sometimes a look says it all

let me start by saying i was excited last night that i made a plan for my training for the week.. after being all very self congratulatory,,,i think the key element that i missed in a plan is that you are supposed to stick to it...joanne(and anyone who knows me knows i HATE to be called joanne so i am displeased)

anyway walked 800 jogged 800(4:50 so 6:02min/km)walk 800 jog 800(4:53 so 6:06min/km)400m walk and LOTS of stretches.. was supposed to do 2x600m jogs+walking which doesnt actually sound like much difference except that this is now a doubling of distance instead of 50% increase.... just hoping all is good.. i dont know what happened
..anyway its done now .... stuck to the correct pace at least around 6 min/km

ok hows this...at the supermarket coming back to my car this guy in a stationwagon pulls into the park next to mine..doesnt straighten up at all..and is in at an angle and overlapping my park a bit and not even in enough.. would have been very hard for me to get out... anyway i just stood at my car and looked at him...more in a querying manner than anger..anyway he got out of his car ,came over to my side and realised what he had done..and slinked back into his car saying he needed to move his car forward a bit and actually moved to another spot.. i still hadnt even said a word... apparently..sometimes a look says it all
fingers crossed it is all fine... back and glute pulled up a little tight..but then when we are injured -we are paranoid

Great Train Race

ok so i didnt get to run it.. but i tried not to be too much of a mopey cat about it..

i decked myself out in my ausrun top... and jaykay wore hers too..good girl.. and we became the cheersquadders.. ok so perhaps we werent the greatest... there was a fair bit of is that..or isnt it... hehe had fun though JK! well done to everyone..a great effort.. particularly enjoyed seeing morsey(still looking strong gf) and deege..a very good effort..big thumbs up..
went and played at the pub for a while and somehow managed to avoid the wedges...cos my rationale was no running=no junk..
als alack my willpower didnt save me from possibly the best parma i have ever had for dinner tonight..mmm..mmm hard to feel guilty when it is that evilly good!

met a few more faces..nice to put a face to beki
decided not to do the 2x600m jog today cos i realisd i hadnt had a rest day since last sat..and even tho water running is not hard core..i should try to be careful
..and yes that was me who just said that..pick your jaw up off the ground

best water running to date ..all happy

this post could also have been called
did somebody say nerdurger or i dont subscribe to that theory

anyway after a BIG night.. someone plonked a champers in my hand at 1:30(what happened to my dont drink after 1am stance i used to have) and then i started on another wine at 2am....i digress(for a change)
30 mins water running Hr about 130-135 then 5x1minhard, 1min slow HR was up at about 160 by hte end of the minute then 5 mins at 130 again, then stretches. all in all felt like a pretty good session.. very pleased ..get to jog 2x600m tomorrow
did somebody say nerdurger : im sitting here writing on my blog when i have to be on a date in less than an hour(and takes 20 mins to get there...) and i have to wear make up(I dont do make up during the day!!!..but my skin is worse than when i was a teenager..i was very lucky.had good skin..anyway 2 BIG RED SPLOTCHES on my face...hmmm attractive

i dont subscribe to that theory: one of my gfs is a bit anti men at the moment and as soon as i say something about a boy shes like..theyre all A.holes.. which i dont subscribe to. the last boy that dumped me.. he was obviously nice enough for me to go out with.. just cos he doesnt want to be with me anymore doesnt make him an A.. i just dont understand.. most of my exes are great guys..some of then just werent very good boyfriends.. its not necessarily an indictment on their personality.. its different if they have done something really bad i guess.. anyway just a thought... i just find it a little off putting cos shes not saying it in a joking around way

going out to party tonight

was in a bad mood earlier so i put on my 'punk attitude top' which is one of my faves..its an oldie and i never really worked out why its a 'pick up' top because its not that tight and it certainly aint low cut..maybe it has more to do with the mood it puts me in..i seem to have some 'TUDE when i wear it..anyway i put it on today so i would be in a better mood.. and hey it worked..could be cos of what youre about to read below though ;) ooh not wearing it out tonight.

lets start with jogging.. yes you heard right.. me out there jogging..woohoo
5min walk..stretch 400m jog 400walk 400jog 400 walk then stretch
...was feeling a bit down in the mouth cos it was quite niggly in my leg(if i wasnt injured i would run through it and not think twice about it..) but im being super conservative..or is that paranoid
..anyway decided to go see Nick today so he could tell me if i could run and what is was.. hes not too concerned..very happy with my back progress..and apparently i am very inflexible in some places.
..i know he thinks im nuts..he semi laughs at me when i get all excited every time he tells me im allowed to do something

any way am allowed to build up to 2x600jog with walk in between(not 4 sets as i asked very earnestly about) and increase by 200m each time..still have to have rest day between and can do hydro on off days
..and im allowed to do gymwork again..no weighted squats or anything
allowed to do 5mins of cycling on hydro days
allowed to do clinical Pilates
are you seeing how many ALLOWEDs there are.yippee

and then at the end of next week.. if all goes well.. he asked me what i would like to do and i said i want to do a baby run of 5km..and he said i could do a 2.5km if it works out...
and and and i dont have to see him again unless there is a flare up

so i am going out to PARTY tonight with gfs woohoo
oooh ooh ooh and my best friend has set a wedding date.. thank god she wont make me wear apricot!
happy little joey bean

anyone got a chlorine fet.ish

cos i certainly havent.. i stink of it..am waaaaaaay over the chlorine smell..it seeps into my pores and even after a shower i can still smell it.... deep breath...hmmmmm ok i think im done with the little rant...

went water running today... was going to do about 50 minutes but I got kicked out of the pool.. no i wasnt naughty..as if..im such a conchy little nerdburger.. there was a thunderstorm so didnt get to do full amount of time.. after they had informed us we were probs gonna be kicked out(was up to 13 mins) i decided i would do some interval.. so i did 1 min hard 1 min easyish only 3 times each cos yep..GET OUT.. just made 20 mins

probs a good thing cos i have a little something in my leg..well side of the leg at middle of the butt height... doesnt feel like it is anything to do with sciatica... its more a little niggle..certainly not painful..more that i am aware of it if that makes sense

phsio said if all ok i could do 400jog400walk400jog400 walk tomorrow.. if leg is at all uncomfortable tomorrow i guess i will wait til after i speak to him before i run so i can check in.... can somebody please tell my body that its not a hundred so it needs to act its age...cos it sure isnt listening when i say it ;)

and im going to put on 100kgs if i dont get to do some serious exercise in the near future...
ok i will stop being grumplestiltskin soon.... maybe...

a terrible night sleep..and the first run back

an absolute shocker of a nights sleep... was just uncomfortable all night..belly was roiling a little..not sure y and i couldnt get into a comfortable position...

anyway first little jog today.. i thought i was going to be super excited but i was actually a little nervous.. for 2 reasons..if it doesnt go well im out for longer..and really the thought of those really bad four days of pain...

anyway popped down to the oval..where there was a lady who was jogging around and trying to make 20 laps ..well done to her..she was completely tuckered out:)

walked for 5 minutes and then did some stretches.. jogged 200m and felt something in my ankle when i first started but when i ran more on my toes it was fine.. 2nd 200m was fine..however walking the next lap i felt something in my glute.well not quite sure if its in the glute kinda more on the side of the leg

not particularly happy with how i have pulled up... the slight whatever im feeling in the glute/leg is not pain as such and it seems to be in a different spot..so i wlll wait and see how it feels later in the day.. maybe i am just being paranoid..
like when i woke up the other day with a sore back (along the vertebrae) and then when i asked the physio.. hes like..well you have a bruise there.. followed by...how did you get a bruise there?? maybe i slept on a pen??? im delicate like princess and the pea. hehe
oh yeah.. and i make much nicer hamburgers than the F&C shop i have decided.. decidedly unhappy with burger last night so made a beeee-autiful one today...mmmmm

ooh ooh ooh ooh miss jo is soooooooooooo excited

ooh ooh ooh ooh miss jo is soooooooooooooo excited

went to the physio today and it went soooooooooooooooooooooo much better than expected.. i am allowed to go for a super short (jog200m walk 200 jog 200 walk 200) jog. how exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am seriously excited.. poor Stu who happened to be on msn when i got home copped a barrage of excitement (ahem sorry about that)

i literally had to go and bring the washing in so i could calm myself down... haha i wish i was joking.. i think i m a lunatic lol

and it gets better... i dont have to see him (phys)again this week.. just get to call him...


and and and ..this is the best.... Sandown is now a possibility.. jo does a cyber jump(still not quite up to jumping!!!)
contemplating a water run today.. but he pulled and prodded me around a fair bit so i dont want to do anything that could stop me running tomorrow... but then i cant do any water running tomorrow so i probably will go..

also for my flatmate's sanity..i should probably go and burn off some of this excessive energy i now have... im annoying enough if im just in a good mood... when i am little miss excited.. im a nightmare... sara in this state..yes i would talk underwater lol

lee you asked for a short rundown in 5 minutes:
fell over,run for the kids.squash hurt back, starting to get better i did more than the physio said ..oh and took a nasty fall as well..and have since had sciatic problems... so there t'is..... oh yeah been a grumbly little so and so..

if anyone has even half as good a day as me then you will be happy happy little campers