omg -are they my legs -nooooo they couldnt be

..my legs have officially disowned me!
we did a very hard set yesterday----yeeesh a morning set-what is with that!!!!!!!!!
anyway you may remember me bemoaning the hot 300s last thursday(4 of them with 5min recov)
anyway the proposed set by Tristan(400m hurdler for aus) was 2 sets of 3x300 fast with 10min bw sets, 5 min between reps ..OMG the man is trying to kill me. I knew with my training this would be too big a jump, so decided 5 would b enough.. I trained with boys ranging in age from 13-17...hmmm never gonna keep up with that..the slowest boy runs a 2.32 800(on grass!) but it takes him a while to wind up(year 7) so he actually was only 3-4 mtres ahead of me in each rep. but his knee hurt after one set so the last 2 i was a bit further back.
a bit slower than last week 53,53,54, then 54,55 stu thinks rather than it being a morning session or me being sh#t(which i was blaming) that it may be due to a hard set thus,races sat, long run sunday and then monday a 20min water run(not buoyed but along the ground but it ATE my feet so i did 15mins kickboard instead-thats tiring!)
anyway we had recovery lecture yesterday which was interesting to say the least, the boys played soccer in the afternoon-i went for a walk to buy a muffin for a bday boy, then we had bball after tea, i was just throwing it and my arms spore today! and then a recovery in the water at 9pm last night..and then an exhausted jojo finally got to bed at 10pm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
then at brekky at 7, track session at 8-fortunately tristan is a believer you cant work hard every day, so we did LOADS of drills with explanations about why etc which was ACE and then we did 5x60m strides-progressively faster up to race pace and then a 150 pretty flat out-the year 7 boy only passed me with 3m to go-he had to REALLY work!!!! lol then a physiotherapy lecture, lunch, then a stretch and tone session(killer-we did loads of lunges and squats and push ups and tricep dips and some stretching)
then we had a recovery session in teh pool, walking runnning swimming and then into the hot cold contrast OMG...no let me correct that OMFG that is insane supposedly to shoulder, i got just to belly button height..
we would be in the hot thing, then jump into the cold thing, 1min was unbearable for me(im soft and my feet ache(poor circulation) then hot then cold for 2 mins(couldnt last got out after 1min) then hot then cold for 2 mins-1min20s before i cracked... yes it did help the legs but OMG OMG OMG not something i love
then the boys went back to the track and did some run throughs..i sat this out though. i knew my limits

OH and we have been doing so much walking its crazy..and i have been drinking so much water. NO zero, no alcohol, even my wee is the right colour.. im on a health retreat alright..if only i didnt go back for seconds i would lose weight,but man you get sooooo hungry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anyway our dinner time is 5.45 so i have to go!

..a water run (of sorts) at the AIS

yep flew to canberra today.... ughghghhg i hate flying, im a very nervous flier-and it was quite turbulent today too
-not going to be many chances to do any running apart from with the boys..i dont think we will manage a run, Ewen, after all :(
-managed to sneak off for 40mins to the pool. Unfortunately it is only 1.1m deep and hence not ideal for water running. so ditched the bouyancy belt and went running with my oh so delicate precious little princess feet. After 10mins tehy ground was starting to chomp on my feet and started oeeling off skin off my toes. i persevered for the next 10mins and then decided if i kept going it would be detrimental so i kickboarded for the next 15 mins.

-they have only allocated us half hour in the dining hall-quite hard to get all 33 boys all done and dusted in that time. Also the junior boys dont have anything organised for them tonight(free time) so theyre being a bit loud and silly
im in my room which is a bit cell like really. Has a bunk in here, its not ridiculously small but if you had the proposed 2 per room, it owuld be quite difficult long term.
HAd the tour today which was interesting-ate too much at dinner(so i wouldnt get hungry at oh 8pm) we had dinner at 5.45.
Im actually going to read a book this week too!. Thats the plan, i have NOT been reading enough latelly(well not at all really)

so
its a wine detox week, no coke zero after today, and im trying to take on board what the nutritionist today said as well
i would be happier if the lock on my window actually worked, but you cant have everything i guess. im also surprised that there is only 2 toilets/showers in our block(separate) but that there is not a different one for teachers to use- so i have to use the toilets after the smelly boys, and believe me when i say im a little bit precious-i dry retch as soon as there is ANY sort of smell at all
.feeling a bit mentally -i dont know how to describe it.down's not quite the right word but it is along those lines, maybe disappointed is a better word-and that is nothing to do with camp, completely just other stuff

...aaah the joys of selective memory

Sunday long runs(not always after a race) have been pleasant enough lately
-hear the evil music here please...i had forgotten what it was like to do long runs after asummer competition..ie after 800s and 400s... OMG my legs were like lead. At about 40mins they had packed up, had a tanty and gone on vacation. However i still had to run for another 30mins, so i had to drag the lead weights wround for a while. I was glad this last part was by myself cos seriously, anyone running with me w0uld have assumed i was a complete novice and had never run before....lol
..anyway done done and done, then stu and i went out for brunch(i wised up and had a piece of toast when we got home though, cos otherwise i become MADAM Crankypants when it is 2 hours since i finish long run and havent eaten anything. im an "eat fairly soon after running" kinda gal

been packing, which from the looks of the amount of stuff im taking, i would be going away for a month(only going 5 days though!)
however you try packing, 2 pairs of longer running shoes, 1 pair spikes, 1 lightweight speed trainer(lunars) and a buoyancy belt and start trying to find room for other stuff...who needs a hairbrush,....lol (not me)
anyway having some red wine and cheese, drying the rest of the stuff to take tomorrow(will probs take my pooter) i think id miss it more than stu...LOL... im kidding stu!!!!!!!!!!! id miss you just as much!!!! hehe i AM a funny gal

..ewwwww 2 time trials is ALWAYS going to hurt

...plan for today
timetrial an 800 (aiming for sub 2.45-feel like i should be at about 2.42 at the mo) and anything under 70- stu hadnt set me ANY goals so they were just mine
-this was also a fairly heavy week of running for me-dont laugh-this is HEAVY for me 40kms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! been ages since then and remember i do some tough quality sets which means only about5kms is covered

anyway only had a couple drinks last night and drove-pat on back for me...woohoo
one of our friends (David) kindly agreed to be my pacer-YAY cos stu had hurt his ankle and none of stu's juniors are running 2.45 this early in the season
omg-when we got there, the wind was NOT pretty AT ALL!!!!! it was worse than 2 weeks ago. i said to stu-is there any point doing a timetrial, its just gonna be ugly.. maybe we should do a tough rep set
NO
okay then-nuff said.....lol
did a longer warm up,
then it was time to race-fortunately stu basically said to the kids to NOT be in front of david or myself unless they were going to run 2.45 or faster so i didnt have to go around anyone either

went through first lap in 80/81 and tried to work into the wind in the 400-500 -hit the 600 in 2.04(exactly the same as the last timtetrial) and then really worked for the last 200 to get 2.44.x so the last 200 in 40 made me VERY happy. The wind had to be worth 3seconds(without a doubt) pacing was great, he sat JUST in front of me and so took some of the wind. i was super happy with this run :) 3 sec faster than last time AND in stronger winds and i finished much stronger
-here are the 100 splits- so could probably have gone a little faster in the first 400

19.93, 20.41,20.51, 20.91, 21.41(wind), 20.49, 20.49, 19.28(the 6,7 splits were halved as missed)

which means the 200 splits are 40.34 41.42 41.9 39.7

then 15mins(just over) rest before we had to do a 400 time trial. I was NOT looking forward to that. One of stu's girls ran a 66 last year and pumped me in the first 300 rep on thursday so i wasnt sure whether she might beat me(was good to have someone to RACE though) i was in lane 3, she in lane 4- she took off like the wind-2-3m ahead at the 200 so i started to push at the 200 and overtook at the 180-came home strong and finished in 68.98. I was super impressed by this. i didnt run 68.x until late january last season
last season -ran 70.7,70.1,69.9,69.1 before i ran a 68.1
and when i i was running sub 70s my 800s were 2.41/2.40 so it definitely shows the impact of the wind. Much more affected in an 800 than a 400

then out with the lovely bf and now he is slow cooking pork ribs for dinner. nice....but i am verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyy tuckered out i must say

so YES te coach did know best and forced me to run and FINALLY i have walked away saying i have run well..yay gives me a bit of confidence

..not exactly consistent miss jo-hot 300s

-hot 300s tonight..killer set big break of 5mins but unfortunately i was not consistent



rep 1: 51.x

rep 2 51.x

rep 3 54high or 55low-big drop off

rep 4 53high

admittedly the last two, the wind had sprung up a little

felt like i was going to spew after it. and felt average for a while.

its a good tough set though, and i KNOW it is really good for me but whewwwww stu is definitely trying to kill me...lol

ciao bellas

..a tough set but a goodie(i s'pose)

..when stu informed me about todays set i was a little concerned
600 at 20s per 100 (2min) 600m jog recov
500 at 20s per 100 (100s) 500m jog recov
400 at 20s per 100 (80) 400 jog recov
300 at 20s per 100 300 jog recov
200 at 20s per 100 200 jog recov
100 at 20s per 100 collapse-lol

doesnt sound so bad does it-well let me take you back to my timetrial 800m race 2 weeks ago- at the 600m mark i ran 2:04(and that was super super hard)- so suck it up jojo, time to get out there and WORK hard
600- 2:04 dropped of a little in the last 200 (not sure how next rep will go)
500-104 tough this one!
400- 83
300-60 (spot on)
200-39
100-19

so all in all i did ok but it was HAAAAAAAAARRRRRRD, mainly sat on just under 21s for each 100(well really dropped off last 100 or 200)
legs were kinda sore from pilates yesterday
massage tomorrow-yay-water run in the morning with 2 13year old girls
timetrial in the 800 and also in teh 400 on saturday-although 10mins after an 800, thats not gonna be pretty!!!!!!!!!

..lol-i changed what 'should have been the name of the post!

i was going to just call yesterdays post "poo" but decided not to entitle is such! hehe...but (and if youre squeamish, skip the next paragraph!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
..i went out for the run about 10 having had some eggs for brekky. I factor a toilet stop into every run within the first 20 mins.Anyway -about 6 mis into my run(legs were heavy but it wasnt so bad) my belly started to tell me i need to go 'err number 2's" i kinda ignored it and ran through bunny land(hehe i saw 2 bunnies...and thankfully ZERO snakes(im super duper paranoid about snakes..cos yes i know its a long shot, but im one of those freak people that FREAk things happen to(i know i have mentioned b4) but short version, needle in belly for 10 years, hit by tram, smashed out teeth with kneeboard,tripped over chain then got cellulitis -and um a MILLION other things!!!!!!!!!!!)
anyway, 20mins in my belly started really flip flopping and i started to get VERY worried.. im trying not to be too informative, but there was clenching..i actually thought i might poop my pants. i had to walk a couple of times at the 32 min mark..i got home at 36min and NEARLY didnt make it...OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! then i went out again... an after about 6mins when i was trying to not freak out about the swooping bird(wasnt swooping today) i stepped in DOG POO...d'oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and then i turned around just before hte poo tree...(lol-yep i actually had to poop under a tree once!!!!!!!! and it is now called the poo tree) so my run was predominantly centred around poo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so 68 minsAt about 50mins my glute started playing up but i thought---aaah its ok.. 58-60mins i started thinking about the fact that this glute was the precursor to the 'foot drop' of 2006 and then decided i should walk...but then it still hurt just as much to walk and it would take longer so i figured running would be beter as it would be quicker-and I ICED as soon as i got home and took a super anti inflamm..i pondered to stu whether i should take 2 -one for the back and one for the glute...lol-it was a joke!!!!!

then out shoppping with the boys....i certainlly convinced stu's middle child im a clumsy gal, in the morning when making breakfast the packet of herbs fell upon my head sending herbs everywhere. When we were in target i bent ovet o help K with his laces and my pants got caught on one of the racks and i had to be helped free...D though tit was wquite funny and said i nearly got sold for $3.06
we had a nice day with the boys and then went over to our friends house. its great-again not the greatest house guest..>LOL...i was dry retching very loudly...but in my defence they were talking about dead peoples smelly juices!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
...then a GREAT day today..40min run in the WATER(see im doing as i said) followed by a walk with a great gf-although the DOG was obsessed by me and kept trying to LICK me(maybe it was the chlorine) so we went for an hour walk, then i did clinical pilates(and the legs were chaking-they felt well and truly worked) then i cooked lasagne for stu and it was EDIBLE-fancy that :) and started my super hard jigsaw-and thats really about it...hehe breathe jojo..so great day...
I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE being on holidays...but and i know this will sound weird, but i wouldnt want to be on holidays forever(in the 5 week break, im usually ready to go back)

ughghhgh well that was SH#te run

..i honestly thought i would run well today and quite frankly I DIDNT. for some reason i just do not run the Tan well :(
My min/km rating was slower than my 10km rating/my 6km rating and also my time for the 4km death course of lardner.
Whilst it was a 15ish sec pb(but my pb was not up to scratch) it was a very poor race. I just struggled from WO- to GO
\- so not happy at ALL. it is crap

Oh well, not every race is a good one

OMG-someone call an exorcist

..yep because somebody calm, rational and in control took over me today-
all day today i um-ed and aah-ed over whether to do a water run or run at the track

-right decision- run in the water- i know karen is keen for that, racing saturday, and back still sore, and calves VERY sore after yesterdays massage and needling. warm up 7mins -ish(someone forgot to take a watch.derr fred) and my eyesight is NOT good enough to see the clock(i had to ask a 70 year old for the time-how embarassing...lol-he's gone the clockj is just over there love(and then read out the time!!!hehe i SUCK)(i can see the minute clock(just not the real time clock) though so it was good for reps) then 3x 4x30s efforts(and i worked VERY hard-got heart right up) 4min recovery..im calling it 6kms as i ran constantly for 35 mins..and feeling quite pleased with self.rare for me to make the good decision :)

-wanted decision-run at the track-its only an easy session, some speed is nice, ill just take some anti inflamms(yep that did actually go through my mind!!)
..anyway somehow i managed to make the right decision and it turned out to be SUPER right, cos the weather turned to shite and i would have had to train in the rain, which woulda meant spikes(which i had decided against due to calves) miss jo smiles SMUGLY, i cant believe i actually made a RIGHT decision!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yay me!
..and i tried oh so hard NOT to go shopping today-and i succeeded, but i wont get carried away, my healthy eating wasnt quite so good when i made a meat lovers pizza(salami/ham/bacon) and vegies-but yes delish and it wasnt as bad as if i went OUT like i was going to when i sat in my car and had THAT stern conversation with myself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and got out of the car

OK
okerly dokerly-to running-YAY- i set myself 2 goals this season- sub 45 for sandown(smashed it :) ) and to beat my Tan relay time. Well goal 2 comes into effect this weekend-and whilst my training(due to masters) has veered significantly away from cross country racing) i am feeling very fit and i am getting some speed back-yes my endurance may have diminished, but the plan is go hardish up anderson and PUSH over the crest into the downhill bit and hit that stupid sub 17- yes i am somewhat obsessive(i know that i said it a day or two ago) Stu always says i OVER analyse the CRAP out of everything, but thats how i am so there! i think that is followed up with a plthththththht LOL
and im sorry about all the whining yesterday- i was feeling sooooo sorry for myself.i get like that sometimes cos its a lifelong thing which is super depressing :( (and sometimes it just hurts so damn much!and i JUST want to be normal and have pain sometimes!!!!!! for short periods!!!!) and i think its unfair but you know what- its not unfair, i have a great life,great job, perfect boyfriend, great house, so i am A LUCKY LUCKY PERSON,i just have to manage this one LITTLE? thing and not be such a sooky la-la! so there!!
so plthththththt TO ME and my self indulgence of yesterday(but yes it may well occur again)
have a good nite chicos and chicolettes xox

..masochists pay for pain dont they?

..doesn't that make me a masochist?
i paid a LOT of money for a LOT of pain today :(
you may be aware that my back has been giving me grief pretty constantly since ummm ohhhh may and whilst it marginally improved the back sezure a couple of weeks ago has resulted in mega duty anti inflamms ever since.
anyway appointment time with Dr K today, so i booked in with Narelle for a massage first under the mistakn belief that jut maybe i could avoid the dry needling in the back-even according to karen it is a horrible place to have the needling :(

anyway decided a massgae and karen were enough for one day so did not run today. the massage was ummmm ummmmm needed but not nice! my calves and achilles have been super tight lately..and Narelle was exclaiming over how tight the right one was(and the hammy was tight too)- that was until she started on the left one... at one stage when it was pretty hairy-she's gone 'ooooooh i can feel your pain" anyway in hte end she said she would leave the back for karen as she needed to finish my legs... the shins and outer calves were quite ridiculous-and there was a lot of giggling when she was doing my feet!im waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay ticklish.

then narelle decide she couldnt get my left calf loose- so i HAD to ASK Dr K to put needles into my calves at insertion points.
What the- now i have to ASK for more pain -bugger

anyway karen VERY unhappy with my back(stupid barney) i believe she said it was a mess. im going to have to go in weekly for a bit! bugger more dry needling. and it was soooooooooooooooooooooooo bad that it made me cry. I didnt even cry when my knee was hanging apart last year. and karen only put it in and didnt even turn it and push it in further half way through. she put in loads of needles :( it hurt to laugh-it just all hurt but needles going in were DREADFUL-either the worst or 2nd worst ever! However when she put the ones in my calf, they really just felt like pin pricks.Enjoyable in comparison :)

and she asked why i hadnt been in more reguarly and i said because it was hard when working 6 days a week and when i rang i couldnt get in. She was like what do you mean-when you have flare ups, call and i will put you in that day.so i told her i have done that and i CANT get in.she said did you talk to A-yes and she was surprised so she has said she is going to talk to her for when i call next time

anyway a day of pain-sick of the back-feeling sorry for myself now -

OMG i love holidays

//seriously-whats NOT to love-sleeping in and doing nothing(well BUCKETLOADS of housework) but seriously that has to be done anyway!!!!!!!!!
i am on my healthy eating during the day(havent ditched alcohol yet) nor coke zero!!! brekky was cereal(unheard of) with kiwi and banana(what the hell-is that fruit im eating) YES i am the UNHEALTHIEST athlete on the planet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and then...OMG i bought fruit and had a mandarin for morning tea-then it was OK not so 'look down at my nose at you' but definitely an improvement!
okerly dokerly -training tonihgt STU TRIED TO KILL us
initially the set was 600,400600(at 2:06 which is my 800 pace!) and then miscellaneous other stuff///OMG i said to stu-if i can barely sustain 2.48 for 800 , how can i do do 2:06 for 600(same pace)
so stu decided on an alternate set 4 x 300,200,200 with 60s jog recovery was hte plan!
sounds easy(well i thought it wouldnt be bad!)
OMG it was soooooooooooooooooooooo hard! and hte recoveries were longer than 60s and we started walking half/joggin half at the end
so nealry all teh 300s were about 58/59, 200s between 38/39 and after the first set, felt pretty strong-ok the legs were somewhat wobbly in the last set!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh and i have set myself a few goals for the race this weekend-so time to get my backside into gear and SMASH my TAN pb of 17.33-i will be soooooooooooooooo unhappy if i dont go sub 17

tradeys invading my house

yep...im a little bit funny when it comes to random people being in my house. stu already thinks im a vampire(I DONT OPEN BLINDS) but i think thats because my mother was a bit of a paranoid freak -so considering that, im pretty damn normal albeit a few little idiosynchrosies. It just doesnt occur to me to open the blinds.
anyway so the tradies were here at 7.30 -well one was smoking outside my house at that time waiting for his mates and then once they all got here it was like a TAB- quite extraordinary.Whatevergenralisation you are thinking-it is correct! the f-bomb(not in front of me of course-but within my hearing range) was dropped more than 50% of the time that other words were offered, ad no they hadnt hurt thehmselves-this was just general conversation, largely based around the horse raicng..oh and some guys out on the p%ss....ummm no im not being overly melodramatic..
although i did feel a bit bad when the tradey said can i use your vacuum(b4 he started working) im laying blame with stu though...lol... vacuuming does actually REALLY hurt my back.
Anyway they painted hte wall and changed hte skirting board.it was a bit weird though-there was no noise so i went into the room-no dude-no car(hed just taken off, the only way i knew he was coming back was his ladder was still there...lol)
..anyway all good-now just carpet to do......
then i went ofr a water un...and guess what......................... go on...guess!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the water run was GREAT, FANTASTIC in fact. I think this is for two reasons...a) the training im doing now will help me in 4 weeks(competition!!!!) but really and most importantly
i need to get over my denial factor( i am trying)- my back is sh!t and moving into track season(which is harder ton my back as well, i need ot be more active in my management, so my though process is thus...my easy runs on monday and wednesday REALLY should be in the water, and rather than hating it, i should see it as the benefitl that it is.My back LAWAYS feels better after it, i am still doing kms whilst taking a LOT of pressure off my back which also means i will be able to train better on the quality tuesday and thursday set
OK im not fully convinced, but i am TRYING to convince myself cos i KNOW it is the right thing!!!!

and then i did something very stupid and moved the 'TALL boy cabinet' in our room. Whilst i took out most of the drawers its still too heavy for my decrepit back..... i think i kinda just cracked it and wanted to act like a REAL 37 year old gal and not have to behave like a 72 year old woman who cant even pick up a stupid pencil case :(
next time i will wait for stu. But its hard to say if the back is sore bc of hte fact it was a bit sore yesterday, the fact that i fell over, that i cleaned my wheel rims on my car,or that i moved a tall boy
and i cleaned my inside of my car, and as mentioned the rims..the stuff i bought is AMAZING, did 2200 loads of washing(ok 4, but it sure felt like 2200) folded 2million items of clothes(lol) and hten cleaned out my walk in robe(that was a big job) and managed to have a 15min nap in there...was really quite productive :)
err just re-read the nap WAS NOT in the walk in robe-and now that im laughng at myself im gonna rock n roll peoplettes

oh and did anyone notice i interchanged between tradeys and tradies cos i couldnt decide how to spell it! oh and before anyone asks-they were NOT hot

..a fake Klutsy(clutsy?) movie fall

..you know how in the movies you see those girls(boys) do those fake Klutsy(clutsy?) movie falls? well i did one of those today except that it wasnt fake...LOL
stu forgot his wallet(as soon as he left i made popcorn) so i took his wallet out(with said bowl of popcorn) said some smart ass comment and headed back inside(insert me laughing here)
am wearing my super dooper and slightly long trackie pants.As i walked in, the wire door got caught on my pants but i kept walking and hten it was like my foot got pulled out from under me and then i ker-plonked onto the ground(yep nice hard tiles) -with popcorn going EVERYWHERE( yep, im a good'un i am-isnt STU a lucky boy!!!! )-and yep-you have those moments in the middle where you know youre gonna fall and theres no WAY you can avoid it and damn stuff in my hands -oops ground!!!! and yes im fine-only jolted my back a little(its already sore so who would know if that hurt it more!!!!!!water running and pilates tomoz)

i had to call stu so he could have a laugh.picked up the popcorn that worked into the 3 sec(okay maybe 20second rule-i had to finish-my bewildered what happened scan first) and then got out the broom and shovel for the rest(which i didtn eat-im not completely gross you know)!!!! sat down at the couch and promptly KICKED over my can of coke zero...!!!!!!!!!! i am so crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but it waaaaaas funnnnnnnnny

okay so this morning i did my 70min run..up to 60mins was pretty good(achilles and calves a bit tight/sore so i avoided the big hill). i quite enjoyed it-havent been to the you-ies for ages.. then stu and i went out for lunch-i picked something which had chips-forget what went with it :) !!!!! kidding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but if it didnt have chips, it wasnt getting ordered-LOL.. about to be on my weekday health kick so had to have something delish-in 2 weeks the alcohomohol is also gone!
so 20kms this weekend is nearly equivalent to my last couple of weeks total! i know, i know, i must be the least trained runner gal in the WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i keep telling stu less is more with me. When i was actually a good runner (2.34.1) 800m when i had JUST turned 11) all i did was an 800m time trial 3 times a week(starting about a month before the event!!!) i think thats why im really enjoying having some time trials incorporated into my training.It feel very NORMAL. I wish there was more of it!(thats probably why i like to race so much) i never did the slow training stuff till i came back to running 3 years ago. and even then, its only been since stu i am discovering the long slow stuff(probs why im also starting to PB over the longer stuff)
i have been running about 28kms a week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im SHITE man! but my back injury was part of the reason

-so if i ever get this all time PB(the 2.34.1) which was my sole reason for going back to running, (i did get 2.34.95 2 yrs ago) i think i will have to buy my coach a very NICE present-and if it IS going to happen it will be THIS year after coming off a very good winter season...See Stu, how do you like that for positive thinking regarding my running(i am apparently very negative(but i think it is just, i set myself big goals and i believe that you should always be striving- also, I used to be good and now im well-you know-not good) and also until i reach my 2.34 goal, I WONT be happy)
Ewen, not sure if i get any free time whilst at canberra-email me at janey572@hotmail.com and i will send you my phone number cos maybe we can get in a run together-and then you can see JUST how annoying i actually am in REAl life..... lol...shush stu- i dont think anyone asked for your rude comment :)

a bucketload of wine and a time trial

..well after all my bragging about sleeping in, i was alert at 7am!!!!! so i was extremely decadent for teh day before my healthy eating starts on monday, McDonalds for lunch-shhhhhhhh dont tell my bf and especially not my coach....LOL
then we went over to our friend's place Nic and Dave-ID(i always leave it off and have to add it at the end...lol
im such a baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad guest. we had indian, had the entree and were sitting there and i was reaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllly hungry(it was 9 oclock) so i very rudely asked if we could have dinner... lol- i am sooooooooooooooooooo going to fit in with being an oldie who eats at 5:30 at night....bad guest jojo then had a bucketload of wine and struggled to stay awake on the couch... again bad guest...lol
..wasnt happy to get up this morning though! i knew the time trail was gonna be TOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! jogged the warm up ,didnt fell like i had much oomph-wasnt hung over but i knew i had been drinking the night before
did i mention it was windy???????????????????????????????????
no excuse though- i really am pretty crap and just not quite where i want to be yet :( was hoping to do about 2.42
Stu and Dave took off as my pacers, but i couldnt quite keep up -went through about 38s for the 200 but it felt hard!!(first 80m was into the wind) at the 400 i think it was 79s? and i had dropped off a little, i tried to work a bit harder in the 400-500 but it was also into a yukky wind, really struggled for the last 300, coming into the last 100 was the yukky headwind again but i tried to come bac again.disappointingly a 2.46 and i really did work as hard as i could!!!!!!!!! it was HAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRDDDDDDD. i then coughed for a bit then went for the longest 30minute run of all time..ughghghghg it wasnt the company making it feel long (lol, i pormise, David) it was my legs which HATED me that caused it to be not so nice.
never mind, just have to keep pluggin around

...soooooooooooooo early

ughghghghgh speed sessions and 1/4 to 7 in the morning are not great companion.i got to school by about 20 to 6 and started my session..
wasnt pretty 3sets of 4x150 with 60s shuffle recov... i tell you little leggies were not feeling completely recovered after last nights 30min run followed by clinical pilates which had been completed by 7:10pm last night

anyway did hte 150s on grass-very long bends at my school
1st set
24,26,27,27

2nd set decided on lane 1
25,26,27,26

3rd set
25,27,27,25(high)

oh and im on HOLIDAYS.yyyyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy
had to go to the all school relays-just got home and have cracked hte champers... woohoo

miss jo is sleeping in tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

..thats too easy

..yes when stu told me hte set, this was my response(god knows why i would say that)
4sets of 3x200@40s y with 1 min walk recoverseemed easy to me since the other week i did 12x40s 200s with 1min walk recovery...
errr then because of the hammer throwers trying to kill us -we couldnt cut across the grass, so nno walking recovery-shuffle recovery really changes the session! BIG TIME!!!! and yes i know how GOOD it is for me-doesnt mean i have to love it

-after pilates yesterday my legs were soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sore!!!!!!!!!!!!!! especially on the 'teardrop' of the inner knee(VMO) and the glutes-not in bad injured way, but in the OMG those muscles havent fired forever-what the...........................
-the first set my legs struggled-very very very heavy
by the third and fourth they were coping better but i couldnt have gone much faster... 1st rep of every set 38s all the rest high39/low40 with the very very last rep of the 4th set 38s

so trained pretty well-extremely consistent-then out to dinner with the bf to pier lounge

thanks Ewen for the nice encouragement but i dont think low 2.30s is on the cards for me!

..my legs precede me

oh sorry ewen, i forgot to post the time 2.47(yuk) but also faster than i thought i would go.i suspected about 2.50(and it was very windy)(since last 3 years i have run 2.55+ for the first run) so all in all its ok..
i also checked out the competition(googled their names) couldnt find everyone but their is 5 people who if i run very well, i can potentially get past...with 13 in the race i have 3 goals(in order) for the world masters games in a month---ooooh scary man-what WAS i thinking
1) make the final(not likely, would have to run my butt off but definitely possible-and i usually race well-modest 2 apparently..lol)
2) beat the girl who beat me in the 400/800 at the state masters champs(silver medallist-not gold-she is way too good-gold gal-60s uncontested 400-she is AMAZING)
3) run a sub 2.40 race (which would bode well for rest of the season.) it starts from hardest to easiest, but all mean having to work hard! ps i like to have goals :)
and if i dont get any of those goals, last one(and very do-able)
-have a great weekend away with my lovely bf :) yes sucky but i gotta have one goal i CAN achieve so its not a waste of $1000!!!!

oh and the title
...apparently ........ my legs are immediately recognisable..... lol... aparently Em saw long strawberry hair then legs and knew immediately it was me!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so confident she came up from behind me and grabbed me to say hey-without even saying my name to double check... well i guess she has probably seen my legs more than any other gal!!!!!!!!!!! lotsa lotsa water running together(and races) and well she cant help it if she cant take her eyes off my fluoro legs..LOL(kidding) they are fluoro white and its a bit like moths drawn to a light-its hard NOT to look at something freakish... hehe funny gal (shhhh stu-let me live the dream that im funny!)

happy camper
didnt run tonihgt... have decided(and i think stu realises how important this is) that if i have to miss a day of running so i can do clinical pilates, SO BE IT.. after hte last week and a bit which really has not been pleasant backwise, my new way of thinking is "CLINICAL PILATES" is a MUST once per week...NO EXCUSES and i mean NO EXCUSES even if it means skipping a run

im also on holidys on thursday..have already booked in for wed(and have left time to run b4) OMG my legs were shaking today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! will be going 3 times a week for the first two weeks of holidays... and the 2 weeks b4 masters -No drinking(ughgh wate r water water is allowed of course), no eating crap and NO COKE ZERO! so a happy jo(NOT) ps i cleaned a bit of my car today and realised just how much RUBBISH i eat-i need to try and eat like an athlete- and a runner athlete, not a shotputter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the plan is also to EAT very healthy over the holidays-will make lovely focaccias(small amount of cheese) on lovely turkish bread or cape seed rolls hmmmmm yum yum... and yes i do believ i CAN stick to this...even though my past belies this belief!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

have fun munchkins and munchkinettes :) xoxoxox

...a race and tomorrow catching up on blogs

i Just havent had a chance to keep up to date with blogs :( and i really do love to read them, tomorrow i shall catch up



ok after finally getting home from dads after midnight last night and then when the alarm went off for a full on day at sport with the school boys(i was on marshalling duties for 800s,400s and 1500s... gotta say i was a bossy britches, well organised and ummm did i mention bossy and that part of the day went like absolute clockwork...you could hear the peal of my not so dulcet tones. u16 boys 'to me pleas, to me' (very kath and kim in hindsight, line up in schools and i will allocate heats and lanes, and had 3 heats lined up ready to go...no wastage of time!!!!! so 6 hours sleep and 4hours full on. wasnt liking the look of the race at 2pm i can tell yu. We did an elongated warm up(for the benefit of stu who hates it when i use that word, a longer warm up :), CALVES STILL SORE(NOT GOING TO AFFECT MY RUNNIG THOUGH) oops caps lock-acidental... could feel the freaking wind... like im not already freaking out man, my first 800 of every season is HIDEOUS(i usually improve by 15+ secs(but hten i have usually done the 1/2 mara before and have no speed.. anyway there hasnt been heaps of speed work yet but there has been some and i havent done a 22km race!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nor will i!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stu had told me if i didnt run sub 2.45 he would be disappointed. A couple of girls and a boy(400) running with us..did the full lane change which was good 39s first 200, 40s next 200(into the horrible headwind) and um it then that it got a little pear shaped, by this time i was a step or two ahead of the girls and the wind INTO the 400-480 was blowing me backwards...lol....(well it felt ridiculous, it was probs only as strong as someone blowin through a straw...lol
so basically im disappointed i didnt run faster but happy that i didnt run slower-if that MAKES SENSE-it does to me.
It also reminds me how much i love track. I really hope stu organises a couple more of these sessions, i always race better with a couple of races under the belt. I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that my mother trained me(only once aths was 2 weeks away) and 3 nights a week i would do an 800 time trial?) so maybe its more mental????
went out with Mich(duckgirl) and Mark-theyre GREAT COMPANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! gotta love that they dont care if we are boy-ed up or not iehave the rugrats :) :)
anyway, see ya round like a rissole fellow rissolettes :) hehe

grrrr how much i hate ineptitude

grrrr as i sit here waiting for my father who went in for a half hour eye laser surgery(he was told it could take a few hours to process him!) but he went in at 4:30 and i wont be collecting him until after 10.15...grrrrrrr also if when i had rung at qtr to7 they had said he would be here til 10.15 then i would have gone home, instead being told 9:15 so i just hung around.... and around...and around
and whats more the girl was just plain stupid-not something i tolerate readily.
the place im at rhymes with feadownick..anyway here is the conversation..and i deliberately didnt help her out
hi, my father went in at 4:30 and i was wondering what time he will be ready to be pickd up
search, search search,,, oh we're running behind time it will be 2 hours before he goes in an then another half hour,
oh..(and i didnt know the time, so what time will that be please, she goes around trying to find hte time(cos she doesnt put me on hold and i can hear her asking......um i was thinking -look at your computer, MORON, oh its 6.45 and i just remained silent cos i wanted to see just how dumb she really was.... so that will be ummmm ummmmm 2hours from now is um(and i could hear her counting on her fingers almost!) errr 8.45 so then another half hour is ummm long pause.... ah(and yes i refused to help her out)long pause ummmmm errr 9.15.... ok where is it.she gives me an address. so if im coming up hoddle st from the south, do i turn left or right...
stupid girl:uhhhh theres a big building....
jo:so if im coming from the south, swan stwhich way do i turn, is it before bridge road after bridge road...anyway this circular conversation continued with the moronic receptionist until i eventually said, excuse me but is there someone else i could talk to, and she put me over and wouldnt you know it, that lady could actually tell me which direction it was...still grumbly about the stupid girl
so ok i will go and hang out at IKEA i guess then,,,stay til close, still havent heard from them so i call them again(they know me by now) and they say its going to be at least another hour, to which i respond another hour, i ve already been hanging around for four and a half hours..... oh well you can come here and relax.... grrrrrrrr NOT HAPPY jan... surely you can stagger appointments or have some come in at 6.30-its not that FRICKIN hard(probably the moron receptionist did it...lol)
deep breaath jojo
anyway my aunt called to see how dad pick up went to which i replied, i still havent picked him up yet,and recounted that i would have gone home if they hadnt told me qtr past 9 the last time i had called(and yes they could hear) i think i also mentioned the staggering of appointments and it isnt that hard and there may have been a ridiculous comment!!!!!oh yes, thats right i said i knew of other places who did the same thing but they actually gave appointment times that they stuck to
-and yes i did feel moderately better after my little rant

also it now means i wont get home til 11.30 at the least and i have to leave for work by 7am!

anyway time trial tomorrow-if my back isnt too bad from sitting in this stooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooopppppppppppid chair

oh yeah happiest of happy campers.NOT NOT NOT(the funny thing is i was in an absolute ripper of a mood for the whole day bc i had been for a run yesterday.. anyway id better go-my battery is going flat... maybe i could klonk someone on the head with my computer, Now, i KNOW that would make me feel better....

..yes a big day yesterday

.. yesterday was stressful at school, i must admit, but hey you move on. However, having said that -all those american crazy school stuff does run through your mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



yesterday i also decide to errrrr on the side of caution and water run.today i decided i f-ing hated water running and my back was feeling ok so i would give it a go and if it hurt(at all) i would pull hte pin and get in the damn water. OMG-i managed the session-truth will be in the pudding tomorrow when i get up from bed(or stagger out of bed :( ) but im now on day 7 of anti inflamms750mg so they are starting to kick in



had a job interview today which would involve teaching all girls(a nice change from all boys)-but i am in the enviable position of "if i get the job, well and good, and if i dont -well i do actually like where i work)-wasnt the best interview ive ever done(usually i walk out knowing whether i have got the job or not-lucky my referees are absolutely superb(and well regarded) cos i might well need their input to get me over the line(if indeed i even get to the line!)

so the set tonight-based on the end of a 400m race(at 68s) so 150m@25s with jog(shuffle back) recov... then 4 mins between sets...OMG how hard this felt-but i was VERY consistent all25s
felt good-nice and strong,feet hurt(not used to spikes) with a couple of 24's and a mental battle(first real speed speed session) BACK held up-yay barney! we will see how it is in hte morn. Stu wants me to do a time trial for the 800m.that scares the crapola out of me since a) my first 800 last 3 season has been 2.55 - 2.59 and my race for hte masters in sydney is in 4 weeks and i NEED to befaser than that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so as not to humilate myself
(really tight calves/achilles now)
I NEED to be running 2.45 at the slowest(which has been my halfway point of season(or 3 years ago was my END OF SEASON!) eeekk and ive only been doing a very small amount of speedwork and then cut off because of back-YIKES
buuuuut i am heaps fitter(and faster ) than last year and i need to get it into perspective..except crikey, what if i dont run anywhere near that 2.45 area, i will BE GUTTED and have no confidence WHATSOEVER- and yes i agree- suck it up and get on with the job and just get out there and run 2.45!

how do you spell..."chomping on fingernails????????????????? gnashgnashgnashgnash???

... wow a big two days

ok i am editing this bit and deleting

im just over tired and grumpy after parent teacher night last night and relays with school tonihgt(which meant no training-probs good for the back anyway :(

it was a funny ol day-first of all i had t chase down the bus in my car before jumping out and banging on the window to get them to go back to school as it had left earlier than the designated time-typo! d'oh and i ended up having to MAKE all the team changes(no small job i can tell you and then i had to be very stern when they told my team they werent registered so i made them let them share a lane with my other team(4x800) quite funny, i made a shotputter run 800(cos otherwise one of the boys would have been there four hours and not got a run!
a great gold and bronze by my junior boys.

at least the back isnt hurting like it was(niggly at times but that better than CONSTANT pain like a few days ago :)

anyway im going. as i said im tired.