monthly update-october

..my bossy bossy coach wants me to do this


kms running racing water run total

106.2 1.4 24.5 132.1

YTD

1487 (way way more than last year)

injuries/excuses
no injuries- back pretty good(note small amount of water running)-
sick for last 2 weeks oct and a couple of days early on
lots of work commitments
increase in speed work means decrease in kms-quality rather than quantity

events
raced my first AV(very badly)

-a lot of pilates significantly helping back

a couple of bad days but also ran some slow stuff without taping my back

..obviously stu is from another universe

ok...so either stu or i are from a different univers than the rest of this planet
..please please clarify for me
i wont say who said what..cos i want it to be impartial

one of the royal 'we'
'commented that if you dont give anything to the trick or treaters, then they may well egg your house'
other half of we responded with
..i have never heard of people egging a place for not giving treats -you just say no

who is the weirdo in this conversation??????
a) have you heard of the potential egging(toilet papering) of a place on halloween if no treats are handed out.... or
b) if you say no to a treat that is just the end of it

anyway-i leave it to other less biased than me to make the call
..ps no running-friday is REST day and i am racing tomoz 800,400 and maybe jo a 3km and possibly a relay

..oooh oooh oooh..im trying to contain my excitement but it is VERY hard..... im almost)(ok maybe NOT quite almost) like a normal person with my back.... but well pain is minimal and when i have it -its mainly after speed and only for a half day to a day-YOU cant even begin to imagine how cool that is :) :) :) itsonly when i have less pain i realise just how bad it was... you ttend to just accept it when it is happening nd i had accepted it a s apermanent part of my life!

..shhhhh im only saying this quietly..but i am very very confident that i WILL play squash again...not this year of course
..i did speed work tonight(and REAL speed ework..i was running way fast for me) and was only a little bit sore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so the set....
last time was 12 x15s at about 24-25s so set today was 4x150m@ faster than 25s 4x12ish.,4x100

actual-and i worked WAY hard..legs were starting to buckle in the last 2 100;s
here are the times and min/kms(but remember whilst it is fast for me-it is not for long and not fast for most!!!!)
150s
23.2 (2:35min/km)
22.9 (2:32min/km)
22.6 (2:31min/km)
22.7 (2:31min/km)

120(ish-not quite sure)
19-19.2
didnt time
18.6
19.2ish

100s(standing start)
16.9 (2:49min/km)
17.2 (2:52)
17.1 (2:51)
16.6 (2:46)

pretty happy with those 100sfrom a standing start..BUT there was a massive tail wind

-interesting(probs only to me...lol is that my min/km rating is faster in the 150 than the 100(not surprising though!) as i am a very slow starter and it takes me a while to get to full pace
..i was absolutely tootling along today-again i put the disclaimer-for me :)

very happy gal- sickeningly happy really
great job-great bf-great house- back playing nicely..... if i could just get......a little weight loss and my sister coming home and then my life would be perfect... uh oh..... is this the calm before the storm........ hehe

..pilates pilates pilates

...so a busy busy day at work :)
but finally starting to feel a teensy bit better-still coughing but NOT as bad(sore throat)
..so training the boys after school today...three laps warm up with them-then 4 of them did some fartlek stuff, then i had two running 5x300m fast with 4 min recovery there recovery was as long as it took me to run 2laps plus 100m(so it was about 4mins) so i ended up running
a bit more than 5kms before pilates
..then at pilates..

err i do my hardest thing first which is standing on this ledgy thing and then stepping back nd lowering a lunge so your leg is 90 deg to the bench..and then back leg a little bit supported by the equipment so you dont take all the weight..
well today i was REALLY struggling couldnt do it ont he left so thought-ill start on the right leg...could only do a couple at a time before i had to shake it out--the burn was crazy...eventually i said to katrina...gee i really suck at these today(thought maybe it was bc i had run already)..she came over and started laughing...OMG you havent got this bar in it-no wonder its so hard-you not getting much support fromt he back thing..
anyway my legs were still a bit shaky for the rest of the session..tired tired

then home..and a nice surprise-stu didnt have to go to a meeting so i got fish and chips and we got to eat on the floor..yummy

lol at ems comment yesterday- i wasnt having a dig at your comment about 5:30s sweets! just that(and we used to do our longer runs together) i still quite enjoy the 5:30's :) ..ps i almost puke at my 800 races-and its not even that fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

speaking of NOT fast and wanting to puke....hows that for a SEGWAY huh?huh? nudge nudge
-still got a stupid cough-still prone to coughing fits ..but am feeling better than i have in a week

plan 4x200@45s 2min recov 2x400@91s 1x600@2:17 3min recov 2x400@91s 2mins 4x200@45

actual(including min/kms)

200's 40(3:20) 43 (3:35) 41(3:25) 43(3:35)
400s 90(3:45) 89 (3:42) legs already tired-uh oh
600 2:18(3:50) OMG too tough
400 89(3:42) 88(3:40) feeling LOUUUUUUUSY
200s 43(3:35) 42(3:30) 41 (3:25) 37(3;05) was allowed to go faster in the last one

the set is about pacing-and im genereally sticking to what im told-even when people m running with run off

..so whilst i found it pretty tough- havng a cold probs doesnt help-AND the horrible wind down the back straight(noticeable in the 4 and 6) was not very pleasant

then out to dinner with my bf(who has been a bit grumpy last couple days...maybe ill smack him one ...lol.. better play nice or hell make me run ONE MILLION kilometres next week..ahhhhh i kill myself with my crap jokes...am laughing now ..ciao ciao

..flying solo

..the lad is at a meeting tonight so im flying solo---- ooh oooh ooh and i even cooked..jojo pats self on the head-and it was well and truly edible....yeppers... atlantic salmon...oven potato chips(cut by me so very healthy) and a delish salad

..anyway i wasnt sure about running tonight as i kinda reckon a night or two off may be needed to get rid of this damn cold....wake up feeling completely horrid this morn - unfortunately my coac did not agree with me and i felt kinda compelled to run..
he wanted 30 - 40 mins and if possible speed it up for 10mins... anyway..even though i didnt feel like it- i got out ran for 5- unlike em, i actually quite enjoy the 5:30 easy pace, hen i amped it up to 4.45min/km for 10mins...then back to 5:20-5:30pace for relax time..... the run itself was fine except for when i started getting serious pains in my belly.... after i finished the slightly faster work-i had to crawl into a tree/bush thing so i could poo-omg it was terrible-but i really had no choice!!!! and in point cook..good grief charlie brown.... at least when i have to do that at the you yangs a) no one is around b) i have toilet paper on me :( leaves arent much chop... LOL

anyway pleased with myself i guess-then an absolute coughing fit(of course)

..lol..at the to-ing and fro-ing between 'ewen' and 'wannabecoach' in the comments yesterday... stu asked me why they wanted a 1500m race between us rather than shorter or longer(well i think thats cos ewen prefers longer 3km and i prefer shorter 800...and we both run at approx same pace for 1500(well not yet) i still need some races -my first 15 is likely to be about 5:55-im all up for it of course...on top of our races over the 4,8,15,3 :) 'bring it!'

anyway...still got an absolutely horrible cold-hacking and spluttering all over the place
..last night was aths presentation for my school night then stu and i went to the canary club-the grumpy old man didnt like it.... lol... then this morning, decided not to run..but then stu told me predicted temp so i forced myself to the youyangs where i got a teensy bit lost...62mins running

then stus eldest came over this arvo-then my bros for din dins

i wish i could get rid of this annoying cough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

..germball!!!

..ia m officially a germball
..coughing and spluttering,sore throat and well general malaise
..probably doing 4x4hard reps on thurs when i wasnt feeling well wasnt the greatest idea,vbut we all know that sensible +jo arent always skipping along and holding hands
..we were considering a movie last night(and dinner out on thurs) but really i just wasnt feeling up to either..so stu made a very hot curry and i had quite a few wines and this morning feel vile...gunky and smelly and just like a big bag of germs
..stu brought me about a million tablets and insisted i take them, then insisted i drink more water...lol... even he kinda laughed at one stage and said he was the bossiest man on earth... he was being bossy-EVEN for him.
lucky im so dutiful............................... cough cough...NOT
..anyway PILATES this ,morn,then APS aths finals this arvo...i hope one of my boy runs sub 2 mins again(800) and there is another verging on it
..so it is time for me to get going
..oh yeah and then dinner out with school aths team and then off to my friends bday drinks somewere in the city..introduce my lad to a few more of my gfs
...decided NOT to go and do the speed session stu wanted me to do at 7am this morning..am having a jo-enforced day off from running..pilates will be enough!!!

..he's very mean my bf

still have a stupid cold so dry coughing a bit-which is keeping me awake at night-finally a bit of sleep after having nyal cold syrup
...yesterday was super busy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
was at olympic park all day-after getting in 2school at 7:30 and running around like a headless chook, then finally back at 5pm
so when was my run supposed to be???
these were my options(as it was year 12 presentation night(2nd function this week!))
1) go out with friends for dinner and a wine(S)(which would help to get me thru the boring
2) go for a run and then there wouldnt be time for dinner/ONLY biccies and cheese
...lets see what ya reckon i did???? i will tell you tomorrow ;)
so home late last night but before 11 at least and then another big day at school and then off to training... something in my sensible receptors turned to jelly today...when stu asked me how i felt and i said ...tired..hes gone ok you can do bends and straights.... and im like nah-i wanna train hard..thats boring......SOME MASOCHISTIC DEMON had obviously overtaken me

..now this may not sound hard to you-but take my word for it-it is sh1t
4x400 at 5 s slower than race pace(my last 400 was about 75 s thankfully not close to the 66 of my pb)
anyway aiming for 80s which is 3:20min/kms 18km/h with5/6min breaks
78s, 81s, 80s, 82s but felt like i was going to spew9still kinda do :(

then chicken sandwich for din dins and now a nice night at hme with my spunky bf

..a bit of a killer set

year 12 valedictory dinner last night-had a few early drinks then onto eh waters..had a boogie with another teacher..and got home about midnight and then up again at 6.am after a woeful nights sleep-tossing and turning-waking up dripping in sweat-pretty sure i had a fever so took some panadol about 2.30 and finally got some sleep-still a bit of a dry cough-K was sick on the weekend so probs picked it up from him-
..anyway was absolutely EXHAUSTED by the time i got to the track tonight-where it was possibly the WINDIEST i HAVE ever seen. i sure was glad when stu said i was doing 200s not 300s..um that was b4 he told me i had to do 200's..and then first 80m was into a horrible headwind and then walk back(usually 90s) nd head off straight away
..absolutely killer session all done in 40s and 39s with one 38s
after my 2 lap cool down..i literally sat around for about 20mins -too stuffed to move
..anyway heap of homework to doso see ya later alligator

..hohum

it was bit like that today... was very unmotivated.couldnt drag myself out of bed to run this morning. instead waggled around home doing some house stuff and then i volunteered to shout stu and the kids pancake parlour... it mighta been nice if someone had actually thanked me!lol..too many kids running around to worry about niceties.no matter...we then wandered around highpoint where i bought stainless steel(matt finish not shiny) kettle and matching bin(close enough to matching)
-it was quite amusing..i said to stu i was going tp this store so he went to another with rugrats...he then called me to ask where in the shop i was..2 sec later i see two kids come tearing around the corner screaming out my name(yep the whole store woulda heard it) stu had offere a dollar for the first one to find me....amid much screaming and noise i eventually found stu-
anyway was pretty tired when i got home, very unmotivted and not wanting to run
..i asked stu if i could skip it-but he conveniently ignored me...... i REALLY didnt want to go...at 6pm i begrudgingly headed out the door..ran for 57.5mins super slowly..it actually turned out to be hte best slow run for a while..yay...
oh and the other thing i realised about yesterday 800m run.it was 33 degrees at 3pm9i ran 3:15ish) no wonder i felt like crap in the 2nd lap
..so ewen it will be faster next time :)

..i have some searching to do tonight

...i have to go looking for wherever it is that i packed up and put away for the winter my summer speed.
my 800 was truly terrible.i knew i shouldnt have run it-in the warm up i felt like a slug-this het was taking its toll..anyway ran close to a PW of 2.59 eeeeeyuk..i was expecting 2:50(as was stu) anyway dropped of 11s in the second lap..one word summs it up pretty nicely....abysmal
at the end of the day i collected points for my new club(and only got called traitor 3 or 4 times
:( most were only mocking and playful tho
then not much breathing spaace till the 200m-considered not running as i still had to do 4x4 relay-thankfull clare did not make me run first-she knows my block starts apart from being shite put a lot of stress on my back

..my 200m start significantly showed this..out of the blocks stayed slow until i could feel the vertebrae kinda feel right again (probs about 2-3 steps)then faster. came last in my heat-not by much though and was gaining- so a 33.4 for my frst 200m in a noticeable headwind and fairly soon after a horrid 800-still had the 800m cough...was definitely acceptable

then a little while later ran the 4x4 in about 75 but hard to say on the 2nd leg how far you run cos the changeover box is quite large-but i did try to take it relatively early and came home fairly strong

was initially very very disappointed but checked over last years results and my first 800 nov 3 was 2.57 and the 400 was 76 and also the first 400 2 years ago was 76ish as well so really just have to accept the first race of the year is always sh1t while my body tries to remember how to move faster
..we have the boys this weekend and stus littlest is hjust too cute...so stu could be toddler free at little A's i took K to do 'errands' he was quite excited this morning asking when we were leaving to do errands...calling out errands errands in the car(me too of course ;) our errands were fruit shopping and then i tookhim to target where he pressed every elmo doll...and no wonder its such fun! stu and i did it thurs and we didnt have any kids with us..anyway so we hung out and he did say something very sweet to me today...little tackers are fun
...although not quite sure how the kids get preference over me for the main tv room!!!

jan knows how im feeling!!!!!!!!

i havent been happy(re the jan comment!!!) this afternoon-super tired today (again) as are most people-wk2 is always tiring
..i needed someone to do something for me today and was surprised when told they werent sure if they could find time to do it for me-after that it was irrelevant-i didnt want anyone to
do anything for me anyway. after all i AM A completely sufficient girl-not to mention somewhat highly strung at the moment... i know better than to rely on people anyway-

...anyway tough tough session tonight
3 sets of 4x150
2 weeks ago i sat on 25s with one 24 and 1 26(not in spikes)

this week sat on (for the first 8) 24sec with one 23..then the last set took off the spikes and ran 25s except for the last one which was 24
..what wasnt great is at about rep9(it was standing start but i did bend over a bit) the back was quite sore-to the extent where i yelped when i started and it didnt get better in 15 m-almost pulled off the track-i mentioned to stu and I said maybe i should do only one more rep but he kinda preteded not to hear i think(he thinks i whinge but actually im telling it how it is) anyway
stood almost bolt uprigh and kinda dida bound for the first two steps(which meant i was like 2.5m behind the girls i was running with)
..so then poor stu i think is wondering why i was so listless and grumpy afterwards..i can answer that pretty succinctly-errr i don't get dinner after training hard-whilst he seems to cope with that-if i dont get food-i serously go all morose and listless and can barely move...so at 9:15 when we got back form the shops...and it was time for dinner- i had a bag of light popcorn-which despite stus comment is not really what i would call a fattening food..ie 420kj and about3g fat...so there smarty pants!!!!!
so a so so day-loved the training-even if the back didnt-oh well the little tanty throwing back has a day to get over itself

...oh yeah also got asked by the maths coordinator if i minded taking 2 year 12 classes next year-will mean an extremely busy year-especially term 2(poor stu :( ) but it is quite flattering-there will only be 2maths teachers taking 2 year 12s next year(at this stage)-its not definite(all timetables are changeable til day 1 next year)

..oooh dat was a tough one!

...for once i actually felt ok before training strted(havent been feeling fantastic really since the gastro/and tablets for the cellulitis that wreaked havoc on my belly about 2 weeks ago) anyway- it was nice to be ready to GO and hopefully go fast

apparently-fast is not the same fast that i used to be LOL
anyway i found the session super super tough...2min recovery with 4x300m@60-65s then 4min recovery then repeat ughghghghghghgh
slight headwind for the 110 m to begin..yay f-ing yay..and hte junior burger only having to do evry second one with me-so i look like im slow comparatively
anyway here are my times -REMEMBER ONLY 300M
(then min/km)then (km/h)
60(3:20min/km)(18k/h)
61 (3:23min/km)(17.7k/h)
62(3:26)(17.4)
64(3:33)(16.9)
4min break and breathing super hard
62(3:26)(17.4)
62(3:26)(17.4)
62(3:26)(17.4)
63(3:30)(17.1)

seriously-this wasone of the toughest sets i have done for some time. you know my 800m pb is faster than that speed-i cant even begin to imagine how i managed to run that fast.....OMG why do i race again!!!!!!!!!!!!!oh thats right i do love it

anyway it was a big big effort-i didnt whinge but u did ask for an extra 15s recovery a couple of times..i wasnt even getting my breath ack-my legs felt like a tank that had run out of petrol by the second set

oh well i got through it

then out to dinner with a group of western athsies

anyway was up at 5:30 thismorning and jojo doesnt do 5:30 well and she has just done 2 days in a row!!! no wonder i have been sooooooo vague today..i could barely speak-lol

well congrats to all the people running maras yesterday- i went and volunteered at the melb mara for western aths..
of which i am about to become a member-sent the transfer form off to coburg tday-which was kinda tough

didnt manage a run today- after school, i had training with the boys-then straight to my aunts for physio then a bit of homework, then dinner with my lovely lad, then pfaffing around...slack i know
did do an hour in the pool yesterday at least

..anyway thats about it from me today... am feeling a bit ho hum :( i dont know out of sorts

..change is inevitable

..circumstances change :(
..and it has not been easy to make this decision, but i have decided to leave coburg harriers and join western aths. it makes more sense. i live 7km from wes aths track, my live in bf and coach is at W.A, i train exclusively at W.A and coburg is now about 50kms from where i live
..anyway i had been dreading making the phone call but today i did it. brian was completely understanding(he's so lovely) and i texted jeremy and phil(c) to let them know
..i also made the decision because realistically- all winter season i have felt almost like a half member of BOTH clubs. anyway once i made the D i didnt feel like i could compete all summer for coburg and feel right knowing i was leaving

thats a big relief as it has been bothering me for a while

anyway last one on one pilates for a while-now im allowed to go in by myself twice a week...and thankfully that will cost 15 a pop instead of 66 a pop!!!whew

..i hate decisions :(

..there has been a decision i have been trying to make... i hate decisions they are NOT my strong suit...and yes i am being deliberately vague
,,,anyway i FINALLY came to a decision in the last couple of days-it is just a matter of timing as to whether i do it now or wait...
the problem is that i have to make a phone call that i dont particularly want to do
advantages of waiting-dont have to make the phone call til later(many many months)
advantages of not waiting-dont have to stress about said phone call-and just get the inevitable done

anyway enough of that...i have to make the decision in the next few days so i think i will give myself sunday as the deadline

soooooo glad it is friday-

had a drink at work-then out for drinks/dinner with stu and a few friends.felt a bit bad cos a friend bought me a drink which i couldnt return-cos i wouldnt have let her buy me one otherwise

stu away tomorrow night..BUT.silly miss jo will probs miss the boy-whatta sad case i am

its weird-had 3 drinks over 3 and half hours(which should be fine) but was kinda glad that there was no booze bus...probs woulda been fine....
no running -rest day

..a couple of misinformed decisions

..ok...so PERHAPS miss jo got a but excited
//all this talk of NOT being in pain constantly made her think she was in a better state than she was(and yes she is refusing to talk about herself in the first party)
..in her infinite wisdom(and she is a brainy gal of course ;)
//after having a slightly sore back from carrying too heavy a backpack she spoke to her coach regarding NOT running and he said fine do pool running and then swim for a bit.SHE HATES SWIMMING with a passion so could NOT motivate herself so instead ran sore back and all, on concrete/bitumen no less..
little miss jojo paid for it today with a not so great back=then come run time...did NOT learn from previous mistakes and chose to go ahead with her speed session(and this is the KICKER) even tho her back was sore b4 she started(a NONO even in her books)
so the session was
10mins easy
5x30s hard, 2 min break between reps with 4mins break between sets and then anoter one

then 20min cool down

umm then sat in the car waiting for pilates ..back froze up-could barely move..super sore..back on anti inflamms...couldnt do the proper pilates session..needed some mobilization..which means elbows in the glute and back

..but then dinner out with the delightful(sometimes..lol) bf
..and a wine or 3 to soothe the unhappy beast(back)

...uh oh...i can be a LITTLE teensy bit annoying....lol

okey dokey..so i can be the TEENSIEST TEENSIEST bit annoying...lol...shush stu
..am in a VERY VERY good mood...just had a great appt with the sports doc-who'd a THUNK it
... she was extremely pleased with me- pat on the head for jojo
... i was able to bnd and everything... she was like WOW-thats a huge improvement... and NO DRY NEEDLING...i was kinda stressed cos that kinda hurt like hell last time...and im pretty TUFF you know ;)
..she did also say -yeah your back was pretty trashed the last time i saw you
..she did also state the importance for not getting carried away etc etc(and yes i listened-transferred all this info to stu already re speed work and haveing a longer break after a couple of reps-very important so i maintain strong core)
..so i told her that yes i had been doing speed work(which was advised against)- and then i told her how i had rationalised out racing the tan(my initial appt had been for after the race if it hadnt been moved, then she would never have tolld me not to!) she laughed and said she liked my rationalisation...how cool!!! lots of chit chat today
..she also said she had sussed out my personality and spoke accordingly to me..ie i was still going to run- but had to restrict some things and i needed to REALISE it would TAKE longer to be take effect and i wasnt as strong as i thought and was still building(i made lots of suggestions for changes and there was a bit of WHOA- lets not change from where we are-still no hills-keep the strapping for now)...and she was quite clear on this..i need to remember im not going to get better or EVER be cured.... but ..and wait for it this is the BEST BEST BESTEST bit ever
...i was saying my pain was tolerable now...no panadeine for brekky...maybe a couple hours pain per day(sooooo much better than previous-you have no idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)im pretty happy how it is
..and shes like there will always be some underlying pain bt i would like you to be pretty much pain free... and know how to realise when it is ont he verge of flaring and what to do

OMG i cant even BEGIN to imagine a life like that! i was practically bouncing off the walls... i was prepared to be happy with only3 days of pain(less than half the time)i was already pretty happy...imagine just having a close to normal life!!!!!!!!!!!
...AND THEN THE SNEAKY THOUGHTS BEGUN!
maybe squash IS a chance after all
.maybe i will get to do long jump..
maybe..plus a million more previously retired thoughts..but trying VEY hard(not succeeding) to get carried away(i wont do anything silly though b4 you say dont...)
..MAYBE I COULD BE (ALMOST) LIKE A NORMAL PERSON..yay
..how will stu put up with me-if im consistently in a good-(read maybe hyper)mood..lol.. just cracking myself up..he musta rolled his eyes about 150 times tonight at me

..first day back

OMG-the alarm just about killed me this morning...it couldnt possibly already be 5.45...SURELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ugghghghhggh nd then a day of professional development where we literally had boring lectures nearly all day :(
..then supposed to be 30min pool run followed by 500m of swimming....but errrr ahhhhh i kinda cracked it and decided that stu is my running coach and he CANT MAKE me go swimming and that is NOT part of his coaching role..lol..etc.etc(i dont think you realise HOW much i hate swimming) anyway i point blank could not talk myself around so i did a 45 min pool run...

..and im a bit stressed about having someone else living here(not here yet)-as stu said i can be fussy... i brought up that someone on shiftwork should go down to the other TV if its after midnight(which i think is reasonable) rather than the one DIRECTLY outside my bedroom..and he told me to stop and it wouldnt matter(and i actually am a light sleeper)...but i think things like that need to be discussed beforehand..anyway ..he and I are quite different in that respect..im a worrier
...still seriously broke..i guess having someone else contributing will help.. too many things stressing me at the moment..a couple of other things as well

..well last night was coburg presentation night-i received most improved athlete(well probably because last year i could barely bend) although as stu pointed out a couple of my races were actual pbs i guess...
anyway i was quite concerned when i was informed they were going to have an u18 team which would effectively mean no open womens team-just stacey and I, one girl who hasnt competed regularly yet, and another who doesnt really enjoy competing.. i wasnt overly happy-i understand from a team future perspective(and AGREE) that to get juniors to run that we need a junior team so they can throw their actual weights not the senior weights, but as a competitior, whilst i do run for myself i really like the whole team aspect. i have to say i was contemplating my options!!!!!if it really was just the couple of people, im not sure what i would have done..
..anyway j sent me a message today saying he had decided to put in an u16 team-which i think is a good option, which also leaves 3 u18 girls who can still compete with us(and none of them are throwers so it wont affect them)

todays run- 60mins..i actually think given how sick i had been lately that it was probably a bit too long..first 25mins was good but after that was really struggling a lot... anyway as my coach said(not calling him my bf at the mo cos i dont like him that much at the moment...lol) its kms in the bank...grumble grumble

..silly tummy

..silly tummy
-my tummy is still playing a bit of funny buggers. i think it may be the tablets i am on for the cellulitis in my finger(which is improving thankfully- the finger cellulitis is not a major worry because the infection site is so small compared to the leg which is a hefty percentage of my body)
-all day i have been burping and feeling a tad unwell.... when i say burping im not talking lady like ones-stu can vouch for me- more like barney from the simpsons ones!!!! and millions of them
...so the run this morning was particularly unpleasant...burping and running do not go together well- then after my shower i needed to lay down for a while as my belly was not very happy... i eventually had a powerade(which i probably should have had the day i was spewing-to replace electrolytes etc)
..anyway felt a bit better after that but the belly is still feeling a little uneasy

so horrid 7kms today...and ummm no homework as i had planned to do loads..blaming the belly
and stu and i are about to head off for the coburg winter presentation night at a cafe in melbourne

..oooh some speed...i like it!

well i do like speed-its official
however what i havent liked is how i have felt on tuesday and wed... my aunt and uncle had the same gastro bug.... woke up on tuesday spewing my guts up....oooooh..i have a very tender belly and am very prone to gastro :(
went to training tues night, then did one lap warm up and then had to go and lay on the concrete for an hour(obviously i couldnt train that night...oopsie)
then yesterday i was feeling so so so FAINT..i actually thought i was going to faint at the wombat gully nursery...stu is like ..c.an i leave declan here while i go to training..and i was like...ummmmm no---- seriously i couldnt have been responsible for someone else -i just felt so bad!!!!!

anyway last night about 6 i started to feel better..however today when i got to the track my belly was doing flip flops...lots of those spew burps....NOT GOOD
..i even said to stu...if you make me spew youre in trouble

anyway figured i may as well run until i spewed...lol
anyway it was a hard session 5x150m then do again at roughly my 400m speed..
i hit low 25s nearly every time(8 of the reps), with one low 26 and one high 24
..anyway for the pacings..here are the 400 equivalent(not that i could continue) and 1km(not likely) but so you have an idea
so for me 8x25s 1x26s and one x 24.9s
150 time (equiv 400 pace)( equiv 1km pace)
24.5 (65.3)( 2:43)
25 (66.7)( 2:47 )
25.5 (68)( 2:50)
26 (69.3)( 2:53)

was feeling a bit ill actually after it(as were a few other girls) 2 - 2:30min recoveries between reps with 5-6min break between the two sets
ran 2s per 150 faster than last week-but thats because it was longer breaks...stu had our group set up really well..2 started 2 s ahead of me, then 1 girl 1s faster, 1 girl with me, 1 girl 1s behind,1 girl 2s behind me and stu somewhere behind me, so it was like a race... I was VERY happy with HOW consistent my reps were

seriously need to do some homework tomorrow..and only a water run after speed work..fri is usually a rest but i just had two rest(sick) days