sandown-no excuses!

As i said to Em and Corrie at the start of the race today: "for the first time in 3years, im fit, im uninjured, im training well, if i dont run well today >>IT IS ALL DOWN TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3 of my team mates came up-what time are you running today-aiming for 45 will go conservative 4;20- 4.25 for the first km and then settle

with 00m, i LOST the other 3-as they were ahead of me with stu(sorry about (to be long race report -scroll down if you like)
I could see them at all times (20m maybe) but i just kept my eye on the at all times..first km 4:21 and next 4:28 but just wasnt feeling great whilst running...at 3km i was not a happy camper, but every time i didnt feel great i said to myself"cmon jo...PUSH...WORK!!!!!"eventually i caught up to one of the 3 team mattes and then moved up to the next one(just behind stu(about 6kms at the moment)
had worked hard to get up to stu and was going to use him as a windbreak-did i mention it was WINDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and then hes gone work up to bec-I very ALMOST wailedï cant "but i thought ,. ill give it a go and overtook stu and tried tried tried to catch her..evetually got to her and moved past...at the 7km mark i was starting to cramp in the belly and thought i might stop and walk..... at the 8km mark, i wasnt happy but i told myself to PUSH again(really really didnt feel like it"but as i told myself at 3 and 5kms-it was just mental now, i WAS well and truly fit enough..and i didnt want to have to go through this on another 10km later in the year(10km really is my racing limit-just not built for it) too heavy in the upper body(maybe if i lost 5kgs!!!) and not disciplined enough
anyway-the back straight was the most horrendous thing on EARTH..lol im not kidding, windy and a very slight incline but it went freaking forever
I MADE SUB 45-yay yay yay- it felt crap and i worked waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyy hard but hey i got there.. i said to stu- dont reckon i can EVER EVER do that again and he is like..well next year aim for sub 44(ill resist the snort here that he got got earlier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anyway theres a MAJOR goal ticked off
..oh and a lesson in pacing...all of the girls who went faster than me in the 1st 1-6kms who were aiming for roughly the same finishing time, were behind me come finish line....
so super super super happy-cant believe how hard i found it.. a 1min pb 44.35 officially
maybe i should retire and NEVER run a 1o k-er again...lol
now a few well deserved wines i say

...oooh racing tomoz

so racing tomorrow..i wish i could say i was good and tee-totalled today, but seriously after the week i had, it was NOT to be....
marking this week/weekend consists of 5 lots of year 12 SACS(and 20 in each group) plus the year 8 common test...my eyes were running today

anyway..no more work stuff...did some hwk already tonight

last nights training session was pretty cool..first rep felt hard(and one other) but really it was kinda cruisey-which was surprising-couldnt have done this last year
20x200m @ 45 sec (3:45min/km) with 100m walk between(and not a slow walk mind you)

ran in the new racers..a couple of toes were sore-so i imagine they will be on sat-but i get sore feet in my other racers too

so its a quiet miss jo who is not a whole heap of fun..i dont know how poor stu is putting up with me at the moment

oh and i cooked a pasta bake-which acording to someone else-----apparently was cold in parts-salmon didnt go with and ummmm he doesnt really like pasta" but then i did ask if it was ok..... lol.... seeeeeee thats why i dont cook much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ciao bellas -race report either tomorrow night or sunday(i forgot to bring home my mobile broadband so it depends on the generosity of stu sharing his

OMG stu is watching the worst movie on EARTH!!!!!!!!!!!!

someone bought new racers :)

..thanks..back is tight and sore but nowhere near as bad as monday :)

i hurt my achillles a bit at training yesterday(it kept me awake a bit last night../am nursing it for the next few days..taking anti inflamms and wearing heels which relieves the Achilles somewhat..

i am looking forward to sandown..just need to get these niggles to be on hold for a few days...

anyway i hate my asics racers so i went and bought a new pair today... he brought out asics but they were WAY too wide..i have EXTREMELY narrow feet...anyway i bought some delightfully snug nikes..they are a narrow fit which suits..the size below felt better but my toe was right on the edge

..had dinner with my dear old dad :) my bro cancelled -as is oft his way(i hadnt told dad he was coming bcos i didnt want him to be disappointed)



anyway today was ok.. i will pop up a piccy of my new nike lunar racer+ ps whilst they look yellow, that is more of a fluoro green

hey there

hmmmmm

well how can i describe yesterday..... well let me do today first

...busy busy miss lizzie... it seems the more competent and helpful you are, the more jobs(extra) you get thrown your way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anyway today was a much better day..... got up at 6am , left by 6:30-at school by 7:20(read post later to see why thats a YAY)-trying to organise stuff for year 12s, ops its 8m-need to get down to my my 'factorising workshop' that i organised for my year 9s.... and then straight into my normal day-including getting the 2nd last draft of the year 9 exam ready to go..yay
and then after school had to go through the year 10 exam(ummmmmm i dont even teach year 10 this year-so not SURE how that fell to me!!!!-the guys a friend(a good friend) so whatcha gonna do!!!!!!!!!!!!!! )
and then raced off to training...a bit later than meant..ummm oops couldnt find phone..oh well if im not back in time, stu will work it out...bugger tho-that means i cant get my back taped(read later for why thats bad)
whilst driving "hey-ah whats that noise from my butt"-my phone-how the heck did that happen-it was a MYSTERY i tell you :) honestly i think i wished my phone into being
ok so apparently a light day which consisted of 4x4min(oh traffic was great so got home in time so stu got to drive me there, the lucky devil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)-yes not veyr coherent-head is EVERYWHERE at the minnie
reps(min/km) for 4min
4:03 knew it was 2 fast...
4:10 struggled in that one..
4:07
4:07 worked very hard...i complained when our ;shuffle was 5;50 pace that didnt seem like a shuffle and i wasnt regaining and recovering..stu's response ...then your reps are too hard...
surely reps are too hard ONLY if you cant maintain yeah? my rep1 and 2 evened out and 3 and 4 i maintained, wouldnt that be the right pace then? maybe im just USED to being more recovered or am WAY slack

okay stop reading now-its about to be a not NICE POST
YESTERDAY SUCKED THE BIG ONE
..my back(barney-for those in the know) was NOT a happy camper
i felt wan and depleted i was in such a state yesterday(even felt teary)
and trust me when i say this is a biggie- i nearly left work at LUNCH!!! hard to do when youre a a teacher!!! so i rang karens assiatnt to book infor dry needling(desperate) but she was SUPER unhelpful as i need it TODAY(im talking im in QUITE a bit if pain!!!!!!!!!!) sent a mesg to one of my works coaches saying i may skip training the boys -only to get a response, if the other coach isnt there, you need to be for continuity of the boys...i had to use EVERY ounce of self control not to fire back an email...
there was about to be one stating
'i will get a medical certificate, i am NOT able to attend training.the boys continuity for ONE day will cope..MY back and pain level however will not(and this would NOT have been an exaggeration)-fortunatley the other coach was available"
at the end of the day my health and well being is important AND the reason the back is SO bad at the moment is bcos of a stupid school camp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
anyway yesterday was horrible...i went and saw my aunt who is a physio who said my back was pretty terrible(there is a surprise -NOT
(a lot of people with my injury cant do a lot of physical activity-but they DO choose that path-ill have some pain and some physical activity thanks ralph)
...back on track-she helped..it hurt,,she helped and ummm yes it hurt...fortunately though-the foot function is ok(always a worry)

dont worry-wont affect my running on sat......once im running it will cope..its only afterwards...so if i can get it right this week.my recovery from saturday will be greatly improved

anyway sorry for the long post.....had to vent somehwere...stu wouldnt let me tell him about it last night :(


we had a lovely date night tonight
which in normal people's terms means "dinner out" i make hime come out for dinner with just me at least once a week :)

ciao peoplettes

ugghghghghgh -just am today

..well yesterday i decide to cut my losses and not run.to say i was exhausted WAS NOT an exaggeration(i didnt feel 100% either) so i got home from work and did a quick spot of shopping in smith st(1 hour!!!!) bought a fleece top and trackie pants from brooks, and a pink workshirt(out shirt) for stu and a long sleeved T ..but he didnt particularly like them..oh well, he did like the shoes that i bought him last week(but then he was there for them)
and then we took the boys out for vietnamese last night and then stu and i watched braveheart which is a GREAT movie

then up this morning for a 70min run...... went the harder way up to the top of turntable..but it is definitely the nicer way
..and then stu and i went furniture shopping and dragged the boys along...lol
i did buy 3 stools for my bench kitchen top thingy in the kitchen and i think we have decided on a tall boy and bedside tables for our room..approx $1000 altogether

anyway gotta duck off..kaelan is harassing me to do 'painting' which consists of me drawing something on my computer in 'paint' and him pressing a button which changes hte colour...he LOVES it

okey doke...ciao
oh and off to my bros for dinner with his wife and my nephew(recently married)

err c'mon leggies...hang in there..........

okay-OMG how busy was this week!!!!!!!!! lol..is my head still spinning?????????????????

quick catch up:
wed................ supposed to be 45 min run but the legs just SUCKED and i was struggling at 5 mins and it just never got any better..it didnt feel good, didnt feel like i was getting any benefit at all so i pulled the VERY TIRED LEADEN pin at 30mins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! then i cooked a bland frozen fish mashed potatoes and beans and broccoli..my culinary expertise does not come close to the bf's

thurs. 4(ish kms with the boys) at a gues 5-5:10min pace for 21mins or so then off ot the track for a set with stu and the boys.....
stu was going to do 1000,800,600,400,600,800,1000 m pyramid set at 96 sec per 400(yikes-4min/km pace)
..i was given a reprieve and let off the 1kms due to me already running 4kms(and umm also on account of me being as soft as CAMEMBERT...lol)
anyway i did 800,600,400,600,800 most were on pace except for one rep(3sec slow for hte 600)-there might have been one toher but they were pretty much on song

i was breathing pretty hard, but was also trying to develop this 'float' which i dont quite have..am trying to lean forward a bit..also trying to push off a bit with the back foot(i think i am lacking in this are as my right foot is bit weak from where i have some resultant nerve damage and never fully recovered the power/strength in my toes when i lost foot functionality 2 years ago)

then out for dinner last night with david and nic..was lovely...they are great people-heaps of fun :) too many drinks..or so i found out this morning when the DEATH alarm went off.i felt fine....but OMG my eyes were GLUED shut....lol..Ok OK it wasnt that bad.... im just completely tired at the moment
legs were wrecked today(been a BIG week of kms)

back:well the less said the better really..suffice it to say...one fo my friends came up to me after the maths meeting and said...hey jo, you look like youre a combination of tiredness and pain....hmmm he must know me well..either that or the grimace while it took me a while to stand up... gotta do some positive back stuff for the next week..apparently hoping it just goes away and pretending it doesnt exist....doesnt really work so well :(
hmmmm lucky wine is such a good painkiller...sigh

happy with that run

...had pd today...hmmm dont love he activity based ones but there were a few moments when i actually got some good info
ate like crap today :( need to be a bit better, but am happy with my weight(well i was before today) am 61.xx which is a kg less than i normally am happy to sit at

anyway they finihsed a bit early so i went shopping-i now have a wish list
3 stools
a tall boy(lol that always cracks me up-had never heard a chest of drwaers called that til i was 18 still pmsl)
2 bedside tables
this great mirror ($399)

and i nearly bought a factory second 32 inch plasma for $550 but lucky for my ccard stu wasnt listening very well when i asked if i should/could buy it

anyway the run today was 4x5min efforts with 90s walk,90sec shuffle recovery..wasnt sure how i would go as my legs were kinda tired after the 83min run

the following were my speeds(was a bit more conservative than in the past few weeks-my first reps have been about 4:10 but i havent been able to maintain and have been dropping up)
1.3km warm up
rep1: 4:15min/km
rep 2 4:19min/km
rep 3 4:17min/km
rep4 4:10min/km

and most pleasing of all is i sat with stu for the entire last rep which is a first-hes usually 20ish mtres ahead(he said afterwards he couldve worked harder(which im sure he could) but hey, why didnt he then????????a few times he sped up alittle-not much, i sped up a little, admittedly i was working a LOT harder.

im really starting to look forward to sandown..maybe sub 45 is a possibility after all-
(3 years ago) the year i ran 45:36, no way could i have maintained those reps that year(but then i was a younger chicky..lol (each rep was around 1.15-1.2km)
im hoping stu will advise me on what pace i should sit on for the first 3-4kms and then i can just take it from there...he wont talk to me about it yet :(

i think i also need new racers-been running in the same pair for 3 years(and i dont really like them) they were the green DS but i dont love them-my feet seem happier in narrow nikes..must have a scout around this weekend and try them in training next week

anyway thats it-hope you all had a nice day :) miss j

..ill refrain from saying it -but you all know im the T-word!!!

stu tells me off for saying im tired so i will try not to

..but jeepers creepers, not a happy camper this morning. we went out for indian last night-so cool-heaps of fun(lady very friendly)-stu and i were watching run fat boy run- and both dozed off with about 10 mins to go (dammit!!!)- and eventually woke up on the couch at 2am!!!!!
this morning my legs were absolute LEADEN, didnt want to do a second more than the 75 mins-i then was bout to peel off at 64 mins when belinda said,come with us-its not much further..ughgghgh ok then
at the 75 min mark she mustve seen my terribly tired face and said...hmmm a bit more than you wanted to run.............................. uh huh was all i could manage....................a few minutes later...........................:are we nearly there?

when i was 10 years old and selected to run for victoria in the pacific school games(first ever games in1982(we were quite poor) i wouldnt have been able to go if my school(without my knowledge) hadnt raised the money to send me there( i remember my mother actually telling me she wasnt sure what we would)...anyway today i did something to 'pay that back' and so i am glad about that as it is always something i have wondered about what i should do about that-it was given in good faith, no strings but i always wanted to pay it back in some way..i also have another thought in little my head as well for something i can do to square things up so to speak

LOL-surprisingly IM TIRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG- my camp group(broken in 2) has soooooooooooooooooo many issues
it was an ORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL
and it wasnt all because of the kids...my kids behave spectacularly well for me(im not joking- a few misnomers here and there but generally very good, very respectful etc, but i do pull them into line immediately...one for the other teachers their behaviour, NOT SO MUCH perfect-anyway, this teacher who doesnt seem to discilpne at the tine(yep..what the!)
prefers to write a one page complaint about them and bitch and moan to me and tell me he wants to send them home(I TELL HIM NO.. and he is kind of cranky.....and SERIOUSLY they were just being BOYS-there was NOTHING bad in what they were doing....anyway, i had to diffuse the situation which was not necessary if he had acted like a normal teacher
grrr
anyway (OTHER)quick whinges -SORRY :( i must be annooying today(stu dont even comment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! )
my back CANNOT cope with living in a tent-it was sooo sore and i only carried a day pack on hikes- i may not do the hike section next year-how sad that i cant manage that anymore-i used to be such a gung ho fit chick who could DO ANYTHING and never had to take a STUPID back into consideration-it is VERY frustarytin but i try to remain positive(sorry-not so much today... kinda LOL)
-its very sad when a 13-14 year old boy is too large to manage a hike-parents should take some responsibility bacause THIS one is your respsonsibility( i saw what crap he ate!!!)
i managed to score A 60min completely hilly run one day, followed by 3 days of hiking(small kms but lots of hours on the feet-and my DAMN feet hurt and my DAMN legs are sore) but I DONT want to whinge cos im a teacher!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so today when i got up at 8am to go and work from 9am til 1:30pm doing junior sport, i was so tired i could barely cope(didnt help that 8 of 16 boys in the senior boys turned up with less than 18mins before the race started-try that on when youre trying to manage RELAY teams!!!!!!!!!!

ok that done-camp was pretty good...missed my lad a bit(he must make me happy then i guess :)
still completely TIRED(and yes stu-maybe i AM a drama queen)
regaled poor stu-the banana head- with way too many teacher stories last night(he was waaaaay patient))

went for a 45 min water run- couldnt manage a run-thought i would either fall over(NOT JOKING)

tuckered out little pussy cat. 75 mins tomorrow and then A BUCKETLOAD of homework!


so soooooooooooooooooooooooooooorrrrrry that i whinged so much, i am very self centred :( HAD to get it out of my system--as i said to stu last night-please dont make me make ANY decisions, ive been in CHARGE for a whole week(literally for the first 3 days, whilst being the youngest staff member there, i was the one who really was in charge-as in the would come and ask me about all teh stuff

oh did i mention, MY group leader is not being re-employed next week..Yep-try being the person giving feedback to him! hes a nice guy and all, but i think a lot of people dont give realistic feedback0he yelled very inappropriately at a number of MY boys

its offical

MY LEGS HATE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i started running today and realised just how tired my poor little leggies were. 5:30 pace wasnt easy(and later on 5:45 pace was becoming a struggle ...lol who would have thought i would ever say that about 5:45 pace!!!!!!!!!!!!!! anyway any little rise made my legs want to mutiny but at the 60 min mark when the others went up a tiny rise i decide to stick to the 70 stu had set me rather than 80 and veered off by myself, then felt guilty and doubled back a bit later so i would do 75 mins... a VERY VERY slow 13.3 kms(75mins)

thens stu cooked us some eggs9i am a lucky gal-he is a keeper :)- i was surprised by my weight today 60.xx which i think is just a pherfie..i often weight less when ive had a number of drinks the night before..i would LOVE to get down to 60 or just under.

and thanks Ewen, i will refrain from CC spikes.... am NOT giving up on the sub 45 min at sandown..I think even stu was surprised when he saw me come in at the same time as MEL yesterday- he even said (he was talking about her outsprinting me) "we had never even considered you being near her!"
woohoo!!!!

have finally packed.-took a MILLION hours..lol ok not quite.... and ps i am a LIST girl when it comes to packing...i follow it to the letter the list they give
i went and bought a jacket $110 PLUS a warmish undertop plus a cute beanie from Rays tent city-joined some stupid club but hey it saved me $14...-stu even said it looked ok(thats a ringing endorsement from him, trust me
no running for 5 days aaaaaaaggggggghhhh
ill miss the lad, will miss my computer too(how sad is that!) but i do like to catch up VIRTUALLY... see ya saturday gorgeous peoples!

yay miss jo loooooooves to race

IT WAS GREAT to see miss Em out there :):)
started off with a school function last night til 9:15 with the parent so it was a long long long day, and then back at work at 9:20 in heidelberg for the APS cross country, my boys ran well -i was a bit cold and
i ran relatively conservatively for the first km(well not quite conservatively-but slower than normal)-who put that damn hill at the start!!!! then tacked onto a girl slightly faster than me, then before i knew it i was behind a friend of mine from ballarat and a team mate of mine(both who beat me comprehensively at Jells by 1-2 minutes)-this was when i started to wonder if i went out too hard, but i was feeling good so kept on pushing forward. got to my other team mate who I KNOW im nowhere near usually and actually overtook her on a hill, unfortunately in the last 100m she starting screaming past me-i saw her and went d'oh and surged but she had the better of me, but by her putting in that effort it meant both of us passed about 6 girls in the last 50m.. extremely happy with my run 18:10ish(forgot to hit stop)

bit tired now-having a wine... sore foot(to be expected) stu told me to run in spikes(thank gosh he can make a decision-i to-ed and fro-ed for about 20mins) anyway-they were great-wasnt sure intially but will def wear again-diff from my track spikes-def more cushioning


ANYWAY-just checked the results..im pretty sire thats the first time EVER that ive finished in the top half of the field..79th out of 161..... whoooo just made it
just checked HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE pb over 4km (and trust me its a tough course) about 40s faster than geelong last year...bodes well for sandown 10km....refuse to give up on the sub 45min 10km... 4 weeks ago stu told me he didnt think i would as it was too early in the season, he has revised this to a possibility...im going to GO HARD for it even if it is early in the season-it is my GOAL race after all (45:36 is my pb)-its 3 weeks away and i cant run next week during camp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bloody camp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh well a light week may just refresh me i guess!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank goodness its friday(and OVER)

today was a long long long day-out the door at six- had to go do a thing for school 7"30 til 9"15 so not home til 10pm...tired tired and tuckered out little jojo
..last night did a smaller run with the boys probs 4kms-i reckon we sat on about 5:15ish pace(maybe-hard to tell-could have been slower i spose)
and then off to the track..i decided to train even though i had told stu i wouldnt... legs felt good after a rest on wed
foot still a bit sore- one lap warm up was enough(already run 20mins) 2 strides-legs are dead heavy
then the plan is 6x400@90-92s witha 200m shuffle... OMG how much harder does the shuffle make it..i can do 92s 400s standing on my head if i get to have a standing recovery-i was finding this NON stop sessionvery very very hard-stu only made me do 5-didnt sit with him the whole time-sometimes when he went too fast i let him go-i hit the right times
88s-way too fast
92
92
92
90
then 2 lap cool down-then a slight limp as i walked to the car- am wearing my flat shoes-so there is no extra pressure on the foot(not happy with stupid foot) and EWEN im not talking to you after that blasphemous comment you made..and no unfortunately it is not just sore after speedwork or spikes

4km run down at Lardenr park tomorrow-and do you know what i RAPT about..my mate EM is going to run too! im very excited for her
anyway gotta duck off -this little pussycat is crankypants and have to get up and go back to do aschool stuff in the morning..oh and BTW camp all week so there wont be much blogging or running-just a whole lot of COLD jojo-and when miss j gets cold she really doesnt like whinging year 8s so much....lol

no running

after yesterdays set of 4x4min with 3 min recov(1 min shuffle in that 3 mins) and not being able to run the cool down because my foot hurt too much, the decision today was to NOT run. and just the 4.5km run tomorrow after school...maybe some strides at the track...

this foot is really really starting to bother me.Whilst it has been sore for more than 3 months, it is the first thing i feel upon waking, and it is starting to hurt nearly all day now..i must get it checked i think...we'll see how a week of not running next week goes...i am on camp

-as i said to stu, he wont have me to LOOK AFTER NEXT WEEK. he really is a honey,cooks for me, gets my tablets ready for me in the morning(glucosamine, fish oil and also my naprosyn 750mg anti inflam for the back) and puts a piece of fruit next to it..he hates it when i say this..but he is very cute.....

am racing this saturday..think ill wear spikes-yes i know that is going to make my foot hurt, but it is going to hurt either way...i promise if it is still hurting after i get back from camp i will get it checked(i spose i could even make the appt now for 2 weeks away..if it clears up(miss jo snorts as she knows thats not gonna happen), i can always get the dreaded dry needling in my back

and another sunday long run-isnt life good :)

..allthough one of the first thigns i say every morning is....oooh my foot hurts...been pretty much sore evry day since january.never mind-i am going to try some of those party feel gel things

so we took off for a sunday long run-after a very hilly 8kms yesterday i knew leggies would be tired so decided to stick to the flat...and then ummed and aaahed and changed my mind a MILLION times(i am very anooying like that-stu often asks me at dinner what im having and when the lady comes up i order something completely different) LOL-where was I? anyway i decided to go run with stu and his kidlet running group-just felt like an easy run...um hee turned right which meant straight into a whopper of a hill-im quite happy with how my legs are doing up hills at the minnie-they are quite strong- had to stop after 1.5 mins of running to try to warm my ankles up-they just feel like glass initially-should have brought the dencorub -it does help-i think its just leftover crap in them from when i disastrously sprained both the medial and lateral ligament simultaneously-(bball)
anyway the first 26 mins was with the kids and mechelle was running with me and we went off to do another 45 but after10mins she decided she was trashed so she turned around.. :( going from someone to run with to noone was sad, especially as my legs had started to grumble, my ITB was feeling quite tight after 40mins and then the legs themselves felt very very tired..lets just say the last half hour wasnt overly nice but70 mins is 70 mins done
last week was my highest week since last july.. 49.5 kms and substantially higher than any this year
easier week this week(racing sat) and next(im on camp)

ooh and im moving like an old granny-i think im the only person who would rather STEEP uphill than STEEP downhill-it really HURTS my back... ive taken anti inflamms but if it remains like it is(sharp pains evry time i try to stand up) i will have to go to dry needling but i really really really dont waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

..pay it forward

did you ever watch the movie ;pay it forward" that movie really touched me... someone does something nice for you-at some stage when can, you do something nice for 3 people..anyway its given me an idea-ill keep it to myself though but suffice it to say, i think that movie had a GREAT philosophy

thought i was finishing work early yesterday but turned out i had to hang around for hour and half for a meeting.....bugger bugger

anyway-had cross country with the boys at my school today they did so well, i was very proud of them
then off home where stu took me to Gellibrand(dont ask me where it is i have NFI) for a 40 ish min run
..err someone forgot to tell miss jo that it was full of hillls!!!!!! we did 7.8km in 43 mins..i felt reasonably good considering ive jumped by over 10kms this week

i also ran 6 days a week-i thought i always ran 6 days a week but checking my schedule there only been 4 or less weeks this year where i have run 6 days... anyway a 49.5km week for me is rather large-havent run this far in quite some time...lighter week next week

did quite a lot of hwk today-more tomorrow as well-having a few wines tonight whlist staying home with my most lovely bf (and yes that is stu....lol)