..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