...oooh oooh who's that excited pussycat

oh oh oh that'd be me me me me me me me
just got back from aths.i love aths.i love running.i love the 400...soooo filled with love :)ummm yeah i have a bit of a problem curbing my enthusiasm sometimes..;)

this is how my day went:
ummmmm get the most expensive cab in the history of the world home this morning... i shuld have caught that train..lazy cat..but i left at 8am..still had to get home which is a million miles away, had to vote ,had to go to little aths and then go do my own aths... and phew after a fairly poor sleep...jojo was a tad tired...
did i mention i love aths :)
i forgot to take my racers with me to little aths so had to go from coburg to home(kew) just to pick them up then to essendon to compete...oopsies.. i called stu and am like(i may have been a littel whiny..) does it really matter if i dont have my flats..will it make much difference??????? LOL well you can imagine the response since i drove home straight away..
1500m and the plan was as follows for the 400m laps( 92s(hit 300m at 69s)92s 92 s and hten finish off with 5:45)
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm hit the first 300m at 65s(oops and didnt i feel that later on)
overall first 800m done in 3:06, 1100 done in 4:14(which is where the big drop off was) and then finihsed in 5:45..which is a PB since i went back to running(racing) after a 20 year lay off//i used to run when i was a kid... as i finished stu wsas pleased with the time(cos it was what hehad said to do) so i fessed up and said..ummmm they werent even splits though... i got the look along with a 'I know' LOL
it was funny he saw me at the 1200 and is like speed up..so i promptly did and overtook the girl in front of me(which happened to be one of stu's team-mates)
SP 6.33(would be close to my PB..not sure ..im not a good shot-putter LOL
Discus 16.46 again would be close to my pb..i suck at it LOL
400m(one of my fave events) 70.47s and considering my pb(all time) is 69.9 AND i wasnt wearing spikes..im a good shot to beat it next time...woo hoo...
jojo is slightly hyper...... uh oh.. lucky the 3 freinds ive called are busy ..LOL(i know i should organise myself earlier) STILL waiting to hear back from 2 people..im in hte mood to party :)

said goodbye to my sis last night... we had the MOST AWESOME time...we find each other(and ourselves) really funny... there were soooooooooooooooo many times we were laughing so hard that you couldnt actually speak to get the joke out that we were laughing about it... some people think thats a bit weird...but my brother is the same..i reckon its kinda cute..i love it when you literally laugh sooo hard you cant breathe.. ive fallen off a chair laughing so hard(yeah he never went on a 2nd date with me)...and christian once gave me the strangest look when we were walking once and i laughed so hard that i actually fell onto the ground cos my legs couldnt hold me up
..and rather than prolong it..i abruptly got up , gave er a hug and said right im outa here..safe trip love you... abot a 2 minute goodbye..
..and then i was a bit sad..so i was quite happy when my boy said i could go and visit him last night ...cos then he also strapped my back for me this morning(he is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay in the good books) LOL
..and also..to that point(cos he obviously misread...I did not say that it had been TOO long...i said i was surprised that it had been that long..
..if he would let me come out and say who it was i wouldnt mention anything on my blog...just in case some people may know who he is..a lthough having said that im so SHITE at talking about my feelings, its probably good that i say it on my blog...LOL i really am emotionally stunted!!
GREAT DAY
it was just AWESOME

...oooh oooh joey does good

..ooh ooh... even stu is going to be happy with me today
..my pacing was SPOT ON
running session first before all the rubbish going on in my head :)..then people can read the running stuff and skip the rest if so desired rather than WADE knee deep through jo's miscellaneous rambling...ooops there i go
aim:4x300(60s)+2x200@38-40s with 2 min recov between each
..2.5km warm up (5:12min /km pace) achilles slightly sore..something in my shin but not sure what that is at the mo..not sore..just something a bit diff..
4 strides approx 50m
dist time(min/km pace) HR HR after 1min HR after 1.5min comment
300m (60s- 3:20min/k) 187bpm 138bpm 120 bpm (sitting on ground last 40s of recov)
300m 60s 193bpm 158bpm 123bpm
300m 59s 190bpm 140bpm 128bpm ..really felt this one..note HR after 1.5 mins was while sitting,.when i stood up it jumped way up
300m 60s 190bpm 150ish 140bpm ...........this one hurt
200m 39s (3:15min/km) 190bpm 144bpm after 1.5min
200m 38s (3:10min/km) 190bpm 144bpm 118bpm(when sitting)
2.5km cool down at 5:58min/km
6.6km plus 2x1min front plank +1x30s oblique plank each side...found it tough!!!

after my hug comment yesterda i was thinking about my ex eanna(pronounced aina(irish))he used to give bone crushing hugs..but then he was a rugby player and actually physically bench pressed me..that seriously was fun and impressive LOL..i definitely like strong guys!!! not those super big muscly men though... (and i hope he doesnt read this cos it might freak him out) but i realised yesterday that i have been seeing mt CG(once a week mainly) for nearly 5 months...oops how did it become that long already.. and yes my friends are already on my case about how i get involved with people who dont like me that much..but you know..at the moment i like spending time wth him and we are friends and he is generally pretty nice to me..and fairly tolerant of my occasional...ummm..hyperness(I know how annoying i can be)
oh yeah how exciting is this,,, i know my back is starting to get better when i start jumping again..at aths the other day i was walking along and kind of bouncing /jumping a little and then i went hey.... thats great..sorry a MILLION thoughts wizzing round my brain today
..im thinking about skipping...my aunt said it would be good for me within reason
...rang ian and said goodby today(cos he got a very lousy..wont look you in the eye cos im crying kind of monosyllabic goodbye yesterday LOL

..red raw eyes

.. ok... im a bit of a tight-ass when it comes to love... i keep it mostly under my hat cos it just hurts too darn much... however with my family..i just go overboard... as you know my nieces and i had a parting of the ways today... i was supposed to be there for a few hours..but really i was finding it just too hard..and was struggling not to cry..in then end i was teary and so i did leave..and then i cried the whole peak hour(literally an hour) drive home... and have cried a bit simce then and well my eyes hurt now and i think someone should slap me round for being a sooky la-la... but really what id like is a great big bone-crushing hug...
..also the girls are all out of sorts cos theyre not at their house...and ali was being a bit mean..and wouldnt even kiss me when i went to walk out..but then zoey and ali ended up giving me bucketloads of kisses in the elevator on the way down to my car.. they dont understand and so i left because i didnt want to upset them
i dont want to post long cos im already tearing up again... stupid f7cking emotional girl that i am(can you tell i really dont like crying)
..anyway i did read something on ausrun which did make me laugh....but it did just tickle my fancy it did..cant really elaborate more than that

i am sad sad sad and then a little more sad than that pussycat :( :( :( :(
.yes im having a bit of a wallow.... i feel deserted... my sister and brother are my core... my mother is a lunatic(seriously)..and my dad..well eccentric is what we usually call him.
jojo meanders around the house like a dazed lost little puppy whose owners have been out all day

..just a quickie

..yep am only for a bit before i have to rush out for the Maths Dept dinner...oooh how exciting ...NOT
..hmmmm.. work was annoying me today..kids were being brats.. and well lets just say when a comment was made ..have you finihsed those exams yet, we're waiting to get the results in.....didnt make me happy... the BOYS only sat the exam yesterday morning.... i had sent my results in by 1:30pm today...one would have thought that was a pretty quick turn-around....hmmmmmmm.. anyway ..need less to say it frustrated me!!!
..okey doke at school by 6:30 am.. ran the 'bouley' which is 4.2km twice (few hills actually)
first km 5:24 (take s while for achilles to warm up)
next 3.2km 5:12min/km and felt like i was hustling a little..5 min break while i ring mark to let him know im there and repeat all over again..except the average was 5min/kms for the last 4.2kms... which surprised me cos everytime i looked at my garmin..we were going faster than 5min/km pace(i know,cos i kept thinking ...eeek im gonna get in trouble ..wasnt supposed to go faster than 5minpace....so i guess it all works out in the wash..anyway am finding 8kms heaps easier than few weeks ago
..quads still sore.... had a massage last night and they were ridiculously tight in spots..yowsers..... corrie forgot to re-strap my back so im letting it go 'au natural' well at least til i can find some sucker to strap it for me LOL

..see my girls for the last time tomorrow..so expect a big sad-mooded jojo.. maybe that's why the lad was so nice to me on the weekend..LOL...
..am starting to get kinda stressed about the whole thing..part of me is almost wishing they had just left so i dont have to deal with it(we all know what an ostrich-er i am)...while the other part of me wants to milk evry second that i have with them...oops have started tear-ing up as writng...not good...suck it up jojo..dont want red eyes for the PARTY tonight :( :( :(

..excellenty

wow.. how tired was i last nite.. one beer and i was struggling to stay awake after 9:30, dragged myself to bed at about 10:30..but my phone was texting me loudly..well really it was a friend..and i guess i coulda not replied!! eventually i had to say was too tuckered out and i was going to bed.. LOL... arent i the party girl!!!!
i find TRACK waaaaaaaaaaaay more tiring than cross country... i was well and truly done in last night
..up this morning , out the door at 7:09(i know i know..i could say just after 7..but well...im a little particular sometimes...accuracy is important when youre a mega maths geek LOL)
went for my run alongbeaconsfield parade path to the mini bridge juast after the yacht club car park and back.. all up 12 kms.... not bitching but..... OMG it was windy and wet...i felt soooooooooo sorry for the triathletes out there today..it really was quite hideous conditions... had the wind in my face on the way back...hmmmm pleasant) the temp felt great while runnning...although at the end i was a drowned rat and fur-reeeeeeeeezing...
12kms..told to do 5:20ish pace...did at 5:30min/km which im happy with cos i forgot to charge my garmin so had no idea of my pacing until i could get back and work it out..i figured i was running about 5:30 pace to 33 mins out 33 mins back...and it was spot on...
..i think after a big racing day like yesterday...i couldnt possibly have run at 5:20...this was seriously as fast as i could have managed today..those little lumps of lead that were masquerading as legs..had NO SPEED whatsoever.. i probably should have eaten more than one apricot before i run..i seriously struggle to eat though until ive been up for an hour..only started to notice it about 40mins into the run..
..came home cooked eggs on toast..eyes way bigger than my stomach(if thats possible..lol..i HATE my stomach...) and could only eat one slice of toast..but the cheesy/egg with onions, mushies,chilli, and spinach leaves was delish..
..then had a nap ..woke up and called my bro-in law..who informed me its 30 or close to degrees..im still in heavy tracksuit pants and a long sleeved T...I sriously was freezing before... i was shivering the whole time at the supermarket..and i had removed the very wet top,plus one of the crop tops and put on a fresh T...hopefully no-one was watching..
on the way home saw the SIS-ers just starting...i was going to stop and get out and try to catch up with Em and maybe ajh..but seriously i was just too cold.
..friends barbie later..and i dont have to do any hwk today ...cos i have the firt 3 periods with no- classes...wooohooo.. if its 30 degrees ..maybe i can wear one of my spunky little short skirts..
im outa her.. i think maybe i should do a spot of shoppping before i becomea 'barbie' girl
hope all the SIS-ers went well

..im almost back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AWESOME

okerly dokerly..it is a very happy miss jojo tonight (albeit tuckered out)
i just did an extremely convincing impersonation of a beached whale on my bed for the last hour ...LOL..it was soo good i could have won an award...lol...jo shakes head at self..am SUCH a loser
..first things first...this little munchkin is going to say ...thanks stu for keeping me restrained today.....
left to my own devices i would have done the 100,800,1500,400 relay javelin and discus... i walked past stu and mentioned the 100 and got 'the LOOK and a NO jo' and id already been told earlier not to do the 800 and 1500 on same day...and it WAS HOT today..i LOVE having a coach actually..i am VERY good at doing what im told(conchy little nerdburger) and it stops me going crazy...cos i always think i can do about double what i should actually do..BIG HUG for stu)oooh that reminds me..one of the coburg runners(who i MADE) go in the 4x400 relay ..gave me the biggest SWEATY hug when he finished...eeeeeeyyyyyuuuwwwwww...yuk yuk yuk.. he thought it was funny!!

saw a few runners in distress actually.it was way hot....anyway did a 2km warm up- then javelin(only one throw..paltry one) and discus 15m-ish and then an
800...2:49.97 (stu had told me to run 2:50) arent i a dutiful girl LOL.. given my season best last season was 2:48..i am basically back at pre-injury pace NEARLY not quite in the shorter distances
200..32.40 (pb last season 31.26)
4x400m relay...73 s(pb 69.9) and actually timed from line to line.. but was kinda messy at the end of it..it TOOK me A LONG LONG time to get my breath back...kinda just sat on the ground for a while..not much of a cool down..
..achilles coped well..sore in warm up but then mostly fine..calf is a bit tight now..
only a short cool down- grabbed the girls(all juniors) and did a lap and had a debrief..also one of the girls was offended by something someone at the club said so i said if it happens again let me know and i will have a quiet word.. i get a bit protective of my girls!!!!

..last night went over to a friends house and there was a very funny comment made...not sure if i can repeat..since this blog is supposed to be g- rated ..
..anyway happily for me..my friend also strapped my back for me this morning..and he actually did an excellent job of it too.. its all a bit sweaty and disgsting now..oh well i will have to try and change it after tomorrows long run
..today was just awesome... i am soo close to being back to pre-injury pace and my coach also thinks i may be able to get to 2:40 for the 800 if i work hard... working hard is fine by me :) i want to get to 2:34 but i dont think thats possible this season...cos thats my all time pb...(from when i was 9) well my mum thinks i ran a 2:27 in the competition i competed in at QLD but i cant remember..
..a beer for me..carlsberg...mmm..ok..nothing special..decided to stay home..I AM EXHAUSTED LOL...and a little overheated
did i mention or make it clear....i loooooooooooooooooooooooooooove track!

..ummmm is that a tanty miss jo

..well that may well be a tanty
..but let me preface it with i had had a coupla wines(not many...only two)
..anyway my strapping on back is itching and annoying me and i was going to take it off and redo..so i kinda simulated it ..and then realised i couldnt F7cking do it myself.. and then well i started getting upset at how sore my back was and the fact that i couldnt do the stupid thing myself and no-one else would f7cking do the thing for me... and well you get the gist....umm so i had a little dummy spit(i may have even welled up a little..stupid jojo feels sorry for herself...f7cking AGAIN...)
..anyway..had a nap.. and all is well with the world again..except maybe for my little back..we'll see how it goes tomorrow
..stu(jojo sticks bottom lip out) has said i might have to cut back on speed on tuesdays..although i have organised a mornning run with one of the guys from school on tuesday so that would be good..id just do a few extra kms than him...and he cant run 4:40 so that might suit anyway
..am having a blonde(not a blonde moment..akready had a few...read above LOL... fiery little sooky la-la that I am...lucky it only lasts an hour...or til something glittery catches my eye...LOL) a blonde is a low carb beer..i dont usually drink beer
anyway..
had a great day// interesting to see how much better my naughty little year 8's are(still naughty but they are used to what the looks mean..)and now a look instead of..chair legs on the floor comment is heaps better) ..better not get botox or it wont work(the look i mean) eh???? one of my high school friends got botox..how is that! shes in the lower thirties(not late)..isnt that too young to get botox?????
..anyway..always nice to be told by a co-ordinator that they think you are a great teacher and the school is lucky to have you :) :)
..i love this guy though... he has a great voice(im quite partial to voices i have to say) and he's one of those guys that notices the little things... ooh jo... thats a nice necklace..we need a bit of glam at a boys school.. it was almost hidden so i was impressed he noticed... when i say love...i dont mean LOVE... i use the word flippantly..but avoid it at all costs when it comes to boys LOL... but then im not a gal that falls easily..am quite guarded i guess
...oooh definitely time to go... i think i should go out... im still kinda emotionally all over the shop with my sister deserting me next week and taking my angels with her :( :( :( :( :(