...mmmm yummy food today

...omg how much do i love a rest day... is that right???should i be loving rest days this much???????
..today i went and saw my gorgeous aunt after i did ummmmmmmmm a BUCKETLOAD of spending
...i bought a dress for saturday's wedding..very nice grey dress.she was trying to get me to buy this other dress which was cleavage city,...mmm very sexy(little asian lady) this was before she started prodding me in the belly..you want corste..hide those bulges yes... and then proceeded to show me the one she was wearing...no im fine was my gruff reply... put on the other dress , prods me in belly again...hmmmmm you sure... fien get me the damn thing..then shes int he change room with me extolling its virtues and undoing my bra and suctioning me into the thing..have to say..it was actually pretty good(and yes i did buy it)..but i didnt like her technique..prodd prod poke poke
also bought a very funky top(and the grey dress) hmmm a few hundred dollars gone... and i was feeling broke,,,b4 i left...ooooops
..then off to my aunts for some serious work on my achilles.... differential..cups with a current between it.. then ultra sound and been given... flexsal which apparently is very good for achilles or plantar fasciitis
..then home and then cooked myself a fabulous stir fry... delish

..oh and im sticking with the food but going back to my original plan of no alcohol in feb..jan was always going to be a shit time to do it.. i just got excited cos Em was doing it..im on holidays..thats just crazy man!!!!!!!
..and im quite happy with that decision too! so it means 8 weeks of healthy eating...wooohooo im quite enjoying the food... im not going crazy..there has to be some leeway..i had noodles with vegies for lunch at spice of life...but asked for no sauce.. so that was pretty good
..watching tv so gonna duck off.. ciao
..oh and michelle..i do have quiet times..ps i think you should come over for a bbq and some champers!!

..all quiet on the western front

..its all quiet on jo-land at the mo ,.. no late night drinking..no shenanigans..no eating fun stuff..no drinking.....even my friend is not around...........booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooring

..whats a gal to do... except..go running :)
my session supposed to be 6-8km very easy(as racing tuesday and am very fatigued)
..decided to do the bare minimum(which is actually rare for me) so did
6kms@5:15 pace which didnt feel anywhere near as easy as it should
..i rang stu afterwards just to say that i had no speed in my legs and was worried about racing tuesday... he was nonplussed... i told you that would happen... sigh...hes such a know it all..well so tuesday appears like it wont be fast :( but then it was necessary to build my base to see better results in a coupla meets!!
i think ill do the 800 and also the 3km to make sure ive qualified for finals..and if they dont run it concurrently(wich REALLY annoys me when they do) i will give the 400m a crack.. would be pretty tired after that..
km splits
5:25,5:13,5:16,5:15,5:14,5:04 nad i was pretty hot and sweaty at the end of it too! and i stretched..really truly..i even held my stretches for a FULL count of 20 - i get told off cos usually ive done 3 stretches by the time someone else has only done one
...ummmm achilles was..how to put it nicely...SHITE.. stopped and stretched after 500m as i was limping badly... got a tad better but still not great..i might see my aunt 4 some ultra sound on it prior to racing tuesday..guess i have to continue on with anti inflamms..i had high hopes this morning as it didnt hurt in bed when i woke up
..off to willi for a picnic with some friends..im contemplating a 2 beer break..not breaking with food..im being good food wise
..this is what im taking
dip: tofu mashed with salmon,lemon juice,garlic,spring onion,black pepper and loads of chilli(coriander might be alright too but i dont have any)
croutons:cut up into squares some heavy rye bread...oil spray on top..sprinkle some paprika bake in hot oven til top is crunchy,.turn over for only a bit in oven..then you have a dipper that is liver freindly :)
egg sandwiches: made with appropriate mayonaise..i use norganics even tho it may have a tiny bit of sugar... sometmies you cant get exactly what you want
..and i will take mineral water to TRY not to have beers

..but at least if i break...it wont be a bad break
...ummm i know im whinging but...i hate detox-ing... it sucks all the fun out of life
...lol... im such a baby..another week in and i will actually be enjoying it... i am LOVING the dry roasted pistachios that i have been inhaling last few days
..time for me to go make some sangers!!!!!! ciao ciao xoxo

...ummmm i think my coach may be trying to kill me

..he's aware that im struggling with every run this week(as hes run a few with me).. and im still doing bucketloads of kms...and struggling BIG TIME..(lol he'll hate this..but he did say when i showed him my 2007 kms that with the kms i will be doing next year..i will either be a machine or..broken!lol..its ok..hes not gonna let me get broken..he is trying to toughen me up a bit i think..i am a bit of a sooky la la(and have never done many kms before..so if i stick at it..i should actually see a significant improvement...the proof will be in the pudding at SANDOWN)
..todays run was HIDEOUS.. no other way to describe it... i tried to get up at 5.45 but just couldnt so got up about 6:30..had almond butter and banana(yep im a little 'Em wanna be' got down to mullum mullum where i started running..my achilles had no give at all for quite some time and my legs were quite simply made of lead!!!!im sure thats just cumulative fatigue..i hope cos otherwise im just craphouse!
i literally stopped for a water break EVERY 2 kms...it was woeful..it was hot but im sure i shouldnt need to stop that much.. i wanted to pull the pin after 2kms as i WAS not enjoying it...but i knew what STU would say..so i kept pluggin away..but there was not ONE minute of niec running..actually i lie..there was one downhill in the shade section that yes for 2 mins i enjoyed.. it was an out 3.75km run so i went out and in twice and then ran a bit more to make it to 90 mins... knee just starting to feel at about 80 mins... i dont know how i forced myself to keep running after the hour..i felt like i wanted to cry.. oh well i guess its one of those mental builders..or some CRAP..cos i cant believe it did my fitness any good with so many stops....and as i always get told when its a bad'un ...its a tick in the book.. so there you go there is a great big fat stinking tick in the book... ummm i think i may still be cranky ..lol

..and i had a powerade after it..even though its not on the liver cleanse..i did actually feel that it was necessary to replenish
..oh and last night after saying i couldnt find anything to buy..on the way to buying fish for dinner..i manage to stop off, have a hair cut, buy 3 singlets. 2 work shirts and a whole heaps of girls stuff so i could have a face mask, foot thingy and overall pamper session
..and boyo boy did i struggle with not having a wine last night...geez i must be an alco..but thanks for the comments guys..it did help a teensy bit with the motivation.. as planned i will have one day per week where i have a respite..but i do need to last 7 before i can do that..saturdays will be my day i think.. not today(fingers crossed).. ive been told to eat carbs(within my plan and get lots of sleep) thanks for that bossy pants(i may well delete that before he gets back and reads it)..lol
oh yeah 90mins 15.8km..here are the min/km for each km (15.8 in total)
5:57,5:38, 5:41, 5:33, 5:31, 5:32,5:36, 5:44, 5:54, 5:59, 5:58, 5:34, 5:32, 5:34, 5:57 and in case you wanna look at the pretty picture

..i have the willpower of a gnat

..and take my word for it...a gnat dont have much willpower

..im on holidays till close to end of jan.. i WANT to go out drinking with my friends...its part time.... i am rethinking the whole timing thing....

i have just gone on the liver cleanse... what planet was i on when i decided to do this in january.. i am contemplating doing this in february instead//wpuld continue the food for jan and feb(again with one rest day per week in jan :) but when i say im going to do something I HATE to NOT do it.. it makes me mad at myself and it makes me feel like a BIG FAT LOSER... grrrrr...

..anyway ill think over night on it... but lets just say it was lucky there was no coke zero in the fridge(and also that i had no cash on me) i was almost on a rampage...lol... oh yeah i weighed myself the other day 63.4..which means i had snuck on 0.9kg over chrissy..but it is a VERY noticeable kilo... it needs to be exorcised(lol yes meant to be spelled like that)

i walked part of the run so i could work out how far i ran yesterday which was about 9.5kms and boy ran 11.5.... then i went shopping in smith st with the plan to spend up BIG on work clothes..couldnt find anything..all i managed to buy was a GREAT pair of heels..see piccy below..bet you cant guess how much i paid and some girly stuff so i can pamper my feet/face etc tonight...

..it was weird tho..while i was walking along smith st today... i felt soooooooo faint it was just ridiculous.. and even more disturbing when i tried on some new balance..which i then tried to jog10m in..both achilles were horrendous.... im still feeling completely EXHAUSTED.. its ridiculous... went to bed early 11:30 and didnt get up til 9....

...oh and jh... them's definitely fighting words... you're just VERY lucky you can back it up with some FAST running..you seriously deserve a CLIP over the ears... if you didnt read his comment..he told me how slow i was ... plththththth ....lol

..sleepy little jojo

.. gosh i am super sonically tired.. it is weird..
im not a huge sleeper.. yet i fell asleep on the floor last night for 5 min while watching tv(wasnt drinking)..dinner was good though..roast chicken,vegies(baked -no oil) and a big salad..sparkling apple cider..mmmmm...(i am SOOOOOOOO missing my coke zero...... thats what im struggling with..evrything else is fine)
thnen quite struggled to get up this morning...went for a 9.5km-10km(will measure tomorrow) run.. fortunately my freind very nicely offered to run with...why do boys cruise so easily at my pace.. i felt UNFIT today.. i struggled from WOE TO GO.. and stu had told me i had to do some faster 150-ish m strides after about 8km(yeah like i felt like that).. i didnt think i was going to be able to crank out 10kms today... i wanted to give up..but instead i just said to my friend that i was in strugglesville... he decided to run a couple of kms after i finished..i said i would stretchj in the meantime..but really i just lolled around on the ground.... how tired were my legs
..in the debrief with my coach about my run.. he seemd to think that maybe blood donation tuckered me out or the few days running in a row or increase in kms (11,16,rest,7.6,10,10 last 6 days ) but personally i think its the detox(of caffeine) i always feel a bit crap first few days

..then i went out for brunch..although i had to have a foccacia(white) but everything i had on it was good...and then there was a huge amount of chips ont he side..so i asked the girl for another plate to put chips onto..which i did and then pushed over to my friend...what a good girl i am...even though they were serenading me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

then off for 2hour massage..yes 2 hours of pain..neede to get the upper back done after my car crash..lets just say i stopped talking(i know i know) so i could sort of meditate..it was painful..
also corrie seemed to think there was a large gap between 2 of my neck vertebrae and also a big lump which she thought might have been a rotation thing..it all feels beter after the ,assage
..um i thought my right achilles was the worse one today...but once she started workingon it..it became abundantly clear that the left is way worse..yowsers... lower back as expected was TIGHT TIGHT TIGHT..as would be expected since it was sooooo sore the other day..lucky i had stu strap my back the other day
..then home for 2hour nap.. as i sai sooooooo tired.. but then i kept dreaming about car crashing...
quiet night at home tonight... tuckered out little pussycat

..super quick post

..super quick post
i offered to cook my 'friend' roast chicken vegies and salad(i didnt actually think he would come) but since he is..i prolly should do a quick tidy up and actually have started cooking before he gets here
..run yesterday afternoon.. 2 laps of the Tan
plan: one lap 20 minutes-ish then run by feel with 2nd lap approx 30s faster without looking at watch
..actual first lap 20:16(after a quick loo break with some uhhh err diarrhea) and then back on track..lol
2nd lap 18:54.. yeah ive said it before and ill say it again... i well and truly suck at pacing...lol

..and since i stayed over the other side of the city..i decided id let my coach tell me once again how poor my form was while i ran.. i was very good and didnt whinge.(ok i did say about one hill..i dont wanna run it).until we passed the 10km i was supposed to do..then there was a bit of are we there yet..how about now...now?...lol..i thought i was funny..other people did not seem to!
..the course itself was kinda undulating and the footholds were kinda rocky..my back is EXTREMELY sore..and my poor little achilles was giving me a bit of what for..during the run..
so whilst it may sound slow..it felt quite quick
10.4 kms in 56:40 @ 5:28min/kms... i took my water bottle this time..and had a drink every 2 kms..which apparently i need to try and break this habit....
hmmmmmmm maybe if i hadnt drunk a bottle or more of wine last night..since it was my last allowed drink for a month
i have started the Dr Sandra Cabot liver cleanse.. altho i will allow a couple of small breaks here and there.. if you break one day in a week and maintain for a month..then thats better than doing 10days hard core and then not being able to do it at all..
..oops is that me rambling..im sure i have to go and hide my dirty washing somewhere..lol...

oh yeah gave blood today too... 9mins for the blood letting..she said it was quick..and then i felt chuffed..cos obviously im a nuff nuff...lol 10kms again tomoz... and then a DOUBLE massage...oooh 2hours of pain... but i do have to get the upper back done after my car accident... jo..GET OFF THE COMPUTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! gosh i can talk...me

..frivolity

.. had a great new years last night.. went to jells park with michelle and her two ducklings, mark, sam, sara, Em and jason
..i was pretty drenched after the rugrats stage a war of the melting ice water..but given it was 40 degrees i didnt mind..although chasing them in thongs may account for my very sore achilles today
..i did of course ask the guy ive been ummm errr..you know but of course he said no,,lol... im going over there tonight..havent checked my phone to see if i rang hijm or not last night...lol i coulda been too busy dancing on table tops..lol..tables not too steady we were up on them but not too much dancing.. so a few of us (michelle em and i are doing the liver cleanse from jan2 to end of jan..my liver definitely needs ity...and i think ive put on a copuple of kgs...i am WAY scared to get on the scales
..anyway my very mean coach rang me at 8 this morning and is like..its gonna be 37 degrees..you probably wanna run this morning.. i think my response was something along the lines of..no way no how am i running this morning(i was walking at the time to pick up car and had texted to say i wasnt too hungover) but i can tell you ..not 2 hungover does not equate to belly being able to RUN.. anyway so that means im going to have to run later.. personally i think today should have been a rest day...lol.. nothing wrong with 2 rests in a row is there????

resolutions..nope
but the plan... eat more healthy..do all my back exercises i am supposed to..hopefully start squash in april.. drink less... be a little less bridget jones-ish ...lol
..oh yeah on the way to jells yesterday i could smell petrol(i think thats cos i spilt on myself) and then i had to pull over cos i noticed, not only had i forgotten to close the petrol thingy...ummmm i hadnt even bothered to put the cap back on...oops it was just dangling all happy and free.. derrr jojo

..anyway may post later after my run... could be nasty..not running til it cools somewhat.. maybe ill go to the TAN..theres lotsa water there