..time to start some real training

..ok so went over to a friends house last night which was nice :) always glad to not be home with psycho flatmate lol...thenhad to go to school aths this morning..not quite sure if ive decided the money is worth having to go to school 6 mornings a week...after 5.5hrs sleep i wasnt entirely satisfied lol

had a big nap when i got hom after recoding for LJ in the sun all morning..tried desperately to talk morsey into running with me..but she blew me off..hehe kidding..shes running tomorrow morning..stopped off to buy a present and for some reason ran too fast to the shp.which made my achilles very tender..
..so off to the Tan for 2 laps..was going to do beach road but knew i would end up doing 10kms and since did 8kms thursday too big a jump since prior to thursday has been 5kms a go..
first lap clockwise 19:50 (5:08m/km pace) second lap anti clock 19:15(4:59) but actually ran slower but really strode out last 4mins.. but gee it felt like much harder work than that..neither of those paces are super fast for me...and hit a bit of a wall at 30mins(cos thats as long as ive been runnning lately


ummmmm had to stop and stretch on numerous occasions..teh achilles was sooooo sore at one stage i thought i was going to have to stop running..which was making me cranky..when i stopped and restarted it was like yowsers ..but then it got a bit better..happy to be whinging about something other than the back...
back felt vgood.. now that it knows its suposed to be good maybe it will be ;) maybe hte pain has just been psycho-sematic last few weeks... maybe it knows next time it flares up is a painful injection into the sacro iliac joint..lol

..anyway was stressed out for most of the afternoon..cos i fessed up to telling someone something and then didnt know if they were pissed off and i fret and stew over that sort of stuff...but then i think its ok cos have spoken to them and they didnt mention anything.. anyway not to worry... i think i just dont understand the need for secrecy as much as others... im usually pretty good..but when im drunk, im a bit of a blabbermouth..dont tell me secrets... i dont want to know..hands on my ears lalalalalalalalalalalala
will pop up a photo of the girls at my bday party and one of my round of shots that i bought.. such a fun bday week it was

..who's that happy girl in la-la land

me me me me me ..ooh ooh that would be me

went and saw the sports doc at the OpSM.can you believe i had to wait an hour ..after last weeks schmozzle...hmmmmmmmm
..anyway..and this is prettyy exciting.. he thinks im in excellent shape and cant see hide nor hair of any type of nerve issue.... he also seems to think the constant pai could be my SIJ(sacro iliac which i have been thinking lately..ie there was probs more than one injury) and if it flares up for a period of time, maybe i should get an injection into it....
..but wait theres more.. he has said i can do anything i want within my pain threshold(barring the glute pain which was the pre-cursor to the leg pain) but have to build up slowly..so he is more than hapy for me to get back on squash court(im going to do drills for 3 weeks and hten contemplate a ten minute or so hit with someone.. i can up my kms..but again have to take it slowly.. he also seems to think everyone my age would have disc bulges..so finally someone who doesnt want to wrap me in cotton-freaking wool and is going to allow me to get back out there and do what i like best :) very very happy girl

quiet night for me tonight.. at olympic park for the aths for schol tomorrow..and htem im thinking a long run...

oh yeah having a bit of bck pain today but not thte usual and its just cos i ran 8kms yesterday with my hydro pack... im more than happy to suck up a bit of pain if im allowed to run.... now bring on some training.... woohoo... i dont want to go back to physio..i can already see her face..but at least i have the doctors advice as well..which i think is why i wanted to go..firstly cos of hte four week bad back pain and hten cos i feel like im ready to start pushing...did i mention woo hoo

..seriously jojo..what planet do you live on

..umm where to start..can i begin with im glad it happened today cos i have had a bit of a moodswing..
i have decided to try not to let the little things upset me..or the inconsequential people in my life(ie flatmate) i dont know how long it will last but im giving it a go...
as i was telling a student today....(he was complaining about interactions with a teacher) i said you know you cant change someone elses behaviour but you can change how you react and how much you let yuorself get upset..
so im taking my own advice...
..ok we all know im crap..I LOST my silly keys at school today(not y school keys) but my house/car keys... so i couldnt drive my car home... had to catch PT with a million boys from school..wasnt that fun ..lol..but you know what..it didnt upset me(it really wouldve yesterday)
so PT to my tutoring job..was going to walk the 3-4kms home in the dark(said no 3 times) but htey did actually insist..i am EXTREMELY bad at letting peopple do things for me..i know where it stes from but i just dont seem to be able to get rid of this baggage!
anyway came home got y spare car key and decided to jog back to my car...gto my camelback and loaded it up with too much stuff....(only 2kgs but it was enough) ok thought it was about 5kms....ummmmmmmmm no..8kms and back was sore from 4 mins onwards...oopsies..

come home..cooked steamed vegies and rice...having a wine and still feel very calm and relaxed... i do need to switch my head on sometimes as the amount of stuff i llose is ummmm ludicrous.... no wonder all my friends shake their head at me LOL

and happy bday to sara for tomorrow????

..it is..it is..

..it is..it is..it is like going to confession(going to the physio) and i fret and worry about the stuff ive done that i shouldnt have and then contemplate lying and then my BOSSY friend(lol) tells me i cant lie..and being the dutiful girl that i am(actually im not joking im am terribly dutiful..im sure its a major flaw and hte reason i always end up doing stuff i dont want to) i do what im told..
pmsl at jh's commment

tonight was going go do squash-took the racquet to the gym just in case a court was free..decided not to check as it is naughty..so did 25 mins on the spinning bike and some uppper body weights(woo hoo weights 2x in a week)

..school was average..
..have been a bit down..but mainly cos its just not nice being at home at the moment and i dread being here as i never know when shes just going to yell and be crazy flatmate as opposed to just not talking to me flatmate..fortunately one of my friends invited me over last night so a couple of drinks was very nice..much better company than psycho flatmate
morsey:you will be glad to hear ive decided not to buy that present for myself that i was talking about on sat...lol
ill just stick with the garmin as a pres i think...
thats all folks..tired stressed little joey bean

..physio

..so i was very worried before i went to the physio..i was pretty sure i was going to get in trouble...for the speed work and the squash since i have only had 2 good days with the back in the last 3 weeks..and trained harder than usual
..anyway my physio couldnt see me so my aunt decided to be my physio..and she's so sweet and nice(and knows what im like) that she just cant tell me off...
..we discussed what i did and why..slight raised eyebrow...and she even acknoledged when i said sometimes medical practictioners wont tell you to do stuff so sometimes you need to do it and hten show them that it was ok...anyway she knew that i had actually been really really reserved(for me) and she said under no circumstance should i increase speedwork more than i had and perhaps i went a bit fast..and i could stick with 15 mins of squash drills as long as i stuck to same guidelines...woohoo..lauren may not be happy when she hears that!!!!!!..oh yeah and always have a rest day after 15 mins of squash...
slight difference in strength between the toes on the right and left foot but she said minimal so just keep an eye on..still better than last time... also her mobilisation left me in a lot of pain last time..so she was VERY VERY gentle...
..flatmate was rude to me yet again yeterday..shes just crazy..had to go for a drive around a very big block just cos i didnt want to be in too close a radius of her..was very annoyed..move out already..
.upper body very sore after the gym work yesterday..
oh..and OPSMed are trying to make amends..the doctor called me today and left a nice message..and has even offered to bulk bill my initila consulation..so am much appeased

..i am such a brat

..i am such a brat... i think im a superbrat!!!
.i dont really want to fess up...
deep breath..ok.. this is how the thought process went..
..its been EXACTLY 5 months since ive been on a squash court(day of injury) and i am sick of being like this..and then i got kinda grumpy at my physio who in a fit of haziness decided she is too conservative and is never going to let me DO ANYTHING..and that well ill just have to do it and then show her im ok and then we can move onwards and forwards...err yeah i know i know..sensible thought processes going awol
been fighting with myself all day about going out and either running(bt i ran yesterday) or squashing(just a few drives along wall)
um sensible rational jo just didnt put up a good enough argument it seems... so i went to the squash court...feeling guilty and naughty the whole way there... si i only did about 15 mins..i didnt do moving lunges(well not initially) just hitting down the wall and if i could reach it i would hit it(first 7mins was only hitting once and then simulating the next hit..as i got more confident i did do a couple of walk to the ball and lunge...felt pretty good..kept my form good..gee it felt nice being on the court..i have lost a fair bit of touch)although did do some very nice drives) also didnt hit anything below waist height..
..so now it is just a case of wait and see... and then i did a few upper body weights

bday review
had a fantastic night(no hangover today woohoo) had 5 shots on top of the million wines..completely forgot the cab ride home....fortunately i didnt do anything silly..but i had also forgotten the bit where we were in HJack's and my friends put a crown on my head and loudly sang happy bday.. did heaos of dancing..often it was just me and my gf dancing... but when the band sang a song especially for me..i just had to dance(and they did it a few times... i wore my FASTER top to celebrate my speedwork yesterday..although every single guy that came up to me thought it was about something else...
OMG there was a guy who's name was Kerrin(i was pissing myself laughing..especially when he said his parents actually were hoping for a girl...LOL and then hes like..guess what my brothers name is...and im like..i dunno ..LOUISE.... i just about fell on the floor i was laughing so hard(yes at my own jokes!!) anyway the name was Dwayne...those parents are just MEAN

..im sure i CAN be nice

..i went out with work colleagues and had told myself how NICE i was going to be.. within about 5 mins i was being my sarcastic little bee-ach self(funny of course..... ;) to those in the know...) i seriously JUST cant help myself.... im sure i can be nice... i just need to practice... here goes.. hi how are you... ummmmmmmmmm....ok im done ..not sure what comes next LOL LOL LOL

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let me preface this with there arent many days that barney plays nice..today apart from some early twinges during hte million times i had to pick up hte high jump bar(I looked like a dufus but i did lunge evertime rather than bend at the back)

today was like one of thos scenes at the movies, barney and i runnning around on the beach,next scene having a nice coffee... best of friends ....jojo loves barney today(and no im not bi-polar even though it might seem that way after yesterdays post)
so i decided to take advantage of my one good day with barney and do a little speed session at the Tan
let me begin by saying the 250 reps were on a slight decline(the 3.5-3.75 km mark on tan round the bend clockwise) and my 1km time pace is 3:43(pre injury and well for all i know it could be a short 250m..i may have gone a tad faster than meant(aim was 4min/kms cos i wasnt even sure if i could manage that..my last attempt at speed-months ago i struggled with 50seconds for 200's on the track)
set1 (4 x 250m)..only measured to second..truncated not rounded up ..LOL
1 54 s (3:36m/km)
2 53 s (3:32m/km)
3 53 2 (3:32m/km)
4 53 s (3:32m/km)
with walking back between (didnt want to add 2 kms onto the run)...5 min rest bw sets
1 53 s (3:32m/km)
2 53 s (3:32m/km)
3 52 2 (3:28m/km)
4 49 s (3:16m/km) maybe a tiny bit fast... back is a tiny bit tight..maybe dancing tonight will loosen it up..felt good to be breathing a bit heavy(big smiles)

so bday drinks for miss joey bean tonight..out in the city...better start getting purty..although lately i have been doing my makeup when i get to places!!!! i procrastinate around home for too long... mwah mwah and then dieting from monday so im not miss petunia (thats porky pigs gf if you didnt get the reference..too many cartoons jojo)