...surprisingly im still TIRED!!!!!

okay okay im very sorry to belabour the point but km leggies are ker-nackered!!!!!
was not looking forward to a set at the track this morning. it was 32-33degrees whilst training ....
not pleasant
and in case anyone missed it-NO SPEED in my legs at the moment. Oh and just to make the stupid set even more pleasant it was WINDY as hell...OMG
the planned set was 4x200@43s 4 x400@84s and 4x200@42s
as soon as i saw this ive gone stu, i cant manage that(we were still at home). once jogging our warm up, im conveying the 'my legs are still tired', i think he even saw in the stride throughs how lacklustre i was, way behind ppl im usually ahead of
He also conceded with the wind that instead of 4x400s, we would do 4x300s (63s)

so the 4x200s went well 42low,42dead, 41 and half for next two..but it felt like tough work(it is faster than my 1500pace) the 300 62s but gee it was hard(and it was hot) the 2nd 300 61.5s and i said to the other two A, have you got two more 300s nuh-uh(she was spent) th other was a maybe...anyway i said to stu, 3x300? he mustve seen we were all struggling because he said yep 3..then a longer break(in the shade) then 4x200s
two 41.5s a 40.9 and a 41 dead
and the other two both lay on the ground for a while.lol.ive gone go on kids go get some water, cmon get up
then i walked over to my water bottle-stu asked the kids if they were tired,yep
he turns to me and says..okay jo do a 200 with C....what??? she wont be going fast...uggghhgh okay then...so 50s and then her final rep 49.5 so i happily sat with her without too much effort and kept her company

then home and have piked from going to albert park.sorry guys,i am soooo tired, it is hot and w have decided to stay in and have bubbly and air con- and as a treat-stu is making us a prawn cocktail with lime and chilli aioli and we have bought a cobb of bread and will be making dip (salmon,philly,capers and chilli) that you stick in the middle of hte bread after digging a well(in the bread)

again sorry but im not even sure i will make it to midight tonight. NO running tomorrow. woohooo!!!!!!! dont get me wrong -i am enjoying my running a lot at the moment but i am constantly tired!

Happy New Years to all my friends and friendettes. its been a good year for me...ill post my thoughts on the year that WAS tomorrow
HUGS and champagne tops popping

if my bum was on fire with rabid dogs chasing me?

well Em, what a delightful image(see yesterdays comment)..lol
i dont know that id be running anywhere near 800m if that was happening!!!!!(rabid dogs and bum on fire)

anyway what was stu's devilishly hard routine in his 'lets see how far i have to push before i break her mind, body and spirit' plan that he seems to be currently pursuing. Well he took me to the YY and we drove to a new spot so we could do hills. OMG, were they hills or what(i will post the picture, no NOT from MY garmin :( thats still not working but from david(our delightful-albeit sweaty running partner...lol)
anyway 10mins in, me leaden legs were still leaden and not easing up.and when we hit the first hill, i was like OMG OMG OMFG!!!!! and then i walked quite a lot of it. This did not bode well for the rest of the run. Then after about 10mins, i got better at putting the head down and running MOST of the hills.
Stu(whatta good) boy stopped and i was wondering why, he was trying to make sure i didnt get freaked out by the snake... EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK
..and then finally we went downhill...whew and thats when my right glute started playing funny buggers and was giving me some grief. I believe this is when i called out(as i lagged off the back) Stuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu , how much further(i tried not to be whingy whiny but well lets just say the hills did make me drop the F-bomb

enjoy is NOT quite the word im looking for. I CERTAINLY did not hate it, it was actually a GREAT run (and wouldve been more enjoyed if the legs werent flat little tackers). ok here it is, i respected the run, there were nice views, it was hard, it was tough, it was GOOD for me.... but seriously STU IS TRYING TO KILL ME!!!!!!!!!!!!

and then out for lunch(not healthy-i suck.i should be skinny but im not. oh well am detoxing on Jan 2nd and then having a healthy month) and then i came home and was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo (get it) sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo tired so i had a nap, nothing new there, but my naps are only ever 20mins. I slept for an hour.
okerly dokerly
see ya later matey-ohs

omg-tuckered out little leggies

yep-the legs are OUTRAGEOUSLY tired...which is silly. COMPARED to other people(em) and a multitude of others, mine seem insignificant....... but for me it is MASSIVE>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
ive been managing around 25-30km/week for the last maybe 6 weeks and last week was 40kms+ with 2 quality sessions plus 2 hill sessions..i am STUFFED
anyway yesterday was a 40min pool run(ughggh but i had a gal pal to chat with which was cool
and today...and yes i suggested it????? OMG why why why little jojo would you do that
jo: stu why dont we ride to altone
stu: your tyres arent blown up
jo: thats ok ill go blow them up (and toodled off and did so)

so 20 mins cruisey cycling to get there and then the rep set from hell..literally... it was hilly(not like the YY) and the n f$%^ing WINDY, i wasnt even sure if i would get up the hill...the hill went for like 600m for the first 2 reps
well i would show you the map--but SOMEONE broke my garmin! it got water logged and now does not work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so the first 2 reps were just under 800m mainly hills(and wind) in around 3:16...... frick - after the first rep-i HONESTLY didnt know how i would do another-the legs have NO SPEED whatesoever , stu better know what he;s doing ...lol...and yes i know he does and in four weeks i will run well
anyway, i did the four reps and then a 90s stair rep(the others did two) ut i have an abslute killer hill run for 60min tomorrow and i am close to being done now!
the 20min ride home wasnt as hard as i thought..but i loved the ride...was VERY careful to keep my abs taut and back in a good position..still a bit sore but pretty good
and then out for date night-to indian :)
and somehow even though we are practically spending 24hours a day together at the moment, i havent killed him, there have been momenets though! LOL

whew busy few days-and to detox or not

i bought the 48hour rapid detox, which i was considering starting to today but
a) im hungry now(and its a liquid detox)
b) after i do the detox i intend to not drink alcomohol for a couple of weeks so i will wait til jan3 to start
xmas day was awesome- stu's parents for a big lunch(was restrained-didnt eat too much as i decided to eat dessert which i dont usually do-when you meet hte bulk of the family they might think im rude if i said no to dessert(my family are used to it!), then off to my brothers house where we had the most delectable dinner.OMG the roast potatoes were to die for and teh 7hour slow cooked lamb fell apart on the fork...im salivating thinking about it..
then saturday morning, decided a 40min water run-just to take a little pressur eoff the back(and my feet were sore too..lol i am a precious little princess
-oh and i KNEW we were doing hills today so it was so much of a shock! lol. only 77mins (12.5km, on flat we would run about 14 or more kms in that time) i hit a few walls(no no not literally...hehe)
and now the D is made...no detox..i think i should go out for brekky and then maybe ummmmmmmm take a look at some of those sales,,,,,,,, eeek

see below the run

no jo, not a hilly run today

so apparently we werent doing hills today... i believed this to the point where i texted a gf and asked her if she was coming

bel:are you doing hills or flat

jo: not flat but not really hills either

bel: no thats ok ill stick to the flat

she later texted to say she knew the track and that stu had fooled me d'oh!!!!!

stu had set out 60mins for me..but OMG i9didnt have legs. I had these things that couoldve bveen mistaken for canons(you know canons are pretty damn heavy and you dont move them quickly!!!!!!!!!!!!) anyway once they sped up(not by much but i was feeling it) i said to stu i cant keep up... and i lagged off hte back for a while. At 25 mins i said to him i needed to turn around and couldnt make 30mins before turning around and didnt he know how much he had already made me run this wee(and a few other choice words) recall, 14 hilly kms on sunday(87mins) 7kms in water mon, 6kms hard tues, pilates wed and then today...i was ker-nackered

anyway turned around at 25mins, took aleisha and another boy came back to us...just heard stu holler at me from a long way away...and aleisha is like-how did you hear it, i didnt her anything...lol... anyway trudging along and then we come out...ummmmmmmmmm this doesnt look like where we went in.....hmmhmhmhmmhmhm oopsies(and im the damn adult ) bugger bugger bugger

dont worry kids, we're not lost(cough bshit cough) waylaid some bikers..nup they had no idea how to get back to turntable.... bugger...never mind kids, were on ...road...if stu gets back, sees we're not there, he will come looking for us on this road....if you ever get lost stay on this road!!! the 10 year old was looking quite perturbed...cmon lets just run up this hill.... and then 5mins later we found where we were supposed to be WOOHOO, there was much joy expressed at this time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so we ended up running 58mins(9kms) how funny is that...but there was much working

then stu and i wwent shopping and i cant remember a time of being so utterly exhausted.... too many hills this week..my bf is seriously trying to kill me!!!!!!!!! and its not like i have life insurance or anything ;)

..yep i am soft!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

.well the initial set was 3x1km at 90-92s per 400(which is 1500 pace) with long recoveries. it was always going to be a killer set so 3.04 for 800 and 3.50 for 1km

well first rep was a struggle- my legs were WAY tired from the long run sunday, sore glutes and a very non determined mind set...lol
anyway, first 800 in 3.04 and rounded out the 1km in 3.50 for the km. OMG how on earth am i going to do any more reps??????????????????????
i told stu there was NO way i could do another 1km so he let me do 800m.. but i can tell you even that was a struggle, particualrly into the headwind...yikes... did the 800 in 3.04 (yep i know how to pace)
omg was feeling a little sick and said to stu, not sure if i can do 800, so he relented and let me do 600(which i STRUGGLED to do...barely able to open my eyes in the last 200 and my belly was hurting)
so 2.4km at 3.50min/km pace- SERIOUSLY tough set... i wouldnt say i trained well, but i am claiming some fatigue factor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it wasa pity i couldnt do 3x1km...

another girl at my club was doing 6x1km@3.50 with 90s- recovery OMG, but then she is a sub 40min 10km runner, 2.26 800 runner and 4.55 1500 runner

off to pilates shortly-yay, more fatigue for my legs..lol

still trying not to spend too much money! but have just bought my bro his present.

..its gonna be a tough set tonight



3x1km at basically the 1500 pace. not sure if i can manage it or not



we had stu's eldest over last night for dinner with his gf which was very nice. i have just finished washing the 25 million dishes. i didnt even know we had that many dishes.....lol

anyway its done now, dry needling last night wasnt actually too bad, well on one side itwasnt too bad. Karen is however very happy with how my back is responding(pretty sore today though-often is the day after the needling). and then the bad news. i have to keep going fortnightly for the next year :( ughghghgh but i know it helps. i just dread it, thats all. and i asked about trialling some of hte harder work without taping and she said we could give it a go soonish so thats good news
..and even better, she didnt give me the cortisone into the back of my knee..... yay

am feeling extremely broke. in a few months itll settle again though. just have to be a bit good for a bit

oops quick update

ok.
no running wed(but did lots of hwk for school next year)
thursday-the gift got cancelled so no running
friday-leg massage(the shins feel much less lumpy now)and he worked the calves well, but he didnnt do a great job really
saturday-unfortun ately couldnt make a friend's party :( sorry
managed a run..was supposed to be 15easy 15@4.40pace 15 easy...um i cant go from barely any running to 15mins at 4.40 so i compromised(and it was a mega wind too) and di 3x1km with 30s walk and 2 min jog -all up 40mins (7.5kms) but it was tough, the kms were done in 4.37, 4.42,4.34 on not very even ground and first two in a headwind
sunday 87 min run..OMG hilly like you wouldnt believe.i had to walk a very large section when the hill was only 1km into the run and went for 1km VERY STEEP... 87mins all up so feet hurt now, havent run much over 60mins for quite some time.
funny its an average of 6:13min/km but i sure can tell you i was working hard. even walking i was HUFFING and puffing up the hill
anyway stu and i off for brekky now. have a good day kidlets

..bloody 800m cough...lol

..for those of you who have never raced an 800m, there is what is commonly known as the 800m cough, that is well known to occur after a hard raced 800. i had this for quite some time tonight(probably on the tail end of a cold isnt helping either :)

is it arrogant to say i raced well, well if so put an arrogant pin on my butt and lets play pin the tail on the arrogant donkey :)
I ran well tonight! i wasnt sure if i would, but i tried t be very positive(although the 90min drive there was NOT helping!!!!!)
it was HOT, slight breeze-for westies not much(it is wind central in werribee) (but i am soft and did notice it in the last 70m)
My game plan(and agreed by my coach) was go hard in the first lap, and see what i could hang on to. see(and he doesnt agree with this) but no matter what ive been running in the first lap, it has been 80/81 in the second lap
so i went through first 200 in 36,2nd 200 in 40,3rd in 40, 4th in 41 so 2.37 dead!
and i got severely checked at the 450-had to pull up big time, the girl was in the outer 2/3 of the lane so i went to overtake on the inside(i had been just behind her shoulder for 100m) and she drifted over(she apologised later-cos i said-youre cutting me off-see i could still talk)

stu did say i ran well(he wasnt there) but he did also say i went too fast in the first 200-well that was the PLAN, the plan was also to HOLD it...lol but i didnt come last, i was by NO means disgraced (even though the nearest girl had an rpb of 2.35 and it is the third fastest 800 i have run since returning to running,(and the 2 faster have been vic masters champs, and the world masters champs-both championship races(where i seem to SIGNIFICANTLY lift)

am not so quietly chuffed with myself

yay holidays

love being on holidays!
anyway, slept in good and late-still havent quite got rid of the stupid cold
sunday went for a 50min run.legs were definitelty reminding me that i had raced and JUMPED the day before.and went up a hilll, brathing was not good
.and today im going to the milers meet in boxhill.the plan is to go out pretty hard..might as well go for it.i ran sub 2.40 sat so even if i run crap, i have done something i wanted to do on saturday :)
going to do some hwk today(yes its not all fun and games) im in charge of yr 12 Further maths at my school next year so i need to start writing the timeline and a few other things
anyway ill pots iether tonight or tomorrow morn!hopefully with a good time for teh 800!

shield round up

..yes sorry folks a double post today
...was not sure what to expect today..had decided since im still sick that anything under 2.44 would probs be acceptable.
anyway, slight breeze, not too bad though(did high jump.. first lol...well 2 jumps- no fosby)
so started of in the heat with some girls who were running 2.25 down to myself and a couple at 2.40+ .... dont ask, i wasnt happy.if they call 2.45, i will run to the integrity of the heat...so annoying though.i actually turned around to girls not in my club and said you should be here you run 2.30s. It happens every single week and is VERY annoying.you come to race so get the f%ck out there and race.stop hiding in the slower heats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anyway first 200in 37(yes i checked my watch) and then one of my team mates overtook me so i thought ill just go with her, went through 78s and thought ill just push a little, over took the girl in the back straight(she did only get home at 7am) lol, got to 600 and saw 1,59 on the watch and thought okay time to push, went through in 2.39.54. Thats more like it. Its hte first time ive gone under 2.40 at shield comp. i know its weird, 6 weeks ago i did 2.34 in a big comp and can barely go sub 2.40
then off to shotput where i did a 30cm PB and got 6.80
then off to the 200 where i kinda did some strides but not a proper warm up
shit start as ever(pop straight up, grimace at the pain in my back) and a couple of gals in my race so really didnt want to be beaten by them, worked hard into the headwind(not huge) and crossed in 31.15 a seasons best and could be a pb(i have a 30.8 recorded a few years ago, but i think it was a mistake)
decided yes no yes no yes no and eventually no to a 5km(cos i really am still a bit sick) and did a 15min cool down. pretty tuckkered out..and yes i did make the call when i got there i was only going to do a couple of events... unmmmmm 5 is the new couple isnt it???????????
60min run tomorrow, doing slow slow, have a girl from ausrun joining me so introducing her to a hill :)

ooh racing today..

supposed to race today, still have a stupid cold.... was EXTREMELY sick on wednesday, drove to school, had to have a nap in sick bay went home and then slept for the rest of the day.
musta been teh training set that i did on tuesday night(and i wasnt feeling great so probs shouldnt have really done it...completely fell in aheap afterwards)
the tues set was 4x600s and 1 400 in 95s for the 400/faster for the last wto

was not pretty wed and thursday but am starting to feel better

have no IDEA what to expect in the 800 today. am trying not to talk myself out of it.... but oct/nov have been very low km months :(

anyway i will try, probs cough up a lung afterwards,.,.. and try not to be too snotty(and i can tell you that i am well snotty!

2 days is NOT a long time :)

2 more days at school , hten miss jo is on HOLY-days..... lol(cmon i do work at a Presby- school) let me pretend im being religious!)
anyway took half day off work today as my head was ABSOLUTELY banging this mornin(the cold has taken hold again, im a coughy spluttering SNOTball at the moment), drove to work, a real dennis the menace, thought i might fall asleep at the wheel
my mentoree(or my mentee as we often call her) had the panel interview for full refistration so i HAD to go...yay-she is now fully quall-ed!
got to the track, not even sure if i would finish hte set.took some ventolin(as i oft do when i have a cold) as my breathing is abit crappy(it is in my chest a bit)
goal 600 reps with 400 @ bw 1500 and 3km pace(95ish sec)/40ish second

let the kids pace hte first one, 400 in 99 and the 200 in 45 sec..(2:24)too slow so i went to the front (but on the inside for the next few reps)
94/44 2:18
93/45 2:18
94:/44 2:18
the last one was 300/100
70/18 1:28 for the 400
gee i was breathing heavy, i trained way better than i thought i would so quite pleased. will be more pleased to get rid of the cold

dry needling yesterday was manageable,only a couple of yukkies, and i mentioned my glute so she chucked some in there, a little more than a tickle but settled very quickly and felt very good today
stu and i had our 'date night' at the indian ...was nice... and if i could just rid of this sh%tty headache then i would be ahappy happy camper
ciao bellas and bellettes :)

..shy little thing

..lol...
..yep i was wondering what the acute pain in one spot in my back was(not un-normal......) but it turned out to be a great big ruise...tooo shy to come out immediately...but out nonetheless today..i wonder if it is still there tomoz if karen will shove a needle into my bruise...wouldnt that be fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
had a mixed day today...over-reacting about something that i should tbut it is bothering me................................... :(
sore teeth kept me awake a
mos tof fri night but ran sat ..i did 2km warm up then 2km bends and straights(straights faster(1500pace)) and then another 2 so 7km all up...surprisingly then bed and straights section ended up abput 4.50min /km...i was shocked by this...i would find it hard work to do 2km at 4.50 in training(hard work might be over stating it i sp0se)
and then out for drinks with david and nic, waied an hour and half for cab, got shitty so walked to cra, had an argument, cos stu is THE slowest walker in the world, cos when im cold i kinda wanna MOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! far out brussel sprout....
then 10.4km run today
then caight up with gfs from high school

quite funny-all had done quite well...going to a GOOD school does make a big difference.....and we didnt pay to go-there are some very good gov schools!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anyway nighty night! hoping to NOT have injection in the back of the knee tomoz

..back at the track

well i got back on the track but eased into it.
bends and straights
did 1.6km warm up..couple of hammy stretches the
2kms bends and straights funny that this still ends up faster than 5min/km pace even with the jogging between bends.. couple mins alking to someone then another 2km od bends and straights.... was starting to fatigue towards the end. the back of the knee held up reasonably well...have iced it.quite sore to touch still
i had planned to go and race with corrie and Em, but i may have to pass....bugger bugger

getting close to finshing the reports.but have hit the wall. have to stop,,,, am grumpy and stu is shitting me

..not so small a niggle

..the tendon behind the knee has been more and more sore this week
been icing..didnt even run last night..instead officiated for an hour and half and then home for reports :(
anyway.. stu has gone tonight...what did you do training wise.... umm errr ummm did you not see me not run last night.... nothing
im not even sure about swimming
..will do some form of training tomorrow-probs bends and straights
..sh$t day at work, not happy about the inequity of hte system..but not just whinging-have actually made plans to talk to those who can do something about it

.eyes hurting

OMG....lol... how is this... put my sunscreen on a 6.50 am(yes every day...lol) but somehow got it in both eyes... do you know how much it hurts... i could barely open my eyes the whole drive there..... i was a complete dennis the menace...almost had to pull over ...the eyes just wanted to shut for a bit. In the end i pulled over in richmond for 7mins and shut my eyes(not sleeping-just letting them recuperate)...i had been trying to douse them with water but it was a bit hard on the west gate....
when you think LOSER, just think of me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anyway i asked stu if i was grumpy-youre the same as always

well theres two ways a woman can take this:
1) im really good at not taking my SUPREME frustrations out on my bf
2)he thinks im grumpy all the time

ill go with number one....lol... GO ME ;) doesnt that make me little miss perfect(stu wont agree because ive been REALLY REALLY funny tonight..which in his world means ive been annoying the crapola outa him... but seriously anyone who can fit the gag..... cos 7 ate 9 into a proper conversation...that takes real skill
(stu was saying about his soccer finals.... six played seven..... werent they scared?........ what?????...cos 7 8(ate) 9 LOL (the ensuing joke).... see i fitted into a REAL conversation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hes still unimpressed and i think its HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

..aaaah to ostrich or not

..i personally think im a world class ostrich-er
..but then again all runners ignore niggles dont they? not sur if ive mentioned it but for over a month ive been having a bit(??) of a pain in the back of my knee...and not sure if associated but since two weeks ago cant do high knee lifts cos my knee kinda buckles....
..havent said much to stu(he already thinks im a whinger)-although when i ICED(i never ice) it on saturday it was a bit of a giveaway
..anyway sports doc today, i mention my knee sore at the back..and Karen is like how long...errr 4weeks or so...quizzial look as to why havent i told her earlier.... dig around..yep thats hte spot.... poplyt..... something or other(tendon in the back of knee)
..okay jo, anti inflamms for a week, no FAST FAST stuff(so a 1500 tomorrow, no 400)..and if same next week, then i have to have a cortisone injection and then NO running for a week or so! what the................... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
anyway she asked me about my upcoming racing sat(last week) tues this week, sat etc and she will try to manage that but not sure..........................

oh and dry needling. SH$t i hate it.i honestly dont know how to describe it(when my back is not as tight, its really not so bad).
ts not like it was anywhere near as bad as that time 2 months ago when i cried, but sheeeeeeesh, let someone shove a knife into your spine and thats about as close to an analagy as i can get..and yes it is ONLY because my back is very tight(yes karens words) and yes i got the look(and the start of a comment before i got all defensive.......) when i told her i did high jump...and again when i said long jump...left out the shot put bit :( she was happy when i told her i got to do a 200m standing start though..and was nice and encouraging with my 200m time :)
basically one side hurt more to go in, and for the first 5 mins on th other side i thought she had punctured something as it SERIOUSLY hurt to breathe.... anyway after 1/2 hour she cam back in.told me she needed to wipe the blood(not a surprise since it had hurt) and then took the needles out..and they hurt to be taken out too...stoooopid dry needling... if only it didnt help...

anyway its over(for one week)
sorry to whinge...i should just suck it up and say nuttin! thats how a real trooper would take it.not feeling very trooper-ish though.. report writing time, very grumpy, sick of my back and in the 'its not fair and i dont want to have this shi%t for the rest of my life" mood!

thats okay -you can tell me to suck it up...thats what i would say to someone who was feeling so frickin sorry for themsleves when really, they have things pretty damn good

..wow tired tired tired and sore

..yep the title pretty much sums it up
i am sooooooooooo tired and my legs feel like i ran a 10km today and im obviously not used to jumping-just about every muscle in my leg is fatigued and sore
had a massage today..not a great idea if competing in two days, but needed some relief... the shins in particualr are not great (still v sore now0

knew yesterday was punishing on the back so hopped in the pool for 45 mins... and umm dry needling....my only hope is NO tears!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am dreading it..and what if i cough as she puts it in.... doh

stu and i did a bit if a shop-i was quite restrained really,but then i did spend $450 on carpet( a top up from what the insurance is paying so we get a better carpet)

then reports, tehn jugsaw, then putting grades on paprs and then stu cooked pork chops,masjed potato(OMG i loooooooooooooove mash) asparagus and zucchini

just watching some show on tv now with a couple of wines(no i dont have a couple right now) hehe you silly buggers

shield-and ummmm someone needs to be reminded it is NOT little aths

at little aths, the kids all do a MILLION events
..well someone did a million events

i woke up feeling pretty crappy so knew the 800(my pet event) would be very disappointing so i decided instead to do as many other events as possible(some a bit naughty for my back..but shhhhhhhhhhhhhh)
..started with high jump(should be called low jump) did 1.15-no warm up and wasnt overly trying
then did shot and long jump concurrently-running back and forth between...happy enough with 6.42 shot(5cm off my pb) and long jump was only ever going to be a tiddle and a one off..whihc i did and cos i was talking to the lady actually walked back so it was a NO JUMP(yeah exactly what my back needs) next one about 30cm before the line(i dont measure my run up..lol..i go from anywhere) and it was the worst one ive ever done 3.22 but hten i didnt stretch myself as i dont want to hurt my back.... the first one was HEAPS further!!!! anyway glute was kinda sore after this.... still hadnt had time to do any sort of warm up yet..so jogged a bit and realised i was feeling pretty average
time for the 200 and the girl 2 races in front did a standing start so i cheekily asked if i could..(she had an arm cast) and he's gone..shes got an injury...me too..he narrowed his eyes jokingly-got a medical certificate.... can get one...got a double disc bulge and it REALLY hurts from the blocks..he was very sweet,checked with the other starter and he said i could -woohoo..definitely is slower than a blockie but significantly less pain... surprised it was ok 31.46 and absolutely flew home in the last 100.
then off to the 4x4 relay(i tried DESPERATELY to get out of this but NO DICE!!! :( where just as the girls started , it absolutely POURED down, im waiting in the rain and shivering and it wasnt pleasant-with all this rain i wished i wore my spikes. the wet soggy brooks adrenalines felt like bricks(i was not going flat out,but fastish)
..whew is there much time for a breather...nup not really..off to the 3km
..wasnt racing had decided to 'jog' with a lady.i thought she would do 5.15 at the fastest..nup we sat on 5min/km pace so not hard, but i was breathing harder than i would normally..i do HAVE a bad cold... it wasnt tough but i was glad when it was over 15.02
..and ummmmmmmmmmm geeeeee im tired!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i did do a million events...lol
probs not hte best choice..buttttttttttttttttttttttttttt im a silly sausage at the best of times!

--okay its time to go away

...the cough that is...time to vamoose...head off to sunnier pastures...retire to a better place etc etc

i am WELL over it(well im not-which is the point-poor stu was kept awake for some time as a result last night
ughghghghghhghghghghghgh
anyway i did at least do a set
4x200s the longer break, the 2x200s with 4x150s
200s between 37 and 38.5 and then 400s(ooopsies EDIT 150) were 25,26,26 and the last one stu said to catch the girls in front so caught the couple in front and then went doh,...wonder if he meant the girl who had a 15m head start so worked hard and yelled to her--cmon dont let me past,,,, so she sped up which was good and we crossed together... didnt look at my watch but at the slowest it would be 24.x sec

was NOT getting my breath back between reps(thats the cold!!!)

AND then i felt reaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllly ill...wasnt pretty...but once i got home and took cold and flu tabs i was ok.....(id skip the arvo tabs -bad idea)
then stu and i out for dinner...had pizza oopsies

800 this week- should be okay-disappointed if i dont get sub 2.40 ..... i am well due........

yep not ready for hard running

-went to the track..did a couple of laps, felt shite..so decided that no way no how could i do reps, so i went of r a dawdle-and all i can say about it is that it was hard and my stupid head hurts!!!!!!!!!!
poor stu has been spewng today-poor honey
ughghggh sorry no fun posts at the mo-its miss grumplestiltskins!

..ughghghghgh sick

:(
have a stoopid cold and feel sick
..early night for me

had a nice night with the family last night

sick of coughing

leaving now..... no running, came home early and went to bed

pleased and then not pleased- shield comp

-rocked up to meadow glen and was amazed that there was not even a lick of wind.. the 1500s started and by th time the last mens heat was on there was becoming a more than noticeable wind.... bugger bugger bugger
anyway the plan was to start at 90s laps and see how i go. at the 200m i was in LAST place, and then gradually worked my way through.. i ran 90/94/94(but think i may have been slacking off) and then brought the last 300 home in 63 so ran 5.41 which is an 8s improvement from last 1500.
was pretty happy with that and fairly confident i can do better, have a bit of a cough and was not feeling fabbo but felt really strong in the race.
hoeweever, legs did feel tired after and the wind sprung up even more and the 400 was the ugliest i had ever run. seriously i ran a 73 second which is ridiculous for me!!!!!!!!!!!!! i did 69 last time. the start was possibly the worst i had ever done!it hurt twice-not just once as i cam out-grimaced and then ran with legs that had no kick

anyway my sister is unexpectedly over from america(found out on friday) so we are heading off

oh and i pbd in javelin..lol 15ish metres
threw a discus )(badly)
oh and hte 1500 is faster than i ran all season last year and fastest so far(it may be the 2nd fastest since i came back to aths)

..yeah that wasnt ridiculous

yep those words were uttered by miss jojo
...well i was grumpy grump grumpy before hand(i even drove in a separate car frm stu and we left ummm 5mins apart...lol
..anyway set tonight was 4x400 at 1500 pace 90-92 sec, 2min recov, 4x200 at 800 pace 39,70s recov, 4x100 @400 pace walk back recov
actual 400s... 90,89,89,89
200s 40(into wind) 37(tailwind) 39(wind) 37(tailwind)
100s 17 dead,16.x,16.x,16.x

so very consistent and CONSIDERING that my leggies felt tired and heavy, i didnt really struggle with this set. yes i was working but it was completely DO-able

got my year9 exams..the little petals are going okay..makes me happy when they go quite well :)
-year 8s are being angels at the moment too(revising)
-its quite funny, im actually quite strict...well i set VERY clear boundaries,...but the boys dont necessarily see it as strict(someone said something to them..and they said no shes not strict(probably cos im FAIR andmost students think strict as being NOT FAIR- they know the boundaries and so try not to cross them... in my reiew(did i say this already) the guy said.... jo I have never seen this b4-you got 100% of kids saying they know their expected behaviour in class on their survey.. lol

anyway watching RUSH..one of my fave shows.... not feeling completely trashed from training...yay..and IT EVEN GOT ME OUT OF MY BAD MOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

umumumumumum somthing must be wrong with spell check-i just pressed it and no errors came up.... it CANNNA be true

omg stu are you kidding me

stu sent me an email today telling me what the set was..i just about fell off my chair
this is continuous BTW 800m@1500 pace and speed up to 400 at 800 pace -do you have ANY idea how hard that in itself is...its racing 1200m faster than your 1500 pace.. and we were expected to do that 4 times. with a 3min break between reps
i emailed stu telling him it was too hard. he told me it was tough but we would do what we could..i sent about 7 more emails..one which said it was the TOUGHEST set he had ever set, and that i nearly spewed when we do HOT 300s and this is harder so he had better bring the bucket..lol
and I WAS NOT BEING A DRAMA QUEEN- this is like racing 3 x 1500m races within 20 mins

anyway, he came to his senses and decide 600at 1500pace followed by 200 at 800 pace. Even this was EXTREMELY HARD for me that is 92s for 400 and then supposed to be 40s for last 200-couldnt quite maintain into the wind so the first 2 reps were (220s)
44,48,48,42
45,47,48,45
then reduced to 500 with 200 faster -i coudlnt manage another one
46,46,(not sure last 300)
then reduced to 1x400 at 1500 pace
93 seconds
seriously one of the tougher sets we have done

...omg miss j was super duper productive today

yep- did soooooooooooooooooo much work at school today-even started writing reports!!!! woohoo
went for a 30min run, just over 5.6kms.... was kinda windy but was very conscious about trying to 'run tall' and have the abs held tight- i might make this a focus during my slower runs

backs a bit so so-to be expected though... leggies a bit tired, never mind

and had yummy blue grenadier with salad for dinner... nice cheapish fish that tastes nice

thats it folks....

a short long run

went to the pool today and the poor little leggies were tired i have to say-not surprising really. 40mins only-stu felt sorry for me i think, then a very hurty hurty massage

..and yes Em, 24mins for hte 5km sure did feel a lot harder than it should
..and Ewen, Stu didnt make me do it, i actually chose to, because as a committee member im about to start asking people to do their non preferred events and because i have done it this week, they cant think im a hypocrite for asking. and im thankful he actually ran with me! but i didn enjoy it

stu has now set up our massive tv! its fantastico! good job done by stu, no tantys(there woulda been if id set it up)

shield-and miss jo, what were you thinking

yes i decided to do the team thing today
to say i ran badly in the 800 is an understatement...expected 2.38 ran 2.43 wasnt very happy, but right from the start my legs just felt sluggish, no excuses, just a crappy run
..then off to the 200 where surprisingly i ran quite well 31.36
i couldnt get out of the 4x4 relay even though i tried, so i put my big training shoes on(had a bit of a blister from spikes) and didnt race the 400, but went relatively fast, then straight over to the 5km... why did i decide to do the 5km.... there is a simple answer to that. I am STUPID! had decided i would just run 5min/km pace to 5:10 pace, but stu decided to run with me and he made me go a little faster. By no means racing but i really couldnt have gone faster today.i thought i was going to have to pull out with 3km to go,1km to go,800 to go 500 to go..i was in strugglesville. it was about 27 deg i think, but i was feeling way overheated and absolutely dehydrated. ran a 24:08 which isnt a great run..but hey valuable points for the club
..am way tired now.not long til bedtime and it is only 9:08
.will do my run in hte pool tomorrow(back isnt great) and OMG my 200 start was the worst ive ever done. i couldnt get the block thing on at all so when someone helped me i couldnt change it and just had to have someone elses settings!
ANYWAY CIAO
oh yeah, my budgeting i even worse. we went and bought airconditioning today which costs over $3500 eek but we do need it and it was a bargain. Even stu said we should buy it. if id known i was going to do that though, i probs wouldnt have bought the tv.... oops never mind. the air con is on 24months interest free and im very diligent at payiing monthly. so its only really $150 per month
..oh and hows this i walked behind some seemingly sane man who was standing still, when out of nowhere he did some buttkick and kicked me deadset in the knee.OMG, i can tell you it hurt, the lucky part is he didnt have spikes on

..i loved tonights set

yep i actually said that
200m reps are my all time fave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the plan 3-4 sets of 3x200@ 37s pace- a bit faster than 800 pace with walk back recov(approx 2min) with 3 min recov between sets

the whole first set was in the 37s
second set 1x37s+ 2x36
third-all 36s
fourth-everyone else dropped out except stu and myself- i kinda got yelled at-not directly but stu was heard to retort to someone who said -cant beat your gf eh, "well shes not running the pace shes supposed to) yep i was very naughty and ran 35.5 on the tenth rep which is NOT what the set is about(and i know that-stu can run heaps faster but we are trying to learn pacing for the first 200m of hte 800). i put my head down and let stu pace the next two cos he is spot on and im shite!
the next two were done in 37s which is what it was supposed to be


yes -i did not complain(i LOVE this set, suits me to a tee) felt good felt strong, felt controlled.... aim for sat sub 2.40-have NEVER EVER done that at shield comp before

performance review at work tomoz..yep def need a few more wines..lol

last night i didnt run but did an elongated pilates at home which i then tacked on to: walking lunges up and down hte hall(omg didnt my legs feel it today!) squats, one legged squats, military press, 2x15 pushups and a few other things too...good gal jo... oh and ive lost a full 1kg in the last week. down to 61.5 which usually i feel like im nearly skinny at, but alas alak, i still feel way too chunky! i think im startin g to feel a bit more serious about losing weight so i can run faster. its less than a second i need in the 800m, and whilst i can never take the 1st girl, the 2nd girl may(and only loosely may-she ran 2.29) may be in reach, if i eat well and train well-sorry im talking about the vic masters champs which is in march. oh and my all time pb(when i was 12) for the 1500 is 5:28 so i wouldnt mind giving that a crack in the next two years either-although i dont see that as very likely!

errr. go get the dictionary little miss

okey dokey.. so miss j put herself on a budget yesterday..YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!
anyway apparently i do not understand the meaning of it.. i accidentally ummmm errrr accidentally bought a big freaking TV... lol its 42 inch,5 year warranty, full HD and its way cool, and i didnt mean to go into teh shop but it was the biggest bargain EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but i did even ring stu to see if he coul curb my enthusiasm, but he kinda told me that it sounded like a great idea.so ummmmm yeah i spent $1300 hehe
anyway yesterday set was in the hea heat heat
plan was 6x400at just faster than 1500 pace approx 90s for me-but i was kinda running with stu and B(10 year old) and the reps were
91,87,87,87,87,87 and in that last i thought i mustve slowed so tried to tack on with stu 85s

at least it was a standing recovery. i nearly spewd after the 5th rep-bit too fast for me really

then friends over for dinner...was lovely(theyre great fun) but at 11.45 i piked and went to bed! i had to get up at 6am! and besides by that time id already spilt all my wine over everyone...yep actually did... lol

..hot hot hot

okay so today was damned hot!
i wasnt planning on running outdoors, i had planned to do a water run, but when i got htere and asked if there were lap lanes, they said yes. when i went a nd asked the life guard, he said yes for the next ten minutes only so i was kinda p'd off so i went back to the desk and made them refund my money!
oh speaking of refunds, did i mention the other day i went to a servo which seemed to be having issues,only put in $28 and hten had to drive to hte next servo as the first one had give me ZERO petrol-still trying to get them to reimburse me. I have proof. The supposed amount of petrol i bought plus hte next lot is OVER the capacity of my car-and it also happened to 3 other people
sigh- yes these things ALWAYS Happen to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so no wate run meant i had to run outside. OMFG it was hot-still well over 30 deg when i went, tried to skulk around in the shade but there really wasnt that much shade... so 30mins in the heat and i didnt melt like the wicked witch from the west which was a PLUS for me...lol
the year 12 methods paper was a little tricky for hte poor lads today!
oh and i wrote the year 8 common test for torrow and there is an evacuation, yep you guessed it RIGHT in the middle of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol..so today was spent racing around converting it into two papers of shorter duration!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol, of freaking course!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG no sunday run!

i honestly cant remember(barrng sickness) that i havent done a sunday long run(or run of sorts)

went to marks 50th-fell asleep in teh car on the way home and didnt set the alarmand um didnt make the yys at 8am. Was going to go for a water run but wholst waiting for stu to take all 3 boys to little As relay, kalena came over to me and i was like, gee never realised his arms were so fat, looked at teh other one,,,crap, its just well swollen so ive marched him over to stu(and its hot) and stu's said well he needs to bewatched and we decided he had to be taken to the dr..poor little tyke-fortunately it wasnt hurting him at all... so i took K(and tried not to freak out about his giant arm!)
waited for 50mins then got into the dr, he said it was a bite...derr fred!!!!! lol nd gave a prescription cos otherwise it might become cellulitis which would be a real problem...lol... this funny because i am the CELLULITIS queen!!!!!!! as if i dont know what that means!!!!!!!!!!! recall cellulitis on the leg, finger and arm and certain dr's freaking out.really hoping he doesnt get it
so no chance to run in the morning-but dont think i was overly motivated anyway really. cos i coulda gone in hte afternoon and just didnt!
bit of a shock tho-no sunday run...fancy that having said that, prior to stu, i never DID sunday runs and its been a tough running week
and my bf is cooking me chicken skewers and a big big salad yay! i love salad,i could eat it every single day for the rest of my life(as long as could have meat or something with it-cos it DOESNT fill me up at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i think ill keep him...lol

..okerly dokerly
my choice was to go outside and run in the heat of hte day(about 11am) or to do water running. Given my heel is SUPER niggly at the moment, and hte back of my knee is also very sore, i decided a water run woudl be better. and it wasnt crowded surprisingly and it was actually veryenjoyable. And yes, that was me uttering those words, no gremlins have overtaken my computer!
40mins
and we are now of to OP to see one of stu's athletes run the 400m final and then off to Michelle and Marks :)

whew, i will be happy campers when my year 12 exams(for the boys) finish on mo nday..i had ummm 7 boys come and see me throughout the day-pretty busy really!

anyway la night did a light 30min run(5-5.5km) slow, the first 20mins average but then the last 10 felt good...legs tired from day before, kinda sore behind the knee

then off to karen for dry needling,...miss j was SCARED, but karen said she was happy and yes i could do hill repeats and whilst my back is very tight for a normal person, for me it was quite good,..
so dry needling once a fortnight on a semi permanent basis

then a track set tonight,,, sounds easy doesnt it (i thought it did!!!)
300,200,200 with 100m walk recovery of 3 sets at 800m pace,,,, yeah not really that easy(and it was slightly faster than 800pace)
the reps are as below
59,38,37, 57,37,38 57,38,34high
tuckered out little gal, then off to dinner where the service was a joke...the pooor bar tenders got yelled at by customers and other waiting staff, felt bad for them...mind you stu's dinner was forgotten, they mized up our bill, and we had to wait quite some time for things to be rectified, but we did at least manage to be pleasant!!!!

anyway RUSH is on, a bit blah today!!!!!!!!!!!!!

all a-flutter

not really.... have just put on best and somehow missed my wins and places...oh well lots of mystery bets!

sundays run was ..like WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my legs hated me after hte day before. Even stu said that his legs werent happy so he only made us run for 48mins! worst run in a whle but it was always going to be that way(i had been drinking from 1pm til about midnight hte day before..actually all was good except for hte legs

rest day yesterday...woohoo and i was wanting to run but stu said no! OMG are we in topsy turvy world or what

and then today: kjiller set
hills reps 6x60s with small walk down then jog recovery(and YOU all know how much i love an active recovery NOT) gee it hurt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! anyway, i reckon my next 1500 will be significantly faster than my last since i have been doing endurance/strength work now for oh um 2weeks...lol
anyway maybe ill have a trifecta come through(mystery bet) and then feel rich for about 2 days....lol

..a palpable relief

..i once (i may have mentioned on blog before) dislocated my finger(in 2 places) but was kinda in denial from august to december and it would hurt EVERYDAY for a small excruciating amount. i remember when i got my flatmate(poor girl) and made her pull it out and put in place...that i drove to the supermarket and whilst a very small amount of discomfort, i paused for a few moments and literally went WOW.... ABSENCE of pain. It wasnt until i had actually got rid of the pain that i realised how much pain i had been in(probably a little similar with my back too!)

anyway back to todayy, i knew i had been stressed this week but i dont think i realised quite how much. when i went to the doctors they gave me the films, and im like should i look stu? he was very noncommittal..."but what would you do stu?" still noncommittal"depends what mood im in(yes i DID feel like smacking him-lol-but he was a good bf and came to the dr)
anyway couldnt wait and i opened it and was super super happy to find that i was given the all clear. i honestly cant emphasize the feelings on this
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
i even had a little tear of relief-which really was the point where i realised JUST how stressed i had been(see that story at the beginning did have a LINK, it just took a wee while to get there)

honestly the relief is amazing, the expression, "a weight has been lifted off your shoulders could NOT be more accurate"
so stu and i promptly went out for lunch, had champers and then met our nice friends D and N and kept drinking merrily for the rest of the arvo

OH yeah.....running- stu tried to kill me (and the group this morning!!!) OMG at 27-8 degrees is was f*ing hot.. anyway there were hills and all sorts involved---too hard in first rep
1600m 4:27min/km
1150m 4:35min/km with a massive gradient yet probably only 100m hill OMG i hurt
790m 4:27 min/km with a very tuckered out jojo
780m but instead of last 300 being uphill it was downhill(first part was slower) but ended in 4.11min/km
and then stu made uus do the 100 steps(260m) which was awkward cos i tried one step per step but i was bounding and i knew too tough on hte back so had to two step per step- overall 5min/km and it was super tough!!!!

itll get easier as i get used to longer reps

yeah it was a run...not great, not bad..a bit of hohum

am i happy with my run last night- happy is a strong word.im not disillusioned by it would be better. i SHOULD be running faster(look at 800 run 2 weeks ago),
completely misjudged the 2nd lap sitting behind someone and it was 8s slower than the rest
time 5.49
laps(400- 90s, 800,3:08 yikes, 1100 4.19,1500-5.49, so it was a good last lap-same pace as the first. The positive is it is much faster than this time last year(ummmm 20s)

400-ran faster at a time trial a few weeks ago 15mins after an 800 so i was quite disappointed-

it was OK i suppose 69.67s and finished STONE COLD LAST-still faster than this time last year

one of my real bugbears are people refusing to go in the correct heat. i knew i would run 68-70 so went when they called the 66-68/69 runners. one of the girsl in my club said -no jo it will be faster than that.
She kinda got it though, when i said to her, i would rather put myself in the heat and run with integrity and come last than be PART of the problem of people sitting back and not going in the right heat so people are in a heat 5 sec slower than predicted.
Needless to say the girl who won my heat finshed in about 58s i think-quite disgraceful!

so as a night out, it was not exactly creditable(given my 800m time from two weeks ago) would have predicted way faster in both) but some days -you just dont have it working for you- i had no 'grit' last night



and ewen- i am a TERRIBLE 1500m runner so always add on at least 10s onto your prediction. When i say terrible, my times arent terrible - but compared to what my 800m time predicts for me to be running they are terrible. does that make sense?

anyway get results tomorrow, so hopefully all good. been feeling very drained this week i have to say. dont have much extra of anything to give.. even my teaching is so-so this week

...pulled prodded and poked

..well apparently i am YOUNG, lol the girl today kept telling me whilst she was manhandling my boobs! seriously though she was pulling htem at one stage and im like "ow" and she asked if i had sensitive skin(no! but maybe she is used to older ladies who have a bit more give in their skin-i dont know but it was particualrly unpleasant..im not sure she realised that they are actually attched.-anyway its done now, will get results in a few days

running!
yesterday i went to training and hte plan was 4x1km with 90s recovery at 103s per lap ie 4:17min/km
the first km was slightly too fast 4:13, second 1km 4:13 and i knew i couldnt do another 1km so dropped to 800s 3:21 and 3:20
gosh it felt hard though. stu had said it was going to be an easy set, i must just suck!
i spose it will only take a couple weeks to get back to it. my longest rep for the last 2 months is about 600m
anyway im off
bought a new iphone today :)

..not as grumpy today

... yep still a bit fretty but i have put my ridiculous grumps behind me... had abit of a tanty lt night, stu was half asleep so i think he only kinda heard half of it(and since it was directed at him(poor lad) its probably a good thing

had to get through period one(tell the organisation guy that i would have to take either a morning or afternoon off work) and then i had to ring up the place. one of the places that she circled for me doesnt do mammograms...d'oh and so i called the other place and am now booked in for wednesday. ive decided not to tell my brother and sister cos he's on holidays in america with my sister and i dont want them to stress over what might be nothing.

anyway, enough of that,
i didnt go for a run today, ankle still a bit sore, i have been taping it for the last few days. Also when i got home tonight i took a very long nap- i was ABSOLUTELY exhausted-big 2 weeks and very little sleep last night-
will train tomorrow though-and race thursday night(yay) in the 1500-first race of the 1500 has been 5:50+ last few years, but i will be very very disappointed if im not in the 40's and a 400... anything sub70 will be acceptable-would like 68.xx
stu is at a meeting tonight so i get to watch crap tv-woohoo watching some absolute rubbish-it is hilarious0the real housewives of NYC OMIGOD they are bizarre

nighty night boys and boyettes

..officially a drama queen

-do you know how hard it is not to fret and stew- when that is EXACTLY the type of person you have been ALL of your life. Well i can tell you its damned hard work.

Anyway, its not necessarily something to worry about but it is something i need to follow up pretty promptly. the doctor found a lump in my breast today so i need to go and get an ultrasound and perhaps a mammogram...hmmmmm fantastic... who invented stuupid medical tests ANYWAY.. sigh- im sure itll be fine... three years ago when they found a lump, it was benign and they aspirated it(i think it was a cyst), but a fretter cant help but fret(and i wish my brother and sister were not BOTH in the US at the moment)

no running, still waiting for this stupid face thing to clear up, but may run tomorrow..who knows-i ran thurs and have had a really sore ankle(even walking on it since)
plththththththhthththht im having a champagne and maybe 20 wines tonight grrrrrrr
miss j is a grumpy little cow i can tell you

...grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr (oh and poor stu)

..thats about all i have to say(well okay maybe there is more..lol)
if you're not in the mood for miss grumplestiltskin then i suggest you CEASE reading

i just want to be a NORMAL person, who when they cut themsleves they just get a cut that hurts for a day and doesnt get stupid cellulitis. I am apparently susceptible to it now after incurring the really horrible cas after the STUPID chain trying to rip my leg apart last year

My lip split the other day and now it is cellulitis(which really apart from the aesthetic is not great and all info says get medical attention immediatly D'oh) anyway i was going to wait a day or so more(been about 3) and stu said tonight that it was actually a bit swollen and so i had to get it done tonight. so i went off and waited for an hour and the doctor said yes it was swollen so now im back on antibiotics-staphylex 500(flucloxyllin or something) BUGGER and he said it was indeed good i came in and if i ever get it on my face i need to come in IMMEDIATELY.
NOT happy, been prowling around the house in a feral mood.and he MADE me make an appointment for a stupid PAP smear with a lady dr..stupid stupid grumble grumble grumble...Nobody lets me live in la la land where it is really quite comfortable....i dont like this "being an adult" business... did i mention STUPID cellulits and the fact that i hate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh and ps OBVIOUSLY i am weak as pi$$

it was a split f&king lip for gods sake..... obviously being a bit run down, home at 11:30 from sydney on sun, work function monday, home at 11:30, work function last night, home 10:30 so some very long days plus school commitment this sat afternoon and another function for work saturday night..miss j is absolutely exhausted\

even stu must think i am, he even ceded today that i was indeed pretty tired and have been pretty busy lately-and yes this is hte same stu who thinks teachers dont work very hard...lol, whereas usually he will just say 'get over it'. Although i think another friend of his who is a teacher and obviously stressed at the moment(because he is too busy to even complete) is making stu realise that i am actually managing my time reasonably well comsidering, i have meetings/training 4 nights a week lately plus saturday sport plus all the increased marking with two year 12s along with my normal marking and preparation
and im sure im no supposed to but im having a STUPID wine because im not in a very good mood cos ive got stupid cellulitis on my face. if it looks worse tomorrow, i will go back to the guy i went to last year(who was very experienced in these matters) and on the face it actually can get serious pretty quickly-

goodnight to normal people who can have normal injuries without being drama f7king queens

..oh yeah a couple of medals

..ops hadnt blogged straight after sundays efforts
ended up runing the 4x100..lol and i had to start so i did a standing start and got passed about half way into the 100m metres...oops.. ad in the 400 my 200 split was about the same as my 200 split in the 800...my legs were CACTUS(but we were also 100m behind hte leaders) not many in the race, but hey you can only race who is there
so TWO silvers..kinda
nice medals too they are too

busy busy at work
home from sydney 11:30 on sunday, then valedictory dinner last night for year 12s, home at 11:30 eeek how tired was i!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! only a light night tonight. 30min run about 5:35 pace(well first km was about 5:50 pace then we sped up a little i guess)
anyway only a quickie tonight

thanks for all the words of encouragement re the 800!
mwah mwah

World Masters Games-

..yesterday was a shocker day-i was being all antsy and stressed, hadnt read hte thing properly then realised i had to sign in 2 hours before not one, so stu got told to get going NOW and then we kinda just fought for the rest of the day-wasnt really very pleasant.
then it was all up in the air as to whether the heats would be merged into a final(as 4 girls hadnt signed in(had been some injuries from the 4 and 15) anyway it just became a final!
so wake up this morning quite calm really-my goal had been to make the final and i guess by DEFAULT i had, buffet brekky toast and fruit, go to the toilet to do number 2s at least 5 times this morning...lol racing belly! stu even let me get there lots early which meant no fighting cos i wasnt stressed little piglet
10 girls, a few i knew can run 2.20 or less,couple in 2.20s some in,low 2:30s and maybe a couple behind me(one girl got 68 in the 400 so i thought i could take her)
anyway the plan was 37 for the first 200 and take it from there but the girls started off like rocket and at the 200 i was a couple metres behind the 7th girl trying to stik within reach...the time for me was 34.xxx oops but i always planned to go out hard i guess. anyway all the next 200s slowed but in the 400-600 i started working hard and stu told me to push up and i drew level to the mexican girl and passed her(gee i was hurting though) but i couldnt catch the girl about a metre or so ahead of me and i crossed when the time clocked over 2.34.. officially 2.34.99
so the splits look bad but i actually raced well (34.89, 38.96,39.49,41.65)

This was HEAPS faster than i imagined. i have only run near that(in my adulthood) once 2years ago 2.34.95 and really thought it was an anomoly and i would never get back there without consulting each other stu and i had both picked 2.38 as best case scenario so it was REALLY REALLY good time for me that is/. Cant belive the winner-she is AWESOME (she ran 2:12 its just incredible) im in a relay with her tomorrow(4x4)
umm and afterwards i felt so crappy, coughing up a storm and then i dry retched for at least 10mins..stu is like"where have you been, ive been waiting for ages" um in the toilet dear!
so 7th out of 10 is none too shabby i reckon
Thanks has to be given to my coach who really has been training me hard(much to my complaints of course) A light week now before i start back on the track
a wine or two to celebrate(i can run a 400 after a few drinks the night before)

Cant believe i got my GOAL..thats pretty cool! and im less than a second off the time i ran when i was 10 or just turned 11... it now feels like perhaps it COULD be within reach-it is after all ONLY the VERY start of the season

stu and i then toodled off-he can tell you the boring touristy stuff, he took all the photos...lol

..yay off to sydney tomorrow

..no blog tomorrow
but i promise i will blog after my race on friday :)
so many people have been so encouraging(thanks) and at the track yesterday so many people were good luck-ING me. It was very sweet

A girl at work(who i work vclosely with) was away today which was VERY strange as she is never away-turns out she had hurt her back. sh had sent me a text saying that and she appreciated even more now what i put up with.... its quite amusing that as soon as people hurt their back, their empathy for mine almost triples. lucky for them, theirs usually gets better(welll i hope so, i wouldnt wish a dodgy back on anyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
my brother is also having some referred pain at the moment(sciatica maybe?) so i hope its nothing too bad for him :(
anyway doing my jigsaw, waiting for a file to come through so i can do hwk and trying not to be nervous
stu cooked me a beautiful risotto-hes such a talented boy(how did i get so lucky to find someone who happily cooks :) :) :) especially since i dont cook, well i can cook basic crappy nearly inedible food!
i got paid today and already my budget isnt pretty.... sigh.......

..a nice easy session?

so tonights session was supposed to be 2x400 @ sub 80 and 2x300 with 3 or 2 min ACTIVE recovery
ughghhghg dreaded words for miss jo but compulsory
DID YOU SEE THE GALE FORCE WINDS...OMG----i rang stu to say i hope you are re-thinking the 400s..... his response, dry as ever, nope the times may change but the sets will NOT

d'oh d'oh d'oh got tpo the track..OMFG weribbe is JUST ridiculous...anyway Bel said to me what are you doing and i said 400s-she raised her eyebrows and said maybe it would change(she did the but shes way tougher than me..lol-a 15/5km runner) i replied, no chance -already tried. She said'i think after stu ran 2 laps he is considering changing...... "WOOHOO

wasnt i a happy camper to find out it was 3x300@58 and 2x200 same pace

However, active recovery(and since im the oldest i have to enforce it, meant 1 min walk,1.75min jog... amidst some complaining...)
hit all the times, 56-oops, 58,57 200s 38,37dead an done thing ive noticed since the AIS, my style has changed in one small way, my hips definitely 'push forward a little' and as a result, i definitely RUN TALLER- i now am always aware of this!
busy at work-no point elaborating-thats just the way it is...in 3ish weeks im about to be in cruise central though-half of my classes will have finish... thats the payoff for working sooooooooooo hard during the year and taking on two year 12 classes

..i wa a big brave girl today

no tears today, some moments of excruciating pain when the dry needles went it-still not as bad as the last two weeks-moments of pain(today-still too many though)are better than minutes(last times)
no running today-resting and beides today was just a HUGELY busy day
-just ho hum
it was nice to get home and stu had dinner nearly ready-whatta good boy he is

..big thanks

..big thanks to ewen who went to the airport at canberra and picked up my coat(after some lost soul forgot it!) and then brought it to melbs- went and picked it up off him...again thanks thanks and another thanks :)
.heel was very sore ( a slight flare up)and trying to look after the back so ran in the water today-40 mins which gave me some time to think about my race on friday----
..then stu and i had to pick up some hwk from school cos DUFUS head here forgot to bring it home, the off to runners world(shit on a sunday) d'oh, oh and we went to look at carpet-couldnt decide so we decided(my great suggestion) to cut some out of the damage carpet and take to the store to try to match(ours not available)-the lady is like, "well cut it from the walk in robe-my head is thinking why, its only going to be a week or so -who gives a damn if its from the centre of the floor, stu seemed to agree, but as far as im concerned "the carpet is broken now so it is tainted in my eyes so until i have the new one it is crap anyway", anyway i will do what 'apparently' normal people would do i spose(and get the cutter when stu isnt looking and cut a big gaping hole-hehe funny gal(and KIDDING)
then grocery shopping, i quite like it when stu and i meander around the grocery store(and when it means im procrastinating and NOT doing hwk, well it is even better)
got home -did ALL my hmwk-what a conchy little nerberger-pat on head for me
-lotsa marking tomorrow and tuesday cos i begged a colleague to let me mak his papers tomorrow night and he could mark mine thursday so i dont have to take them to sydney...wooohooo
okerly dokerly, time for this little miss to sign off..have fun gals and galettes(thatd have to be boys wouldnt it???? lol-see the chicks dont ALWAYS have to be the xxxx-ettes)

..first day at the track

..first round of shield today was met with some trepidation.ive been feeling good at training, if i run badly, will it affect how well i run next week(mentally) etc etc
anyway the day started at my school with aths commitments til 12ish, and then off to the track..boys may want to stop reading.i had deliberately manipulated girly stuff (isnt medicine wonderful...lol)so it wouldnt interfere with next week but it did mean today would be more difficult for me......(not significantly but today is a day where i feel a little weak, its almost like low blood pressure(thats how i would describe it) i knew when i started my run throughs that it wasnt going to be fabulous)...no EXCUSES, i should have run 2.40 today but i didnt. I feel like i ran SHIT today...stu says i didnt but i know i did and he is just trying to save my confidence

anyway-first 200 in 38 and was VERY surprised to hear it was bw 80/81 for first lap(vslow) and started to work a bit(did i mention 3m behind 2nd last at 200m)further at the 300 anyway it was at this stage i felt like i would be running by myself, at the 400, i worked(as i know this is my slack off) and i started to see people within reach, i overtook 1-stu yelled at me to catch the girl 2 ahead(which i did EVENTUALLY) and some whipper snapper passed me in the home straight.My last 200 was 40s which im pleased with, but as a whole im VERY disappointed with 2.43-expected 2.41-2.40 :( still way faster than this time last year(high 2.50s) BUT i have a BIG BIG race in a WEEK. I MUST MUST MUST go below 2.40

so annoyed , but not completely disillusioned yet.oh and i ran(even though it want timed) a really solid performance in the 4x400 relay, felt strong, built into it and came home strong

..an answer for miss Em

yes Em, shield tomorrow
running the 800 and the 4x400-literally a dress rehearsal, but im not putting too much pressure on myself. Even if tomorrow isnt what i want, it doesnt mean i wont run well on friday(just get a bad run out of the way..lol
however, i plan to run well tomorrow. i am going to attack the first lap without going crazy!aim for 77s for the first lap and see what happens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh and im such a dufus-i thought ewen was in town next week-derr fred so i will be able to call and get the jacket(if he brought it)
OMG and what a dufus(again) i am, i left my spikes at the track last night D'OH...admittedly i was distracted when clare(whatta good gal she was looking out for me) came running up to me asking if i had stuff in the changeroom as now there are only shoes under hte bench! we searched a bit and it ended up they had been moved to this cage thing with some shelves. IVE always left my stuff where it is so it is VERY bizarre(and there is LOTS of room for other people0 so who knows. Anyway when i came out of the changeroom i saw clare so i went over to thank her and then ran off to my car-and with all the KER_FUFFLE miss jo forgot to collect her spikes.
Mr Stu (or stu-stu as nic calls him which REALLY cracked me up)was non-plussed when i said(after his LOOK of "OMG youre an idiot!")
"well worst case scenario i just buy a new pair"..
LOL...i dont really want to of course
Anyway after much stressing stu found my snug little jana nike spikes, tonight. he is doing a good job at being "PETER PERFECT" boyfriend today. i was late home and so couldnt go to the carpet place-(and rang up feeling like a bad gf)and he had gone without me even asking...wooohooo and when i got home he had pulled out all the weeds from the front(i had had to serve drinks to colleagues tonight as i was on roster for duty)
.whatta good lad, I think ill keep him ;) hehe i do crack myself up

...oooh not long to go

not many sleeps now til stu and i jet off into the horizon...hehe...im a very nervy flyer so im kinda wishing i had booked quantas not jetstar :(
-also turns out , i will have to be doing hwk on the plane...-theyre not very appreciative of home life at my school. When i said gee theyre sitting the SAC on thursday and i fly out to sydney on thursday night and get back sunday-theyve just gone well you must have some time you will be able to mark it....hmmmmmm yes im paying a lot of money to go to sydney and compete just so i can also do hwk-nice going(and yes they were dead set serious)
-anyway session at the track tonihgt was 6x200 progressives somehwere like 42,41,40,39,38,37 i queried this 42 saying maybe start at 40 or 41 as thats pretty slow..stu then changed it to 41 and then down
it was windy(when isnt it at our track) so i decided to go from thee 300-100 so the wind was behind us for more.
running the straight before hte bend in a 200 is interesting
anyway first 100 was 18 and i went oops so slowed a little
went like this 39,38,37,36,35,34 HOWS that for good pacing eh? i felt like i even couldve gone a bit faster on the last one, I was very controlled
And it wasnt long recovery-it was a FAST walk back(supposed to be 60s but took 70s) and it really was a FAST walk back so it wasnt like you got to get your breathing completely normal-
felt pretty strong

then home for a quick bite-being good during the day and losing it a bit at night(had some butter..tsk tsk and im having a glass of red tonight SO THERE. i went to bed at 9.30 last night because i was overwhelmingly tired(but i did finish marking 2 classes of year 12 practice exams-and that was a freaking task and a half i tell you!


so now all i want is for my coach to come along and give me a time prediction for sat(assuming not windy) i know what i want! 2.40 or slightly under(and if he was REALLY nice he would give me one for next friday-but he cant really do that til i race this saturday i guess)

..its the opposite

..Ewen, in answer to your query, i used to be a size 14(, then i used to be a size 12, now im always a size 10(in the bottoms) but still sometimes buy size 12 tops- so errr yes i didnt know what size coat i was...ooopsies
set tonight 3x400@80s lap with 4min active recovery and 3x300@60 same recov all at my 800 pace

the rcoveries felt massive..admittedly i probs shouldve jogged, but it said walk or run...miss j shrugs her shoulder, you want me to do it, it needs to be specified!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lo
quite windy(nowhere near as bad as timetrials though)
400s were 80,81,80
300s 58,60,60(and got hailed on in last one and only took 90s recov)
-felt hard but was VERY much in control...sounded very easy though-i blame the wind tunnel that we train in!!!!!
feeling very strong at the moment, leggies starting to nearly like me again, but they are on edge and not fuly trusting :)
i booked aVERY nice hotel for stu and myself so it will be a little romantic getaway...LOL-well with some serious aths thrown in

..boys back at school today- i really do enjoy my job :) although i DONT love the marking. just got exams that took the 20 boys hour and half each to do and another that took them 2 hours to do so BUCKETLOADS of marking and NO it couldnt have been done ealrier-only got it today

and then dinner with nic and dave-id(hehe) So tonight was double date night ;)(i call tues (much to stu initial annoyance and now acceptance) DATE NIGHT,
i didn tenjoy the chippies as much as usual though, ahhh the institute has taken away some of my pleasures. they broke me though and i had a wine-and then i came home to a couple more...yep still blaming everyone else but me ;) MOI wouldna,couldna be to blame :)
ciao bambinos and bambinettes

..a day of rest and a thank you

Thank you to ewen who popped into the airport to collect my coat. Now i just have to figure out how to get it off him...lol.. he comes down from canberra next week just as stu and i are in sydney... ill put my problem solving hat on

stu said to not run today which i was quite happy about. first dayback at school. Was very good and pre organised my lunch chicken and avocado with small amount of cheese focaccia to toast. muesli wih peaches for brekky, celery and carrots for snacks and a vegie juice-and some unsalted nuts
and i DIDNT have a coke zero today...woohoo
steak for dinner with bokchoy/beans and sweet potato rounds.all very yummy and healthy. AND NO WINE but a 97% fat free yoghurt icecream was very yummy.

anyway i went down the track so stu could break his group up and the older girls could do a different set so i timed for them.

...still tired little leggies

..only 12 days til i race. i hope stu has some miracle plan to freshen up my poor little leggies-they feel very over worked at the moment
..my back was a bit sore yesterday and i knew how tired my legs were (and the massage yesterday sure didnt freshen 'em up) narelle did tell me they would be sore to touch til monday(and the are!) SO I hit the water-and my legs still felt heavy. good for the back though. Spent the afternoon with my little shadow,K, while C and D ran at little A's. K and I went out for lunch(sigh-it had to be to a place with a playground so i couldnt go where i wanted!!!lol) Anyway i ended up having a garlic pizza and sme of k's fish and about 5 wedges, before i started feeling a bit sick- not used to all the fat. After eating healthy for a week, i honestly couldnt stomach it and was VERY dissatisfied(that can only be a good thing :) Stu cooked us a lovely healthy stir fry last night which i loved. Cant get enough of vegies at them moment. Am loving it.
And i thought i had put on weight(seriously) cos i had seconds EVERY night and two nights i even had one scoop of icecream(although probs low fat)-didnt lose any either(maybe a couple 100g's but nothing really
..anyway- back to school tomorrow. only about 9 weeks till the long break :)
did i mention 12 more days- miss jo starts gnashing her fingernails, but i am feeling pretty fit, healthy and strong at the moment. Ill have a few wines tonight, then none midweek
-gee i love being home. i really do. Having your own house is soooooooooooo cool. Best thing we ever did was buy this house :)

..glad to be home

..more training again yesterday morning. bucketloads of drills with some run throughs on very tired legs, then home YAY

although i left my coat at Canberra airport. Never mind

Anyway, home to the bf-yay did miss him a bit..hung out with the rugrats, went to indian for dinner although i actually felt like staying home as i was so tired. HAd a few drinks but didnt go crazy. Just didnt feel like it really. ended up having a zero yesterday but havent had one today.

Am trying to be somewhat healthy(forget the 2 potato cakes i had yesterday!)
and had wholemeal pancakes(2) -which i flipped up hight to K's delight, with berries/yoghurt and a drizzle of maple syrup. Quite healthy really. And hten a chicken focaccio with avocado/capsicum/onion/mushroom and a small amount of melted cheese, very yummy and prety healthy

then shopping for suitcases(umm i left my wallet at home) derr fred. I wish it was the first time it happened, but nup around about the fourth time. I had to get a suitcas ewith wheels cos i dont have one and i cant carry back packs because of my 100 year old granny back

ho hum, been doing homework, finished marking my year 12 SACS -yay

bit of a head ache. only a short run tomorrow 50mins. and hten a light 2 weeks

oh i forgot-dry needling last night. didnt hurt too much initially.obviously she missed my pain because she jammed them in so damn far after 5mins that they hurt to breathe. still not as bad as last time.
and hten a massage this morning. I thought my right calf was sore-that was until she worked on my right ITB. however, the left side was OMG what are you doing to me. She then rolled me on my side and then used the full weight of her body down my left ITB a few times. YIKES!!!!!!

no massage until after the comp now. maybe a little one from sensease.

oh and sorry ewen for not racing but my legs were cactus
-anyway gotta go

..another day of running-and then some sightseeing

..i can tell you when i awaoke this morning i was not looking forward to todays set- firstly cos i knew i would be well and truly on my own(yep)
the boys were doing 1km,800,600 rest then again 1km,800,600
i spoke with stu and he said to go round in about 96pace(4min pace) but to only do 800,600,400 as more in keeping with my training and also some of the boys are doing just over 3:15km reps!!!!

we took off and i was ages behind them, 200 behind the front runners and 80m behind the next-by the thrid rep, the distance was not quite so pronounced. In the second set the tail enders(2)they were only about 4-10m ahead of me which was pleasing
the rests were more than im used to (we usually do 2min) we did 1:1 which meant 3:10 effort, 3:10 recov. well it was a big group so approx of course
anyway my reps
the ones i needed to make sure i hit
3:12,2:24,96
i hit
3:09, 2:19,91or2 then a 6min rest so we are fully recovered
3:08, 2:18, 88 so with the longer recovery i had definitely recovered, but i went too hard in the first 200 each time (43-44s)
was pretty tired after as it has been a MASSIVE week. then off to the art museum, not long enough to see more than one exhibit, the war museum, not long enough to have a proper dawdle though, and then to parliament house(which was a bit of a snooze i have to say)-could be because i was tired. And then a quick 1hr walk around shops and then home where i managed to get 20mins in for a snooze which perked me up no end.
Trivia and a presentation night tonight, so probs wont get out to the track to see ewen-our race will have to remain virtual ;) theres no way i could have raced tonight...my legs would seriously have packed hteir own suitcase, got on a flight and headed home... hehe
as it is tomorrow, we will be doing 10-15 min run and then some drills and light plyometrics-i MAY be able to do some but not all.we will see. Back is holding up relatively well. I have been doing good stuff for the back-mainly cos im SCARED to death of those damn needles tomorrow

eek but at least i get to see my bf-but there wont be much relaxing as we have the rugrats this weekend