..back at the track

well i got back on the track but eased into it.
bends and straights
did 1.6km warm up..couple of hammy stretches the
2kms bends and straights funny that this still ends up faster than 5min/km pace even with the jogging between bends.. couple mins alking to someone then another 2km od bends and straights.... was starting to fatigue towards the end. the back of the knee held up reasonably well...have iced it.quite sore to touch still
i had planned to go and race with corrie and Em, but i may have to pass....bugger bugger

getting close to finshing the reports.but have hit the wall. have to stop,,,, am grumpy and stu is shitting me

..not so small a niggle

..the tendon behind the knee has been more and more sore this week
been icing..didnt even run last night..instead officiated for an hour and half and then home for reports :(
anyway.. stu has gone tonight...what did you do training wise.... umm errr ummm did you not see me not run last night.... nothing
im not even sure about swimming
..will do some form of training tomorrow-probs bends and straights
..sh$t day at work, not happy about the inequity of hte system..but not just whinging-have actually made plans to talk to those who can do something about it

.eyes hurting

OMG....lol... how is this... put my sunscreen on a 6.50 am(yes every day...lol) but somehow got it in both eyes... do you know how much it hurts... i could barely open my eyes the whole drive there..... i was a complete dennis the menace...almost had to pull over ...the eyes just wanted to shut for a bit. In the end i pulled over in richmond for 7mins and shut my eyes(not sleeping-just letting them recuperate)...i had been trying to douse them with water but it was a bit hard on the west gate....
when you think LOSER, just think of me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anyway i asked stu if i was grumpy-youre the same as always

well theres two ways a woman can take this:
1) im really good at not taking my SUPREME frustrations out on my bf
2)he thinks im grumpy all the time

ill go with number one....lol... GO ME ;) doesnt that make me little miss perfect(stu wont agree because ive been REALLY REALLY funny tonight..which in his world means ive been annoying the crapola outa him... but seriously anyone who can fit the gag..... cos 7 ate 9 into a proper conversation...that takes real skill
(stu was saying about his soccer finals.... six played seven..... werent they scared?........ what?????...cos 7 8(ate) 9 LOL (the ensuing joke).... see i fitted into a REAL conversation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hes still unimpressed and i think its HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

..aaaah to ostrich or not

..i personally think im a world class ostrich-er
..but then again all runners ignore niggles dont they? not sur if ive mentioned it but for over a month ive been having a bit(??) of a pain in the back of my knee...and not sure if associated but since two weeks ago cant do high knee lifts cos my knee kinda buckles....
..havent said much to stu(he already thinks im a whinger)-although when i ICED(i never ice) it on saturday it was a bit of a giveaway
..anyway sports doc today, i mention my knee sore at the back..and Karen is like how long...errr 4weeks or so...quizzial look as to why havent i told her earlier.... dig around..yep thats hte spot.... poplyt..... something or other(tendon in the back of knee)
..okay jo, anti inflamms for a week, no FAST FAST stuff(so a 1500 tomorrow, no 400)..and if same next week, then i have to have a cortisone injection and then NO running for a week or so! what the................... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
anyway she asked me about my upcoming racing sat(last week) tues this week, sat etc and she will try to manage that but not sure..........................

oh and dry needling. SH$t i hate it.i honestly dont know how to describe it(when my back is not as tight, its really not so bad).
ts not like it was anywhere near as bad as that time 2 months ago when i cried, but sheeeeeeesh, let someone shove a knife into your spine and thats about as close to an analagy as i can get..and yes it is ONLY because my back is very tight(yes karens words) and yes i got the look(and the start of a comment before i got all defensive.......) when i told her i did high jump...and again when i said long jump...left out the shot put bit :( she was happy when i told her i got to do a 200m standing start though..and was nice and encouraging with my 200m time :)
basically one side hurt more to go in, and for the first 5 mins on th other side i thought she had punctured something as it SERIOUSLY hurt to breathe.... anyway after 1/2 hour she cam back in.told me she needed to wipe the blood(not a surprise since it had hurt) and then took the needles out..and they hurt to be taken out too...stoooopid dry needling... if only it didnt help...

anyway its over(for one week)
sorry to whinge...i should just suck it up and say nuttin! thats how a real trooper would take it.not feeling very trooper-ish though.. report writing time, very grumpy, sick of my back and in the 'its not fair and i dont want to have this shi%t for the rest of my life" mood!

thats okay -you can tell me to suck it up...thats what i would say to someone who was feeling so frickin sorry for themsleves when really, they have things pretty damn good

..wow tired tired tired and sore

..yep the title pretty much sums it up
i am sooooooooooo tired and my legs feel like i ran a 10km today and im obviously not used to jumping-just about every muscle in my leg is fatigued and sore
had a massage today..not a great idea if competing in two days, but needed some relief... the shins in particualr are not great (still v sore now0

knew yesterday was punishing on the back so hopped in the pool for 45 mins... and umm dry needling....my only hope is NO tears!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am dreading it..and what if i cough as she puts it in.... doh

stu and i did a bit if a shop-i was quite restrained really,but then i did spend $450 on carpet( a top up from what the insurance is paying so we get a better carpet)

then reports, tehn jugsaw, then putting grades on paprs and then stu cooked pork chops,masjed potato(OMG i loooooooooooooove mash) asparagus and zucchini

just watching some show on tv now with a couple of wines(no i dont have a couple right now) hehe you silly buggers

shield-and ummmm someone needs to be reminded it is NOT little aths

at little aths, the kids all do a MILLION events
..well someone did a million events

i woke up feeling pretty crappy so knew the 800(my pet event) would be very disappointing so i decided instead to do as many other events as possible(some a bit naughty for my back..but shhhhhhhhhhhhhh)
..started with high jump(should be called low jump) did 1.15-no warm up and wasnt overly trying
then did shot and long jump concurrently-running back and forth between...happy enough with 6.42 shot(5cm off my pb) and long jump was only ever going to be a tiddle and a one off..whihc i did and cos i was talking to the lady actually walked back so it was a NO JUMP(yeah exactly what my back needs) next one about 30cm before the line(i dont measure my run up..lol..i go from anywhere) and it was the worst one ive ever done 3.22 but hten i didnt stretch myself as i dont want to hurt my back.... the first one was HEAPS further!!!! anyway glute was kinda sore after this.... still hadnt had time to do any sort of warm up yet..so jogged a bit and realised i was feeling pretty average
time for the 200 and the girl 2 races in front did a standing start so i cheekily asked if i could..(she had an arm cast) and he's gone..shes got an injury...me too..he narrowed his eyes jokingly-got a medical certificate.... can get one...got a double disc bulge and it REALLY hurts from the blocks..he was very sweet,checked with the other starter and he said i could -woohoo..definitely is slower than a blockie but significantly less pain... surprised it was ok 31.46 and absolutely flew home in the last 100.
then off to the 4x4 relay(i tried DESPERATELY to get out of this but NO DICE!!! :( where just as the girls started , it absolutely POURED down, im waiting in the rain and shivering and it wasnt pleasant-with all this rain i wished i wore my spikes. the wet soggy brooks adrenalines felt like bricks(i was not going flat out,but fastish)
..whew is there much time for a breather...nup not really..off to the 3km
..wasnt racing had decided to 'jog' with a lady.i thought she would do 5.15 at the fastest..nup we sat on 5min/km pace so not hard, but i was breathing harder than i would normally..i do HAVE a bad cold... it wasnt tough but i was glad when it was over 15.02
..and ummmmmmmmmmm geeeeee im tired!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i did do a million events...lol
probs not hte best choice..buttttttttttttttttttttttttttt im a silly sausage at the best of times!

--okay its time to go away

...the cough that is...time to vamoose...head off to sunnier pastures...retire to a better place etc etc

i am WELL over it(well im not-which is the point-poor stu was kept awake for some time as a result last night
ughghghghghhghghghghghgh
anyway i did at least do a set
4x200s the longer break, the 2x200s with 4x150s
200s between 37 and 38.5 and then 400s(ooopsies EDIT 150) were 25,26,26 and the last one stu said to catch the girls in front so caught the couple in front and then went doh,...wonder if he meant the girl who had a 15m head start so worked hard and yelled to her--cmon dont let me past,,,, so she sped up which was good and we crossed together... didnt look at my watch but at the slowest it would be 24.x sec

was NOT getting my breath back between reps(thats the cold!!!)

AND then i felt reaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllly ill...wasnt pretty...but once i got home and took cold and flu tabs i was ok.....(id skip the arvo tabs -bad idea)
then stu and i out for dinner...had pizza oopsies

800 this week- should be okay-disappointed if i dont get sub 2.40 ..... i am well due........

yep not ready for hard running

-went to the track..did a couple of laps, felt shite..so decided that no way no how could i do reps, so i went of r a dawdle-and all i can say about it is that it was hard and my stupid head hurts!!!!!!!!!!
poor stu has been spewng today-poor honey
ughghggh sorry no fun posts at the mo-its miss grumplestiltskins!