-lol
lets just say that i refused to talk to stu for a while after the session and err i may have told him to f7ck off at one stage..hopefully he didnt hear-oops

anyway he gave me a choice of sessions 2km,1.6km,1.2km,800m,400m all at the pace i have been doing my 6x1km reps OR 3x 2km reps at the 1km rep pace (4:35min/km) with 90s rest... far out..neither session really appealed- had decide on the first one but then kinda thought that stu probably wanted me to do the harder set abut was giving me an easy out
...let me start with ...HOW the HECK am i supposed to do my 1km rep pace for 2kms with the same recovery 90s.. which by the way is faster than my 10km pace and right on my 5km race pace at the moment
so reps supposed to be 9:10 minutes
1st rep was hitting the lapsplits but dropped a little in the ast lap for a rep of 9:14 so 4:37m/kms
2nd rep- i was all over the place-breathing heavy, 3 s behind pace at the 800 ,8s behind at 1600 and then 9:21 for the 2kms 4:40min/km 90s rest(was actually 115s but was feeling a bit ill and was as close to crying as i have ever been at training) sucking in HUGE amounts of air and not feeling AT ALL recovered when it was time to go again
-the last rep was pretty woeful-thought i might vomit..lol./.but i knew i just had to stop being a baby
3rd rep 9:22 4:41min/kms
again at my 5km race pace-no wonder i was completely f####ed
OMG that session was HIDEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i do solemnly swear never to complain about the 6x1km reps AGAIN-please dont ever make me do that again

i dont understand why my 5km(and 4kms on the weekend) arent faster than what they are.my pace for 5kms or 8kms seems to be identical.i guess the run at geelong was on grass and undulated somewhat
..but hte good thing is- 8 weeks ago-NO WAY could i have done this session..i barely and i mean barely managed it today on my tired tired little leggies

..a thrashing, accordng to ewen!

lol..according to ewen. em beating me by 10s was a THRASHING!!!! well im still pleased with my run..and Em deserved to thrash me.. her training has been fantastic and i seriously have my fingers crossed that her shin soreness is just a niggle.... :(
i know how hard it is gettng back in the water,honey, HORRIBLE doesnt even begin to cover it

first day back today..was pretty cool..got to go home early THANK GOD!!! i was so tired when the alarm went off this morning... i think i commented to stu- you CANT be serious..or something to that effect..lol
..anyway no boys today.yay... year 10s at work experience this week.double yay..was going to be double year 10s tomorrow morning...triple yay :)

..went west to train..im quite sure mondays used to be a recovery session :) anyway there were some solid efforts but it wasnt too bad i guess... a couple of hill repeats..i pulled the pin on the very big one..for fear of my back
after a 58km week last week, im pretty happy with the back..its a bit sore but not too bad for what it could be OMG imagine a world without PAIN... i would be EVEN more annoying...lol... i may actually start jumping around then.... aaaaaaah how much i crack myself up
..speaking of pain...im having a fairly annoying(read that as VERY) toe pain. it feels like when i broke a toe. there is a bruise that i can see on top of the foot -right where the third toe inserts and the padding under the foot is obviously very bruised..even though its not showing..to the point where im limping when walking(it hurt nearly whole run yesterday).I couldnt even contemplate small heels today-it made the pain excruciating!!!!! i wore different running shoes today which i think may have helped,This is an issue i have had on more than one occasion over the last few years(right foot)..and you may not think it -but im really not a sooky la-la..oh well..i am thinking of going to see a podiatrist.
so 8 kms today... DREADING the session stu is setting me tomorrow.he hasnt told me what it is..but he did make comment that it would make me LOVE 6x1km reps
..and then dinner with the very sweet boy-just a local pizzeria.. i cracked a million jokes as per usual(im sure he even laughed at one ;) i keep telling him im funny-he just doesnt believe me!!!!!LOL)

...OMG

..how is it possible to be this tired one may ask themselves..
errr the quick answer is up drinking til 2:30 and up at 7:30 to go for an hour and a half 'death run'
em came and picked me up for one of possibly the worst runs i have ever had. and i really do need to apolgise to Em, i think i bitched and moaned for ummm 85 of the 87 mins
..my legs were completely stuffed- it didnt really help that i didnt have dinner last night(unless chips and choc count as dinner) and then nothing for brekky before the run either.. whenever we were in the open on the way home there was a bitch of a wind... we turned around at about 43-44 minutes and then i hit the wall(dont worry -not literally..lol) and ummm yeah it kinda never passed.. it was a complete slog anfd it was only because Em who was being an angel and dragging me along...despite a few'i cant go any faster's ' from me. As i said today was a tick im the box-kms in the tank or whatever stu says... but f#ck a duck- the joy element was ZERO..lol..oh well i really enjoyed yesterday..definitely the most fun day of the season
just checked hte resultd..99th in hte female open ,,woohoo top 100 (errr im not telling you how many people..but i think it puts me about the 80th percentile

..and emotionally-i seem to be all over the shop at the moment... i think its just that i feel completely unattractive at the moment. i have put on a few kgs(about 3 i think) and just feel yukky. i have started a healthy eating plan this week which i have been doing rather well.and stuck to the one coke for the weekend.ive decided to not have coke zeros at all but on the weekend i can have a real coke. and my sunday food doesnt have to be quite as strict as hte other days. i did have bacon eggs and a hash brown for brekky but havent eaten since..although im pretty damn hungry now(it was at midday so it was brunch)

i am so ridiculously tired.5 hours sleep just doesnt cut it. some interesting conversations last night..one in particular that i found a tad disconcerting. anyway this grumpy little tacker is going to lay down on the couch ....zzzzzzzz

4km race at geelong

okerly dokerly
..so stu had told me my legs would probs be fatigued...and correct he was(ummm am i yoda..with my turn of phrase there....lol...aaaah gosh i crack myself up

he had also told me i COULD not be ahead of Em at the first km...and umm i couldnt have EVEN if i had wanted to..gosh they shot off.... was trying to just keep up with Em but that in itself was a HUGE effort...it was very interesting to follow someone else..she ran a great race..the ground was soft underfoot- the hills just about killed me...and with about a km to go i was startting to slow(and there was a long slow hill....not acute but tiring and i just couldnt go with her... well done em
i ran 18:49 so around 4:42min/kms so im pretty happy with that...although stu did say he thought i would have run faster...ummmmmm yeah maybe if you hadnt made me do a million(for me) kms honey!!!!!!!lol
anyway os it was a fun day...spoke to lotsa people from wes aths, and em and lou from sandringham and of course all my burgers... felt like i knew heaps of people which was really lovely..... oooohhhhhhh i do like this running caper

than home...and now off to hang out with jay and michelle and em. and then run 90mins with em in the morning...ooooh that may not be pretty... maybe i should not drink tonihgt.... LOL>... now i really have cracked myself up
...only disappointing thing for me today was one of the girls i train with..i would have expected to beat and she beat me :( oh well cant help that..she didnt have to caryy around the HEFFER-load of weight that i do...lol...
i really need to do something about it... am 3 kgs heavier than the norm...although..some of it may be starting to be muscly...my legs are way muscly at the mo.. anyway better head off for a night of frivolity
ciao bellas

OMG -are they really my legs

errrrr as the title suggests.... my legs were the most sore i can remember -since i did a squash coaching clinic that went for 8hours(i could barely move that day either... stu seriously gave me a tough session yesterday and the legs were SCREAMING today.... practically everywhere in teh quads and inner legs(and teh back as well)
..some dufus left hteir racing shoes at home so had to drive 45 mins each way to gte them and come back to stu's...then a spot of shopping at the local mall... bought a white long sleeve under-running top, 2 jackety things(track top types) and a new handbag
..then we had some burritos yum yum and had a date ..ie went to the movies..saw HANCOCK which i actually quite enjoyed..... although now we are about to watch saving private ryan-which whilst a great movie is pretty heavy
..so im not expecting to race the 4kms well tomorrow-as my coach told me..he has been deliberately hammering me in training so i will see benefit in 6 weeks... and i am definitely tired and fatigued in the legs....

have fun pussycats :)

..oooh i like that session

i wont go as far as to say im slack...but i really reallt like the shorter sessions

anyway stu set me an absolute killer session this mornining
legs were like absolute lead after my massage yesterday-this was torturous
5 min of easy running to warm up
some basic dynamic stretches
3x50m strides
15/12/10 lunges (no hand weights) & push ups (ie lunges each sidex15)
15/12/10 squats & push ups
Hopping, 10 each leg x 3. Hop and stop, then hop & stop etc
3x50m strides
15/12/10 step ups (must be a stable step) & push ups on the step
2 x 60 sec front planks with 30 sec rest
1x30 sec side planks
Jog for a couple of minutes to finish off

ummmmm it hurt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the step ups the legs were all wobbly..mayve knee high was too high

and then~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ there was a PM session.////// uh-oh razzamatazz(who remembers that ad??)
1.3km warm up
50m strides(x5)
was supposed to do 6x400@ 90s OMG it was widny as hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i was literally going flat chat to get 93s...called out to stu on the straight(but no air/breath coming out) fortunately he changed his mind(god love him..i couldve HUGGED HIM.. he decide to let me do 8x200m instead(still bad wnd for 50m but oh so much better
44s,43s,42s,44s,41s,40s,42s,40s so quite happy with those reps.... way faster than this time even in january this year..BODES well :) and no stu-not getting too excited , but it is nice to FINALLY have something positive in my running..it has BEEN a while
..then we went out with one of stu's coach friends for dinner in possibly the coldest restaurant in the history of restaurants!!!! lol

..im an irrational person sometimes

..there are times when i am not exactly the most rational person in the world..and unfortunately i actually even know that at the time...which is even more annoying...

..i reacted in a very irrational manner to something very small..which i continued to stew over... and i had an absolutely dreadful nights sleep.... and sent a text message in the morning that i really wish that i hadnt :( oh well -you cant take it back
exercise:
70 min pool run..reasons:my back was pretty sore(bending was very difficult last night...lots of grimacing...lol..i think it also affects my mood-poor stu had a grumpy gal on his hands), i have a niggle in my outer quad,and a niggle in my knee,and when i took off my back strapping last night- i actually ripped a little skin with it(so couldnt face putting strapping on(and no way can i run without it!!)... so all in all water running seemed the best option. we equate pool running to 6min/kms so the run counts for 11.5 kms
..that means i have already run 42kms from sunday..which is already as much as any of my previous 4weeks totals..its going to be a heavy week..as i have two sessions tomorrow..god knows how many km
massage:
WOW... this was a seriously painful massage. my hamstrings were soooooo tight, my glutes-well they always are tight... but my quads were absolutely hideous(especially the right one). it went for an hour and half..i told corrie to charge me a double session but she just refused

i got to show her my gory knee photos.... thats always fun :)
if anyone wants to look at them heres the link

http://jojo-runjanerun.blogspot.com/2008/04/stitches-unhappy-jojo-and-some-gory.html

eeeeughghgh 6 x 1kms again

..ok so suffice it to say- this is NOT my favourite session..i find it a real battle of the minds to do teh last 200m..i know how weird that is!!!but thats what it is

..ok first things first- did a session of lunges/squats/single leg squats,pushups,military press/side leg raises, planks....hmmmmm stu is definitely trying to kill me(when you see my program for the next week -you will understand) i did tell him i wasnt telling him when my next holidays are!!!lol..cos he seems to think i can just run every day..and do another session as welll!!!!he is very very mean!!!!
then off to my aunts for physio- this actually HURT today :( my aunt was pressing between the joints(where the disc bulge is) and there is still quite a lot of pain :( anyway she is trying a mobilisation technique..im SO OVER this f7cking back- you cant even begin to imagine!!!! then lunch with my aunt who is truly a lovely lady-but we did disagree when discussing the ethics of something..she is SERIOUSLY hassling me to meet stu- i keep telling her he is very busy...but i think we will try to get over there the next two weeks..whatta good lad he is :) and hten we went and visited my grandmother in the nursing home
..then to the track for 6x1km@110s per lap(4:35min/km)...ugghgghghghghg my most hated session...although stu is right..i CAN do it... and it will help my endurance and YADA YADA YADA(oops sorry thats what it started sounding like)... anyway still having a funny tummy but it is getting better..at least he let me have 90s recovery i s'pose
..and i started my healthy eating plan..NO COKE ZERO-insert jojo crying here- was very good today a good day all in all

..well done to jay and michelle.. :)

i decided to be a nice gf this morning so drove stu to work as i was going home anyway..yeah i wish i hadnt woth ALL the f7cking traffic there was. For some reason- i started to feel really sick(i think i may have had a fever actually) and then i went home..and straight to bed for about 2 hours.woke up feeling much better but had a very upset tummy(bit yukky really)

then out to lunch with a gf which was really quite yummy- then back to pick up the lad so we could go to training together with his crew of juniors..errrrr probs lucky i went with the mean man..because it was raining and horrible... i put in a fairly solid run of just under 7.5kms. but it was fuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnggggggg... got kinda wet...lol..and it took a while for my tummy to settle,but it manage

and have just had a scrummy chicken souvlaki..yummety yum

.. running with a hangover is not burrrrrrillliant

...lol
miss j went to catch up with some gfs last night..although one of them who is single is considerably desperate- a bit annoying really... impacted big time on our night cos we kept having to do things..anyway-im pretty sure im not like that when i dont have a partner...no I KNOW im not like that
..anyway had gone to my brothers house and had a lot of wines with him the night before, so the first couple didnt go down that well...but being the TROOPER that i am...lol... i persevered!!!!!god i crack myself up.. stu had gone to his son's 21st but i organised that i would stay at his place..... ummm i think he regretted that decision...apparently apart from being VERY drunk i was being extremely annoying when he wanted to sleep...lol
oh yeah running.. so after the big night out we went to the you yangs where i did probs about 14.5ish kms..... yeah it wasnt pretty but considering the state i was in last night i did remarkable well... my back was pretty sore though which wasnt pleasing..and i had to stop and do a number two...eeeeuuuuyyyyyukkkkkk in the bush!!!!!
so 84 mins running and then yesterday was about 5 and a bit kms with 2 decent sized hills...helping out with the wes aths family day.

and my bf who is ever helpful(and im NOT being sarcastic) washed my car for me..... hes a good lad... ill keep him around for a bit ;) after we went to the 'groove lounge'in willy for lunch ...was supposed to be brekky but someone(it rhymes with new) fluffed around for too long
am in a good mood-have been very silly lately....like VERY sillly,..must be cos im on holidays

..a day of contemplation

..yes andrew- you are one hundred percent correct. i was just being a sausage head. and im a rational person(most of the time)

anyway.. a nice light jog of 40 minutes this ,morning... back is quite tight which isnt great- am going to the physio on tuesday which hopefully will help

then off to lunch with a gf who has just had a baby-she looks great- a bit tired maybe

.. then shopping on the wya home via bridge road...ummm but only managed to buy a shirt for the lad instead..everything i tried on made me feel fat.i really need to lose a couple of kgs

anyway a lot of training for me next week should help. and tomorrow i am going to go and help out with the western aths junior or open day or something... i know..lol..sounds a bit weird for a burger....lol... but then i am the partner of someone who is busily involved in wes aths...so ill be dutiful gf and go help out...besides which a run in the you-yangs is always nice :)

anyway def time for me to stop being such a cranky la la..ive been a grumpy bum for the last couple days..lucky someone is quite patient...

good luck and hugs to jay and michelle.im sure you will go great..and if not it will be an experience(my mara wasnt great-but i dont regret doing it)

...luna park ......how fun

oooh luna park.. what fun!!!! my entertainment book has well and truly paid for itself..it had a buy one get unlimited pass free(had 2 vouchers) so we saved $60 toda.woohoo.. anyway so we took Stu's 3 junior burgers there today..but they werent go-getters on the rides..lol././/poor stu had to go on the scenic railway solo(someone had to wait with the 2 year old.. i went on the mini rollercoaster...soooo fun...i laughed hysterically the whole time, the spider thingy, the enterprise -but couldnt find the foothold so i kept slipping, the pirate ship, um some elephant baby ride, the merry go round... only uncomfortable moment was when the middle child(while stu was on a ride) was asking me if i was his gfriend..and then proceeded to tell me that his mum didnt want stu to get a new wife(quite understandable too i might add) and then that it would end in divorce(or something similar) and i didnt want to get divorced did i, but it was ok for me to still hang out with them..and oh yeah that it was a secret(or something-he was talking fast-and it was a bit out of nowhere=i think he didnt want me to say anything to stu..not quite sure)~~.... lol... i think stu came back at a timely moment...lol

anyway..we actually had a great time... get along well with the the kids(from what i can tell...lol...after that convo-who knows..lol)



anyway..the evil one is letting me have a rest day(gosh im funny)..feel a little ill after all the crap i ate today... lol...ill be back running tomorrow.... i said that my usual rest day was friday so i would swap it today..lol... i cant believe he allowed it!!!!

im not going to elaborate on this... but i reckon i learned before the age of 10 that the only person i could ever really rely on was myself. As a result, i HATE to ask people to do anything for me and i tend to be a VERY independent person. Its very rare that i find myself in the position where i need someone to do something or be there for me... and ocassionally i forget the lessons that i learned early on and then something inevitably comes and reminds me. i mean when i was having a lump removed from my breast last year-i wouldnt even let my sister drive me there.anyway no biggie-but a reminder nonetheless

......

..okerly dokerly.. finally a rest day ;)
my legs are extremely tired. In the morning yesterday i had to do the same weights session as the day before (but at least without a 60min water run it wasnt quite so bad) still a tough session..i did manage a 60s plank(not the 90 s stu had prescribed though)

and then at the track later..my legs already tired...and had to do 6x1kms at 4:35which sounds easier than it is... it was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay windy last night...and ummm did i mention i was tired!!!!!!!!! lol at jaykays comment yesterday-i did feel like slapping stu a bit
and about 2.5km os warm up/strides/cool down so 8.5kms all up

then out to dinner at a little italian place where i had a yummy pizza and drank waaaaaay too much wine and then fell asleep on the couch only to apparently start yelling at stu (whilst i was asleep) about some tournament...lol..god knows what that was about..anyway apparently he told me to shut up and i did

and then as stated a rest day today which is well and truly needed

oh and i did lots of errand yesterday, started the letter for the insurance people who threw away all my stuff,started organising trying to get re-imbursed for medical costs from the knee/ had an eye test.. oh and the day before went to the dentist-i may have already written that- but it is worthy of another mention as i was so pleased