Friday, January 16, 2009

..bit flat really

..as the title suggests-thats how i feel today and also last night
-this 2:40 really seems to be eluding me :( im fit enough, im training well-just got not ticker :(

-anyway heres the breakdown-picked up loren and headed off to sandringham(took over 50mins) did warm up with loren(and TB as usual, who very kindly lent me$5 since dufus head forgot it(me!)
..started getting a little antsy cos stu wasnt there(he was supposed to be at the 200) again TB very kindly went to the 200 for me...(parking issues or something)
..and i did something all ATHLETES should know better-i walked in front of the finishing line as they were finishing a race(elec tming) so i was getting yelled at(deservedly) while i was waiting for my race to start(I suck-it was very bad-i went and apologised later) fortunately it wasnt the A grade race.
i shared a lane..and i knew i needed to settle at the back-was planing to be a couple of secs behind Loren so for the first 200 i went about a few metres behind..and went through closer to 36 than 35(still way too fast), then 40 so 76(should have been 77/78) 42 in the 3rd 200 is acceptable cos i usually come home strong, 1:58 at the 600 so right on track, into the straight, bit of a headwind and i was in survival mode-nothing in the legs 2:41.2 so it WAS a SB(season BEST) but i am very very disappointed..
i need to go slower in the first 200-its killing me in the last 200
i know i shouldnt worry about that number so much but i want it... and i know im faster than this time last year-had done one 2:44,one 2:45 and the rest 2:48s whereas this season 2x2.42,2x2:41 consistently.. and when i ran the 2:38 at the end of the season i was running 68s 400(and im closer to 70) don have the leg speed

anyway there you have it.im supposed to go for a light 30min run -but to be frank, feeling a little unmotivated-stu has said i should go for a run walk then stretch..sigh...so i suppose i will- its also coming up to that special time so thats not really hoping my mood
..and i have just been stressing as i woke up to hear there had been a plane crash from NY to Charlotte(where my sis flies all the time) anyway she has texted me-they are in florida at the moment so thats good :)

EDIT-well i went for what could nearly be called a jog-it was not so good...first 20mins the legs were yuk it was really more of a stumble-then felt pretty good for 5 mins and then tired again for the last 5mins. anyway its done, im sure it will be good for the legs.... but more pleasing..today was the first day in over a month that i have run without strapping my back-(been taking anti inflamms for last few days(bit of a flare up after moving a big TV-ooops by meslef.oops)

3 comments:

MorseyRuns said...

JoJo- that is the main reason for having blokes in the house- to move heavy stuff (even if we can move it quicker and easier) because it makes them feel important and manly. There are a couple of other reasons for having them around, but I can't think of them right now...........

Ewen said...

Didn't I say you'd run too fast for the first 200 dufus head? ;) I'm blaming the coach for not being with you for the warm-up.

Don't slack off with the training and you'll get there. Your speed is OK - next race you could take 5 seconds off that.

Anonymous said...

I feel your disappointment and it is hard to see though it sometimes.

And being that close to that time doesn't help the mood either, again, mucho sympathy from me.

Morsey, they kill spiders too!