...oooh not much fun there

okerly dokerly
well after yesterday appalling no show when it came to running, i really had to force myself to go....there was not much pleasant going on.my back hurt for nearly the duration :( and i got absolutely drenched-it looked like id been swimming
..and there was this dickhead guy that ran past me then slowed(i kept consistent pace) so id go to overtake him then he would surge, then slow, id draw even then he'd surge, then slow-was very annoying... saw two footy teams down at stkilda in the water

then i went shopping
oh yeah i didnt tell you what pressies i got
:very nice chopping board and knife from my nephew\
:100 gift voucher for rebel from my dad
: something from my bro but he hasnt given it to me yet

my sister still hasnt texted me which is kind of poor form :( i cried today cos i am missing her heaps at the moment

anyway bday stuff is all over


so back is average (just for a change :( having an MRI on the back tomorrow night -hopefully karen can get me to a slightly less painful way of life than what i have at the moment(sorry to whinge) but finding it very demoralising at the moment.am definitely not RACING the half- my back would just be too bad-its already not going to like 2 hours on bitumen- so ill stick to 5:15-5:30min kms just so teh team gets points

and today i bought the following
:2 zip up track tops from brooks
:a brooks top that i bought for stu
:a nike dri fit running jacket(was $60 which i thought was the special price-but reduced further to 49)
:a slazenger long pair of compression leggings
:a pair of short she-skins, plus a pair of running gloves(with dads voucher)

well i did have to buy myself a birthday present didnt i!!!!!! at least i didnt go the whole hog and buy the wii as well. 12 days til the move...jojo claps hands

..bday celebrations with a wine(whine) or two.lol

...welll it was my bday yesterday and the day started of so sh1tty it just wasnt funny, someone was rude to me in the first 5 mins of me getting there-i was super super tired, felt like crying(was missing my sister heaps today- not that she even bothered to text me of course :( and the day was just crap- and to kick it all off-horribly sore back
anyway a couple of quick drinks then meet stu at my place-hes such a nice boy :) and then off to dinner at quan88-which was super cheap-worked out to just under 20 a head..so most people kicked in 20 and i would ask if they wanted change(i didnt know what people had-appy for people to put in whatever they want-anyway one of my freinds(her behaviour was really bizarre last night) is like monica only had an entree she should pay less..so im like ok mon how much change tdo you need..no no its fine -i was eating other peoples..etc..lain ket pushing so id given her 5 back(and then lainie pushed some more so i gave her another 5 back-i mean i very specifically chose a CHEAP restaurant because my nephew was comin-it DONT get much cheaper than 20 bucks..anyway later on i heard her saying..well my dinner was only $12 and ive gone lain-do you want some change(and i did mention of course there was corkage and rice as well) i mean seriously she can have any amount of change she wants..but i dont think i will invite her next time-it kinda pissed me off... and then she was trying to set a freind of mine (guy) up on a date with a gf of hers(who is quite desperate and not his type) anyway shes gone to me-shes nice isnt she..and i said yeah she is but shes not M's type... and lain got all funny about it and kept pushing the point with him- and i was trying to discreetly let her know that a gf of mine who had hooked up with him at my bday last year was sitting next to him so STOP. it was just weird. im thinking a bit of space at the moment.shes always been forthright and blunt but she actually verged on rude yesterday..oh yeah and then she called me judgemental-cos she knows i think her friend is a bit boring!!!

anyway the rest of the night was brilliant-had the most super awesome time.stu had to meet about 15 people(including my dear old dad!!!) my brother loves stu-they were joined at the hip ;) lol although stu needs to remmebr hes supposed to agree with me not my bro...LOL

did not want to get up for work this morning though... tough day at the office! then a nana nap-then off to the hospital to play with my best friends bub-ad he is actually super cute(and NO i dont always say that) some babies are UGLY

not running today.no time to get to the pool b4 close and back not up for outdoors

..wow how much i love a bit of speed

..wow how much i love a bit of speed

was in a seriously bad mood yesterday and was still not feeling great this morning-the back was still not great (panadeine for brekky) and because i had PD all day-i even took a lumbar support roll in with me...god im embarassing :( anyway the seminar was NOT fabulous... and then training tonight
speedwork-woohoo! how happy am i that we are heading back to track season
so the set was supposed to be 6x300m@ 65s plus 4x200s@less than 40s with 90s recovery
Here they are with pace after
300s
1 60s too fast (3:20min/kms or 18kms/h)
2 64 ( 3:33min/km 16:9km/h)
3 62 (3:27min/km 17.4km
4 64 ( 3:33min/km 16:9km/h)
5 64 feeling very tired last 50
6 63 (3:30min/km 17.1km/h) feeling very tired last 100!
then a slightly longer break to change out of spikes
200s
1 39 (3:15min/kms or 18.5km/h)
2 37 ((3:05min/km or 19.5km)
3 39 (3:15min/kms or 18.5km/h)
4 36 (3:00min/km or 20k/h)

so a fantastic set-back tweaked at the start of each 200 :( but am heaps faste than this time last year...although stu is predicting 64 s 400(he is dreaming!!!) i dont think im going to lose 2.2 secs off this years pb..but hey i would be happy if icould

man i was tired after that set

wont be any posting tomorrow night..going out for my bday..ciao

:( panadeine for breakfast is SH1T

....sigh,,you must all think im a terribly whiny little so and so :(
when my back tweaks(which is everytime i go from a bent forward position to upright-it feels a bit like a knife- anyway from the get go at work(couldnt quite straighten up-the back was having a hissy fit- rather than put up with it for a few hours first(im a bit over it) and then take panadeine i decided-i was already in enough pain!!!!!!!! and its extremely tiring to be constatntly battling it
anyway-as a result-it meant that no way no how could i do a 60min run on land...so im an amphibian.. into the water i go..pretty chilly really in an outdoor pool, boooooooooooooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring but it got done :( then i tried to convince stu that an hour of exercise was enough so could i skip lunges etc.... no dice
lunges and pushups 12/10/10 had to be still lunges -not forward lunges(hurt back too much to lunge on each step) followed by 12/10/10 squats/pushups... didnt love the squats because of my back..so had to modify slightly..skipped the planks..and fdid my physio back strengthening(and core) exercise.it seems like a suitable alternative

home at my place-probably a good thing cos im pretty sulky :(

..ooooh yay

okey dokey
so another day pretty much free of back pain...f-ing awesome thats all i can say(well its tight and all and tweaks occasionally
but that I CAN MANAGE!!!!
yay
..in answer to one of andrews question-not quite sure but i have been using my 'lumbar support roll' in the car..so not sure if thats helping, but my back is always worse after a 40min drive and it has been reasonable :) :)
so anyway- the set went like this..
4x1km @105s laps so 4:22min/km (13.7km/h) followed by 2 x800m at the same pace

so when i got there it was pretty damn windy-anyway i made the times-just 4:22 for the 1kms, and 3:28-9 for the 800's
although i went too hard in the first 200m doing 50s every time(instead of 52s-doesnt sound like much but well it is 10s over 1km) and then the right pace for the 2nd 200- then 2 secs too slow 3rd 200 and then right on pace for the rest

anyway-the bubble was a little annoying but ill get used to it..Most amazing of all was a run without back pain(well mostly)
happy happy little jojo
i am a very very lucky girl- a job i like, fit and healthy, an extremely nice bf, a new house...wow... holidays in 3weeks.... oooooh hapy hapy little pussycat
..i think stu probably prefers me with back pain.....lol..im way less excitable/annoying ...lol

errrr EDIT: i may have spoken a little too early..back is not overly happy -hopefully not too bad

...ooooh mondays are tough

mondays are tough.FULL STOP! when the alarm went off this morning- i just about needed a truck to get me out of bed...........so so so tired
..but happily a day without the back having a tanty-how nice is that! you cant even begin to imsagine what that means to me :) its been a tiresome 6 weeks or so with the back-starts to drag you down
..anyway the back was fine all day and ..wait for it... it didnt even hurt during the run...and wait theres more..it hasnt seized up afterwards-so im actually still able to bend over- I KID you not-its awesome.im nearly like a normal person-...too too cool :)

i find mondays run really tough.the legs are always very heavy and tired..the hour and a half sunday run just seems to suck the lifeblood out of me....
am not racing the half marathon-will run it but not full on...well for various reasons-the main one being the back probs cant take 21kms of racing on the road
..although [part of me is like ...2 years ago i did 103mins(which is 4:53 min/km pace-not sure if i could do that anyway...maybe i should see if corrie is running and cruise it with her.... whaddya reckon??? well stu is still kinda tapering me which is weird since im not racing
..have been eating well for the last two days and am now only 1.4kgs above what i usually am-had out on over 4kgs during the convalescence and ensuing bad tempered-ness and extremely bad eating habits!!!!
stu would like me to get below 60kgs.(for running).but with my body type(humungus breasts-im sure they weigh a bit) i just dont think that is possible... anyway im contemplating lite n easy for the first two weeks after i move out to really kick start me- when i watch my diet -i actually lose the weight..i dont have a slow metabolism or anything-i just EAT too many kJs

moving in 18 days..woohoo..soooo excited its just not funny..

... dome me up scottie :)

...yep pretty happy with the bubble in my shoe(metatarsal dome)- i wasnt ready to trial it for 90 mins-but i used it for the first 30 mins at YY today. i did not have any toe pain at all during this part of the run-that is awesome..anyway back to pick up mechelle then changed shoes,/...interestingly enough it took 15mins into this part of the run before the familiar ache was in the toe- usually i have it for the entire run... so i have high hopes for this bubble...so ill be bubble girl-i can live with that :) i like bubbles tehyre kinda fun....lol..im so immature!!!

yesterday ran the year 8 aths-i had to do most of the work which was a bit annoying but then if i didnt take over we would have been there another half hour..the year 7s(someone else was doing that) was only just starting to run the relays(and there are 8 races!!!!) when i left as i had finished

then my very lovely bf(although he did offend me this morning when i said maybe i should race the half and got told im not fit a=enough-and im too BIG to run a good half marathon :( ) and i went to the national cross countrys which was fantastic to watch-but did mean i didnt manage a run
dinner at my bros last night/.//fell asleep the whole car trip home///it was like i was a baby..friday night stu and i went to my friends house for a dinner party(drank too much)- but me being me-tried to start breaking things immediately..knocked stuff off the fridge as soon as i walked in... then later, was pretty thirsty-so grabbed the water jug...ummmmmmm hadnt quite worked out that someone had just filled it so it was still filtering...errr as i tipped it the whole amount of water still to go through the filter went on my lap-it was like i was in a pool- way to embarrass yourself jojo ...lol.... it couldve happened to anyone though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but as expected-it DID have to be me... lucky my bf is not embarassed by my shenanigans and general klutziness..wyhich is lucky cos i cant help it-things JUST HAPPEN

anyway off to sign the loan papers...woohoo and i have decided I AM BUYING MYSELF A WII $ MY BDAY(next friday)...yay me

..i like a bit of action ;)

...i went and saw my new podiatrist today(sally childs at opsm-she was very good too) she is a woman of ACTION- i like that... no pfaffinf around- she looked at my VERY VERY swollen toe and is like i think we will put a metatrsal dome under that to try to allevaite the pressure-if in two weeks it hasnt we may have to look at an xray to see whats going on. it is either the joint or teh ligament- i think she may have said the fascia plane?????? anyway i now have a bubble under my foot which feels kinda weird-
i also booked in with karen in 3 weeks as i have to do something about this silly sausage back :(

tonights session was a speed session-and because of the pod appt i had to do it at the Tan-which is a little harder on my back than a track i reckon...anyway i di 4x600m reps-supposed to be at 1:55 )3:50min/km then 4 250m reps -supposed to be 55s (3:40min/km)
i know most people wouldnt even notice-but between the 3km and 3.5km marker, there is a bit of an incline..id never really noticed until i did speedwork on it
500s
1:59 (into the incline) 3:58min/km
1:53(downhill) 3:46min/km
2:04 (incline) 4:08min/km :(
1:55 (decline) 3:50 min/km
with 2min rest between each- bit disappointed that i couldnt hit the times stu wanted and inconsistent

250s
55
56
54
55
so hit the time and was trying to concentrate on quicker shorter steps.

then stu and i went and had a look at the new point cook shopping complex-bit weird in that its not all under one roof...you have to walk out in the cold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anyway... hope all is well with everyone :)

...a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig day for jojo

..didnt get up at 5:30-was waaaay too tired after fgalling asleeppn the couch trying to watch the Olympics
..so a big day of teaching, then coaching the middle distance boys(none of my other teacher coaches turned up ) then straight to parent teacher nights- very tired

have a wine in my hand now..phew

the heavy duty inflamms have ensured that i no longer am about to cry from pain(and no im not exaggerating)

i think i need a new plan- any time that i am in a lot of pain for 4 days- i have to start taking anti inflamms again..thats my new plan- stu needs to smack me over the head next time i ostrich like i did this time

..dont know what to say

..im actually at a loss... do i say it was good...absolutely NOT... do i say im happy, not really-but then i am happy i completed it.. so what am i??? your guess is easily as good as mine

the set today was initially 2km,1.6km,1.2km,1.2km.800m,400m supposedly at 105s pace(4:22min/km) errrrrr i dont like excuses buuuuuuuuuuuuuuut i was feeling extremely faint, and on about 3 occasions today i felt a little faint..not quite sure why
..anyway for some reason the werribee wind tunnell(aka TRACK) was f-ing windy so ive gone to stu-who was OBVIOUSLY in the GUISE of coach not boyfriend(which is also why i really WAS NOT liking him very much) im goin...stuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu you have to change it...can o pleeeeeease do 800s it is tooooooooooo windy...no just do your set... so i toodle off(sulkily) did my 800m warm up...stride throughs into the warm OMFG...am breathing soooooooooooo heavy...turn around and do the stride throughs with the wind instead but feeling CRAPPY CRAPPY CRAPPY ....... stu concedes the teensiest ground he can (and still manage to KEEP his gf...LOL) and say i can do 110s laps(4:35) and completely ignored my groans and pleas

anyway here are my splits
2kms... 9:16 soon time(9:20 goal) but fell on the ground at end and nearly CRIED.... and hte back when i re-started was ABYSMAL.... took 200m before it stopped hurting..yes not good
1.6kms @110s lap pace but felt very faint and really thought i might fall over-and IM NOT being a drama queen-
1.2km @110s pace, still feeling horrid-someone even asking if i was ok...it may have been here that stu gave me some running style advice... i GAVE him the dont even talk to me look(which may also equate to...i REALLY DISLIKE YOU A LOT)
i was in a whole world of pain
800m starting to feel better
400m not nice but not so bad

the worst thing is- i would have KILLED this session last week...\\anyway i survive-and i know stu thinks i exagggerate-but quite seriously this is the WORST I HAVE EVER FELT at training

parent teacher night(after a full wrk day- and sports training with the boys) so a massve day....unless i get up at 5:30(which i JUST CANT :( :( i just cannot do....extraordinary circumstances -lucky stu is being nice about it ad said i can skip tomorrow

anyway-going to try and stay up late to watch STUFF..having wine tonight... and have given up completely and taking BIG anti inflamms :( cant really ostrich anymore

..another busy day-whats new!

//busy busy jojo
..lucky me -i love my job
..in year 10 maths,we're doing programming at the moment(on the graphics calc-and i know what a geek i am-but i do enjoy programming-its so logical and sequential-and well it just works!!!

then i actually ranwoth the boys tonight 43 mins, just over 8kms @ 5"17min/kmpace(i ran at the back)
anyway teh other lady coach is annoying me a bit-shes super bossy which is fine , but dont pretend you want my opinion if you are then going to completely dismiss it(its not like she even knows that much about aths-she didnt even know about the 800m start!!! i had to correct her
last week we had a 15min meeting(her and I) to discuss (and agree) what we were going to do, so today when the boys said what are we doing, i told them and she comes along and goes no we are doing this..it makes me look foolish... and then shes like why dont we have a meeting to discuss a programme, and i said (not sulky or anything(really) no, why dont you just work out the programe, we worked out this weeks and then just changed it(because she did that all of cross country as well. she did also come up and aplogise later..i actually explained that i didnt mind her changning it, but if she could let me know before teh training started so i didnt tell the boys something different... anyway..were usually freinds but as i said she is a bit of a control freak
-i guess all coaches are...eh stu..poke in the ribs..eh lol

very much a crankypants today... back is still playing funny buggers(the taping is playing havoc with my skin...i had a bit of a tanty earlier about the back , kicked my clothes around on the floor for a bit and was just being a baby-i did it quietly though-didnt really want stu to see) toe has joined in the fun..and all i can say really is grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

..so maybe just maybe i had to be pushed out hte door

ok so i didnt want to get up at 7am this morning to go for an hour and half run... it was cold, my back hurt, i wasnt sure if i could find my way there-stuart had to stay with the boys..anyway i did end up running at the you yangs. had someone to run with for 35 mins then the rest was solo- only rained on me for a bit but overall a much better run than last week... back not feeling great- i was saying to stu i was just having a bad week with it-but he seems to think it more like a bad month :( oh well get the dodgy toe looked at(was causing quite a bit of pain today- but i guess i prefer that to the back pain) on thursday with sally childs at OPSM.
bought a couch today-then out for a quick lunch and then we checked out sanctuary lakes...wow the houses are huge..and one of them is like an island and you have to drive over a bridge to get tom!!!!
then one os stus boys asked me to take him to the park so i took the two youngest-but then of course(he is the fretter) -have you met my mum, no, she doesnt want to meet you, thats fine-she doesnt need to, my mum doeasnt want you to be with stuart... and continued for a bit...until i said if yoiure going to continue this conversation, we are going to go home, youre just trying to make me uncomfortable. he did stop then. it is difficult for them though-i understand cos i grew up from his side of the fence. last night was the first night ive stayed over when the boys are here . theres always going to be a transition. luckily i get along pretty well with the boys

anyway homework tonight, but have had a good weekend :)

..OMG is that REAAAAALY one day????

...so after being up til 1am- can someone please remind me why i EVER stay at my brother's???? as much as i love him to death-he always HASSLES me about something.... last night it was because i dont want to have kids..seriously he musta gone on for an hour!!!!!!



anyway today-was not happy when the alarm went off at 7am ugggghghghghgh i think was the text i sent my lovely lovely bf :) then off for sat morning sport (aths) which ended up being cancelled so i hung around school for a halfa to tell a MILLIOn parents that it was cancelled as te grass was too slippery...(there was a number they should have called to check) then it was time to go for m run... back is still well... hanging out with the yetti..so yes you guessed it-abominable(no panadeine today at least) so popped into stus to drop off computer then off to werribee for a water run..... ok this next part is entitled killer GOOBER

...jojo was happily and unsuspecting running along carefree wheh she nearl ran into a goober... not sure if someone had 1) been disgusting and justr snotted 2) just coughed up some phlegm whatever it was i was repulsed and horrified... for a bout 5mins afterwards i was literally gagging- just couldnt get it out of my mind(I am a precious littel princess thats for sure) feel sick thinking about it... and then the boy next to me put on flippers and im like great do i get splashed or do i try to stay away for gooberville- big d! and then i went i havent seen it for a while so maybe it took up residence elsewhere...anyway it took me 20 mins but i eventually calmed down and relaxed..until dun un un un(jaws music) there it was...almost hit it again....f7ck i had to actually pay attention the ENTIRE time.... i was sooooo unimpressed..

then off to safeway-made homemade pizzas for st and the boys, then dragged them all out furniture shopping for a couple of hours..very impressed with how well behaved they are..

saw one i think i may buy- a nice leather one,

home quick showever etc then off to stus friend's house for a bbq ..which was nice..had a good time...and home now 9:33 and home.. really feel like a LOT got done today



oh and the bbq was in point cook so it makes me even more want to move into the house...just cant wait :)

..ooooh what a pain in the butt i am

.. gosh i was a little pain in the butt yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! moody,insecure and just being a brat really!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im sure being in pain did not help my mood at all
..anyway, woke up today and the back felt ok(not great but ok) so left it taped today-and NO PANADEINE-woohoo the back was well and truly bearable today

so to answer two questions.andrew yes 90s standing recovery, michelle-yes definitely worth it- the running does not cause the back pain-the back pan is there regardless, occasionally it exacerbates and makes hte pain more but also just keeping active helps it

actually- had a great training session tonight.... 1.2km warm up, 6 strides,couple of drills
4x400 86,88,88,88 so approx 3:40min/kms
2x300 64,64 so approx 3:33min/km pace
2x200 37 36.8 approx 3:05min/kms but that was me working soooooooo hard!!!!!
2-2.5 min standing recovery..wow was i breathing hard or what-but consistent

doesnt sound like a lot of work..but OMG was i tired..and a 2km slow cool down

now about to go to dinner at the tiger club

.yetti envy

yes you did read that title correctly-bear with me!!!!!!!!!!!!
but first let me answer ajh's question -90s recovery occasionally popping out to 100s

my back today decided that it wasnt fair that the abominable snowman got to be errrrr all abominable by himself...so my naughty back decided to take leave of its senses and went and played with the yetti- in normal speak(yes jojo does do that occasionally) my back was ABOMINABLE today :(
i knew it wouldnt be great when it was sore before i ran yesterday... but after a40min drive i went to get out of the car-tough in itself- i had to stand for at least 30s to try to let my back get to the stage where i could even contemplate forward walking motion
...panadeine before 8am-does not bode well..i really need to have an unbreakable non-race day rule- if i take painkillers , im NOT allowed to run..simple as that
well today as the day went on- i couldnt stand the thought of running in the outdoor pool cos OMG how f%$ #ing cold was it... so geared up to run- trained the boys(lol-they werent loving me with only 90s recovery!!) was going to go running, bent over to re-tie shoes and errr getting into an upright position hurt and i decided it had better be a f7cking water run... so 55mins in the water- my hair shouldnt have got wet- but well it looked like i had been dunked after splashy mcsplash(i couldnt splash that much EVEN if i tried) went past me... oh and just because it is a double lane DOES NOT mean 5 of you can have a race straight at me, youre still supposed to keep to the left dufus's or is it dufus' or dufie??? lol- gosh i crack myself up- yes i know stu-youre NOT laughing...lol

dinner with a gf then home to my house.i have been an insecure annoyingly precious ,sensitive little princess today!!!... gawd being a girl is annoying sometimes!!!!! and yes i am using that as an excuse-also blaming that for being bloated too!!! lol and im sure its to blame for GLOBAL warming too...lol

aaah miss jo funny gal :)

...a nice run tonight... yayayayayaya

Well it was funny- before I trained I was actually thinking this would be a good session. It was the first time in a coupla weeks where I was feeling well and not trying to fight off stu’s lurgy which kept trying to take hold. Anyway jumped on the track and the legs felt like lumps of wood- I was surprised as I had taken a rest day on Monday to lug stuff around my room..probably explains why my back for the last two days…is well to put it bluntly..pretty abysmal… getting out of my car this morning was NOT fun that’s for sure

Anyway this week and last stu has my reps slight faster 105s laps or 4:22min/kms. It was a bit windy in bits so I wasn’t sure if I would make it-but in the end no probs
800ms goal 3.30, 1kms goal 4:22
And it went like this
1st 800m 3:26 abit fast and did the first 200in 48s ummm too fast jojo
2nd 800m 3:29
1st 1km 4:21
2nd 1km 4:22 in both 1km 800 was about 3:27 so slowed a bit in the last 200 L(54s)
3rd 800. 3:27
4th 800 3:25

Tried leaning forward a bit whilst running(which probably brings me in ,ine with normal people) as I tend to lean back a bit

Very happy with this set- best training I have done all year… and then out to indian with stu and 2 of his coachy friends… but the Indian did funny things to my tunmmy,, I don’t think anyone would want to follow me to the bathroom today ;)

..ooooh not much pleasure in that run

...oooh was not a pretty run today.... as soon as i started i knew it wasnt going to be great.it was supposed to be 2hours...uhuh no way hosay.. i was seriously struggling to even maintain 6min/kms... it was one helluva horrible slog
yes -the sore throat may have had something to do with it... but most frustrating and annoying was at about the hour mark where i actually thought i was going to spew-i was almost about to cry at the thought of another hour-it was at this stage stu looked at me and said-can you manage another hour-nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..and then i was burping while running ..and they were very loud--sooooooo much gas it was just crazy.. and when we got back in the car-still felt like rubbish..came home and still thought i was going tpo ralph so spent abpout 5mins in the loo just burping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i wonder if it was the indian last night...ughghg
at least after stu cooked me a lovely omelette- i started to feel a bit better. then we went looking at couches-didnt find any we liked
naught naught-pizza for dinner
oh and because i have been drinking waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much lately-having a dry week (which started today) and gong to try to eat well and lose weight. still got a kilo or two to lose..why dont i just have a MAD metabolism that lets me eat what i want...lol
anyway thats my weekend done.... pretty tired now-and its only 8pm

..ugghghghghghghgh its waaaaaaaaaaaay too cold to ice

...stupid foot...well to be more precise ..toe- it has been giving me a fair amount of grief for ummmm about 6 weeks..i reckon there may be a small dislocation or something-it certainly hurts like my finger hurt when that was dislocated for 3 months...anyway after todays run it is VERY painful and exremely swollen(at least double its twin on the other foot!! )im going to book in with Sally Childs, podiatrist at OPSM as soon as i can..and uts fuuuurrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezing...and i really dont want to be icing it(and nor would i if it wasnt for Mr Bossypants!!!!)
the breakdown of the run.....
woke up this morning with no school sport-woohoo it was awesome- i baked scones for arvo tea, made about 10 egg sandwiches, hung out washing, folded other washing, washed some clothes, tidied up my clothes in stus room(no small feat that either! looks heaps better now ;) , vacuumed the house...all before 10:30.... lol whatta good gal i am
..stu finally got home, and taped my back good and proper-its so firm-i could barely lean over(the way it is supposed to be too!!)
For the 6.2 kms last year i ran 29:04, so i was going to be happy and consider that i ran well if i hit 18:30(which is 4:35.8min/kms- which since my 6kms and recent 5kms have been around 4:40 this would require me working very hard)
started out and kept an eye on my time..went out a little fast so slowed down-first km 4:25, then hit the hill and the mother of a wind...oooh not pretty, sped up again after that to cross the 3.1(and was feeling pretty tired and very very worried about a massive blowout at this stage) in 14:14 which was 4:35.5min/km..so right on track if i could just maintain..but didnt consider likely :( anyway was struggling to maintain even 4:35 on the part where i did 4:25 the lap before. then this massive tall guy overtook me(and was faster than me) but i went...you know what im gonna work a bit harder and slot in behind him even though its faster than what i want the wind break will be good..i ran pretty close to him- i was almpost spooning him...lol when we crested the hill i did manage a breathy 'thanks' and then he picked up speed so i did likewise even though i didnt want. the last 1km was 4:12 :) and got 14 dead for the lap so just ove 4:31min/kms woohoo
28:14 is awesome for me-50s improvement from last year...but a gripe coming up... this guy from the club who often drives me NUTS..is there a bigger CAPITALS button???? hes gone.. so what time di you run jo.. 28:14... i thought you would have gone quicker (i was pretty angry with this comment and actually retorted with' well warren, how about saying well done jo instead of you should have run quicker ..and then hes gone -what ime did you run last year..oh 29:04- yes well done... whatta DICHEAD... i was so pleased that i actually said something to him.maybe he will think before he is such a moron next time grrrrr still a bit annoyed
for anyone interested here are the km splits
4:25, 4:48(hill and wind) 4:28, 100m@4:24, 4:32,4:44(hill), 4:11 and then last 100m@4:03
so a pretty solid run by me... and a negative split
...and that smug coach of mine was right- he predicted low 28s smarty pants

no im not going to put my head upside down and drink water,,and nor am i going to hold my breath!!!!!!!! i have the f**********ing hiccups.... and none of those things work for me..i hope its only a short case however,,,i once had them for about 2 hours...and seriously-there are people who have them full time(like forever) and they apparently almost want to kill themeselves..it is VERY VERY annoying..im sure if i had them forever i wouldnt be a very happy camper

anyway-super busy(man these hiccups are driving me NUTS)..im gonna smack stu in the head in a minute-he is telling me to drink 500ml of water..if they havent gone in 5 mins i will (i suppose) at work today...given i didnt run yesterday -due to NOT feeling well(and i have been super cautious after HOW completely SICK poor stu has been-very reluctant to overdo it and let that get hold, i was allowed to just do a small 30 mins run.contemplated 40 mins but 20 min sin was working way harder than 5:30 should be so left it at 35 mins :(
looking forward to sandowns run..last year 29:04 so definitely wan tto beat that-will be soooooooooooooooooooo pissed off if i dont!!!! ive abslolutely CODDLED(as in molly) myself this week!!!!

anyway hopefully my sweet(well he is when hes not sick..lol) bf will get better soon..i dont like seeing people unwell :(

...lol..that didnt come out right

...lol..that didnt come out right yesterday...i wasnt yay-ing because poor (cough cough cranky-but dont let him hear me say that-i just got a look before when i even intimated he may be a tad crankypants....lol...ill be happy when i get my nice healthy bf back ;) shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh) stu was (yes im EVENTUALLY going to finish the sentence) sick, i was yay-ing cos i had a great runing set yesterday...whew thats a sentence and a half!!!!!!!!!\
anyway-feeling a bit average today.came home and slept for an hour today-stu decided to be nice and let me not go running(which im glad about).... then went to the stupor-market..and i walked around like i was in one too!!! i took so long-stu sent me a video message asking me if i was lost-woulda been quite amusing if id work out how to get the thing to play before i got home

so not much else to report really

oh apparently we have a 2nd team for sandown so i will get a guernsey..yay.... and it was quite funny yesterday-one of the very young girls i train with is like-when are you joining western aths-and then started extolling their virtues...lol...it was pretty funny...young'uns can remain quite focussed when they want to

okey doke, back to watching spicks and specks..but shhhh-ive been banned from talking...lol..stu likes to drool over myf ;)

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

.//poor stu is sooooooooooooooooooooo sick-but obviously starting to get better-he was sitting up when i got home..and he gave me my session to do as he wasnt well enough to go to the track to even watch..had to modify a coule of the girls sessions stu had told me to get them to do..becauseit was a tiny bit beyond them-i could just be a soft touch though :) got stu to tape my back and i ACTUALLY had a run when i wasnt in pain-you cant even comprehend how AWESOME that is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anyway my 1km reps have been at110s per lap which is 4:35min/km pace, last week and this week we have moved up to 6x800 at 105s per lap(3:30 for 800m) or 4:20 per km with a 90-120s recovery.. i ran VERY strong today.... dont get me wrong, i was puffing(i also have a touch of what stu has-the chest wasnt happy but i started taking codral cold and flu as soon as i got any symptoms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) but it felt ..not exactly easy-but i wouldnt say overly hard either-hard but not as hard as the first track set back after the silly sausage knee injury
..bodes well for summer...now that im fitter than this time last year , hopefully i will be faster too

..had a good couple of runs lately...pretty happy- if this cold doesnt kick in too much i would expect to actually run pretty well at sandown relays this week-any suggestions on predicted time stu??

busy day at work..paid my deposit today-so whilst BROKE,am now committed to the deal..stu and i went out to celebrate(well tues is our date night///well i say that-stu just rolls his eyes at me(of course) i drive the poor boy nuts),,,, anyway brought up to stu that this will be the first time i have ever moved in with a guy-yes im a freak-most people have had 'proper' relationships by now..he does need to know that im a freak-forewarned is forearmed or something........lol .... at least im not freaking out about it-im actually looking forward to it
i just wish i was moving in to my place tomorrow..NO YESTERDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!errrr im not a very patient gal really ;)

... all happy happy campers

..miss jo is very happy ...
2hour run saturday and then struggled through 10km this morning. 5kms of that included me pacing a gf in the brazillian butterfly today.she wanted to go sub 30-she ran soooooooooo well today and got sub 29mins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how cool is that...Well done Nic-you should be very proud :)
i very much struggled to get going again after a break and that 2nd 5kms was a slog and a half!!!!!!! hammies tight at the end, knee a tad sore(to be expected) and the back-well im ostriching so shush...lol
its been agreat month of running 225kms..the most kms in a month this year(well EVER)-by about 50kms...woohoo!!! string a couple of those months together, and i may actually have a good summer season
..a baby shower thing today(jojo rolls eyes)...and the game was answering questions about vic(and i had to cheat..cos she kept saying..did you get that one jo..man there was a lot of pressure on me)
evryone was very happy(and surprised to hear about my house) lol and even more surprised that my bf was moving in...i hadnt seen a lot of them since her wedding last august-so i wouldnt have mentioned stu then-we had only JUST been starting to spend time together.. also nearly everyone i know is used to me not being with anyone-there was about a 9 year period where i wasnt really going out with anyone..dribs and drabs here and there i suppose(i dont see the point in dating someone unless i really want to-yes i have been told many times im too picky and should lower my standards-but i wasnt prepared to as i would rather be alone.Unless im happier in a relationship than solo, then im not going to be in it!!!!!sounds simple enough and pretty black and white)-
so bucketloads of driving this weekedn...a big big weekend all in all-very enjoyable...if my sister would only come back home, i would NEVER have anything to complain about..missing my angel nieces...and whats very exciting is they can stay with me next year for a week-how awesome is that..cant wait...
did i mention what a horrible person i am.... i still havent told my mother that i bought a house :( i really dont want her to ask to stay before the wedding for my nephew, because a) we fight and shes always crying(she is a bit psycho and IM NOT joking) b) if she stays, there is no way my sister will(im the only one of my brother and sister who even keeps in contact...cos shes a little ummmm psycho....
..but dont think i can hide it for 6months...lol.... but also i dont want to subject stu to that either!!!!!!! (having to put up with her for a whole week) maybe we could all chip in and pay for her hotel room!(my brother has already said NO WAY is she staying with him... but at te end of the day...im a soft touch :(

..hes a lunatic that one

..the lunatic would be referring to my coach...err EWEN maybe he read your comment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hes certainly not going soft on me :( today he made me run for 2hours ....at the YOUYANGS with a million hills(we had to walk some of the hills) and you know what...i MOSTLY enjoyed the run-how about that!!! i didn't bitch and moan even..it was the best i have felt on a long run(apart from the last 10mins that is...big jump from 90mins to 2hours

lots driving today ,hoppers to bundoora and back, hoppers to youyangs and back then had to drive to a work function in balwyn....been in the car for 3.75hours today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! back has seized up a tiny bit(to be expected though) am pacing a girl int the 5kms tomorrow(she wants to sub 30)i might struggle with that lol after todays efforts-followed by another 5kms to bring it to 10(switched sat and sunday sessions..
baby shower for best friend tomorrow after that
stu and i met a couple of his friends for a few drinks and then caught the train home(where i promptly fell asleep on his shoulder..lol...whatta party gal!!!!!!!! then i was being my absolute mature self...lol(as if) and acting about twelve...lol..and i think stu regressed to even younger than that..

ummm so a good weekend so far..last cross country with the boys..and the parent couldnt have said nicer stuff to us if we had paid them...and the boys were all very appreciative...ohhhhhh sweet
i do have a good life :)