..happy little campers..i do love running after all

..ok ive been bitching and moaning for a long time about my runs..dont get me wrong I love to be able to run again..but as you may have read there has been a whole lot of time with my bags packed and me shacking up in STRUGGLESVILLE
...not that tonight was easy ... far from it..i think when jeg and i were discussing stu...umm slave driver might have issued from someones mouth...LOL
..2.5km warm up at 5:18 pace..legs felt like lead in the first km..which i was wondering if it was just that i have increased va bit last few weeks
then off to REP CITY(aim 400m @90s pace which is 3:45min/km pace) + 2x200@40-42s approx 3:20min/km pace)
ACTUAL..(with 70-75s recov)
dist time (min/km pace) (HR at end) (HR after 60s)(comments LOL)
400m 81s (3:22min/k pace) (185bm) (142bpm) ..bit too fast missy moo
400m 88s (3:40min/k pace) (183bpm) (142bpm) ...much more evenly paced..pat on head
400m 88s (3:40min/k pace) (194) (139bpm)..umm are we there yet..tired..and vhigh HR
400m 85s (3:32min/k pace) (192) (forgot)..
800m ultra slow cool down..supposed to run a relay not happening so decided to go do teh two 200m(actually convinced a gal and lad to do with me which was fun)
200m 38s (3:10min/k pace) didnt check HR
200m 39s (3:15min/k pace) didnt check HR
then another 600m cool down (and with my stride throughs at beginning 6kms all up

achilles still sore first couple of kms..warms up though..but still niggles a bit with speed
oh and then jojo is even MORE good(yes deliberately poor english)
1min front plank. 30s plank each side 1min front plank.. then stretches... jojo is happy little camper..
back is a little sore..and hurt a little when i ran(even though strapped/taped it..which is not great..
..and im not sure if i mentioned..but slightly less strength in one toe..aunt said not to worry too much but, but keep an eye
..am feeling HEAPS better today too..ive eaten 3 meals ..woohoo first time in a while i can tell you!!!
..and i think in my head..ive found a peace with that issue i was concerned about.. i a massive OVER-ANALYSER jojo needs to just live and be merry sometimes and stop thinking the crap out of everythings
If youre ever thinking of visiting..umm go to rep city..it is sooo much better than strugglesville.. LOL..I AM SUCH A MORON...oooooooh and soooooooo mature

..back on track

.. oh yeah my last session..
i ended up doing hte 8kms as prescribed(but i did it on the tready with zero incline though..so i cheated a little
2kms @5:18min/kms
2km@5:02min/km
1km@4:39min/km
1km@4:50min/km
2km@5:24min/km
was pretty tuckered out after..but im getting back on track... went to physio tonihgt (bc back was not good on weekend) and she has strapped it and given me more back and achilles stuff to do.... shes like you need someone to strap it jo...there is no-one...you have to get someone to do it..i cant ..let me watch..i have to do it myself :(
quite difficult to watch somoene strapping your back/..lol..anyway she wants me to strap it for a while..especilly for both runs of a consecutive run(shes my aunt and saw how much i struggled with my back on sunday)

anyway was wearing a skirt i had tailored and got many ooohs and ahs at the physios...oooh you look pretty(i have to learnt o say 'thanks' to a compliment..rather than snort and say YEAH right..its very rude of me) ..LOL which was all very nice

..ive also decided i am a judgemental little pratt sometimes... i cant expect people to live by my morals..but it does mean i can and will be disappointed sometimes with a certain lack of ethics
..also on another note.. what people did or didnt do before i knew them shouldnt concern me..ive always said i will judge people by the way they treat me(and my friends too)
..easier said than done sometimes

..sick little pussycat

..ok so yesterday i was feeling pretty sick but then thought well its my own fault..too big a weekend..get your butt to work...struggled a bit though.. anyway went to bed when i got home for a bit, then went to bed 8:30-9:30 up for 15 mins then back to bed... have only been eating about a meal a day last few days..belly just has not been happy...
anyway today..there was just NO WAY i could have gone to work...just not possible...
anyway stayed in bed til 1pm and then finally ate something...finally the belly actually felt like it could TAKE it(its been since sat morning really).. anyway after that started to feel a bit better... and the best sign is just then (5:30) waas hungry again... the belly is definitely feeleing better
..am about to go get a massage from corrie and also go see my aunt(physio tomorrow-i knnow she was a little worried when she saw my move-ability capacity on sunday) but it is much better now..
will decide about whether to do a little run or not.. but it also makes me feel a bit better about my sunday run...i think it was more than just my hangover making that run sooooo tough..i literally had to lay on my bed for an hour like a beached whale after it..never had to do that before...
..my sister leaves next week so i am very sad...
..sorry deleting this bit here..


..little jojo's emotional intelligence and well being at the moment is not at its all time high... feeling rather fragile... no crying or anything..but the sister and nieces and bro-in law thing is really playing on my mind.... maybe my belly thing is stress related!!!

..oh my gosh... big day

..saturday was extra-ordinarily BIG...as stated previous...a belly roiling 12km run in the morning then meet sara(morsey..who looked lovely i might add)at 11:30 where we had inhaled a couple of drinks before 12:15..oops its gonna be a loooooooooong day..the most packed train in the history of the universe...was very hot..lucky someone chiller bag was right against my butt.LOL.. tooooooo much drinking till yand j for a parma then off to transport again...where sara naughty girl left me at 8:30 even tho i wasnt meeting jay until 10:30...some young guys were chatting to me and one of them was trying to get me to go to the next pub(he was 26) and i was telling him he was tooooooooo young..and hes like..it doesnt matter and was trying to..age himself..by telling me he owned his own business...LOL.. so hung around with them for a bit ..taking photos with them...why....your guess is as good as mine!head off ot the elephant and the wheelbarrow where i had a 19 year old trying to get me to dance while i waited for the girls... finally they turned up then we drank up a storm!!!!!!!!!!! then i got my booty shaking on the dance floor..gee that was fun..someone will have to say what time we went home..cos ummm...jay/michelle..i dont know..was it 3ish,1ish,2ish,,,,no idea..
up at 12 feeling quite dehydrated...i always know when im hungover cos i walked around a bit not an ape..not completely erect(and im serious)
..anyway stu had told me to clock up a few kms on sunday so at midday decided that was the time to go...why...bad decision...i got soooo overheated and dehydrated i had to lay down for an hour cos i couldnt move..LOL
5kms @5:40 pace....i think i was still drunk
,.then tutoring at 3 then a family dinner..after which i was feeling a bit depressed(only one more weekend with the girls) so i went and saw CG

..some information has come my way about something which is really playing on my mind..unfortunately i cant remember everything i was told...d'oh... and the information does not please me shall i say... it means that someone a)lied to me b)doesnt have the same integrity that i have given them credit for
..but then all my emotiona;l energy is taken up elsewhere at the moment and i dont think i can deal with that right now....
anyway..big weekend..jojo is all tuckered out... and my special little visitor today(cant believe its practically on time!!!) means im just that extra bit tired as well..
oh yeah...back was the WORST it has been since it started feeling better yesterday..but today it is heaps better..not quite coping with conmsecutive days..sorry about the mega post but really it was a sat/sun/mon post... breathe jojo

..dodgy sushi???

..ok this is made BEFORE i go to the races..BEFORE i start drinking...
..i think i may have eaten some dodgy sushi last night.. when i went for my run this morning at the Tan (12kms) i had already had some errr ummmmmm runny 'poohs'... anyway got to the tan started running(the toilet stop is always 5 mins away) had to stop a couple of times and walk cos i thought i wasnt going to be able to hold it together..it was horrible..finally got to the toilet...but only just...do you know how hard it is to walk when you are clenching RIDICULOUSLY hard!!sorry not a noce topic..anyway so the belly was a little shhall we say upset... came out did some strectches and set of again...belly not overly happy... however after 6kms..i was having overwhe,ming waves of the 'im going to vomit" and started dry reaching while i was running9and i wasnt working hard at all-not exercise related..and i only had 2 drinks last night).. so this was 6kms and im like oh bugger...and it felt more of a case of..when i am going to vomit not..IF.. anyway managed to keep running...but im sure i got a few odd glances when i was dry reaching at hte smae time evry so often... finally finished(yeah pleasant run..about as pleasant as when i got my tattoo...but the tatoo took less time) anyway stopped at the end ..knelt down at started dry retching again...trying very hard not to actually hurl..cos well i knew if i started it wasnt going to be pleasant... got back in my car-still feeling ill...and had to grab a bowl to use as a bucket ..in case..yep still almost vomiting.. anyway got home and decided i might as well have a sausage roll...LOL..i didnt even feel like it overly but thought well it will either stay down or stop this stupid sick feeling.... anyway belly roiled for a while but has since settled....belly still feels like its had a workout...
anyway here are my times for the Tan.laps
20:10 (5:16min/kms)
20:35 (5:22min/kms)
20:37 (5:23min/km)
plus 500m
altogether 64 mins for 12kms (3x3.83+.5) at an average of 5:20min/kms..
..the legs were pretty lead like..but at least the sushi-belly kept my mind off it!!!

came home and am all frocked up ready to go to the races... am wearing aroyal blue(kinda) dress with matching blue shoes and a hat that if you step on it or sit on it...it bounces right back!!!!!! cool bananas... i was home by 9"15 this morning having already completed my run!!!!

thinking i should take it easy with the drinking since my belly is feeling tender
OH AND LADIES...you should have had your butt down at the Tan early this morning...loads of football teams training......

..how awesome

..how awesome is a 3 day week..should definitely happen more often!!!AWESOME.. ok have pulled up pretty well after yesterdays session...ummm anyone who read the comments yesterday would have realised..i ummm suck and accidentally did an extra rep than i was supposed to...definitely those blonde bits in my hair...and no wonder i was soooo tired..
legs were a bit tired today though.... i think its been a big week run wise
last thursday first rep session
sat racing(not flat chat)+25 mins jog
sun 11.5km
tues 7kms including 2kms @4:45 min/km
and then last night 3x400 and 2x300 plus 25mins jogg
...anyway sar asked me to go to the races tomorrow..i jumped at the chance of course...a day out with sara..too cool..a chance to frock up..woohoo... a chance to legitimately start drinking at midday..unreal banana peel..and then meeting up with jaykay tomorrow night
..anyway last night was asking my rather strict;0 coach if i could switch the long run to sat..and got the following answer "routine routine routine" but then today i rang up and once id explained my drinking status for tomorrow-LOL- i have switched it to sat..no way no how is a long run happening sunday
..now this long run..need to get down in the morning before meeting sara at 11:30 in the city..so lets see have to run for an hour and a bit...wait half hour for a shower..5min shower..45 mins to get ready..oh hang on..havent organised what im wearing..bugger..a bit longer to get ready..45 mins to get to city...ummmmmmmmm i think i need to be runnning at about ohh umm 7am.....thats gonna kill me!!!

..oh and today had yard duty so was doing a bit of a 'stormin norman' around the oval..ummmmmmmmm my shoes had no socks and now have two gaping blisters///JOLLY GOOD..that should make tomorrow fun..shouldnt it LOL... and i really need to buy one of those enell bras..not happy with the support at the moment..the girls are a little sore...
choice of dresses..a rich green dress, a fitted black dress(quite flattering),2 other black dresses...a red dress..a blue dress..2 or 3 dresses which have patterns..
and i have about 5 pairs of shoes which ummm all look nearly the same..or a cute red or cute blue pair or ummm i do have about 8 others that are possible.....ooooh its making my head hurt

..the very definition of irony

..yep.. this morning i went out to the car: oops the split in my skirt had split higher than meant..toodle off to get changed(no irony yet) Get changed into skirt and blouse...step outside into the better light...oops cant wear that-the skirt needs ironing...go back inside get changed again..another skirt(new skirt) and top..only when outside in the light do i see it needs ironing...ooops inside again for the final change!!!!! wheres the irony you might ask... well given i hardly ever iron-like less than once a month...how ironic that 2 days after i have spent 3 hours IRONING on cup day...i cant find an item of clothing that doesnt need ironing to save myself LOL..i never usually have that problem when I dont IRON~!!!!!how freaking ironic(and no pun!)

awesome day today...and a cool day tomorrow too!no classes til 10am.....

running.. legs were a little tired at school today(im such a baby LOL) anyway was filled with anticipation at doing reps ALL day
plan 3x400m@90s 2 x300@65s
actual:
2.5kms warm up @ 5:33 min/km
3 stride throughs
dist..time...HR at end ..HR after i min(75 s recovery between each)
400m...86s...186bpm...146bpm
400m...88s...182bpm...156bpm
400m...90s...191bpm...forgot
300m...69s...185bpm...132bpm
300m...65s...191bpm...142bpm after 120s..121bpm
1.8kms cood down @5:58min/km

yeah look the heart rate is very high..i was soooo tired during these reps... and my pacing WAS NOT even at all...first 200 way too fast every time.. oh yeah and i did my core work afterwards 1min plank x 2.. obliques 30s each side
..happy with how i pulled up..and this time my heart rate was at least nearly normal whle driving home..it was elevated for some time last week!
and back is good....again..im hoping when it gets sore its at the stage it gets better quickly..achilles niggly a little so may take anti inflamms!

ummm.i found the session EXTREMELY tough..i am sooooooooooooooo NOT fit! oh well suck it up joey bean ...it will come!
..um and what is with that....
..i have a gf who at the moment is in a complicated relationship- her 'new man' is involved with someone else(long term thing)(i know i know..ive said it all to her!!)..and she has been commenting on what is wrong with my love life ...
... umm .. id say something about pots and black kettles..but im not doing ANYTHING with anyone who is already TAKEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so i found it really hard to just take those comments...!