..someone is looking after their little back

..i went water running this morning-which always helps my back. had someone with me which always makes it better, then straight off to pilates..fortunately i realised before i went to pilates that i had dropped my bather bottoms on the ground, yep in full public view!!
then off to pilates class....
..and dry needling, prety sore too.quite tight...they were left in for about 40mins, not very comfy and for the last 10mins i was having a spasm/twitching in my shoulder which i just could not get rid of

anyway a day of aircon..thank goodness

.noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

..so i opened my eyes this morning and stu goes... we're going to have a bath together jo..and ive gone really? and then all of a sudden i went nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!! i realised he meant an ice bath, then i scowled and cussed for a while, told him i didnt like and wondered how long i could do this for? lol
then off to the you-ies for a flat long run. Given it was to be a little warm, we got there half hour b4 everyone else,stu,D and L toodled off and i did the 3.2km grehound(last 1.6 up a small incline but my pooor tired leggies let me know about it! yes sorry to belabour it but am still running tired EVERY run! then joined up with the group and we did a very boring and flat run(but necessary), one of stu's juniors struggling today so i took the others(only two) and kept chatting away as one of them wasnt really doing it easy(lauren was fine.., bay just breathing a bit ragged) so 17.5mins by myself, another 54 with teh group, then dragged lauren off so she had to do an hour all up... yeah the legs were heavy

then home..mr poo poo head made me stop at the servo and sulky gal may have crossed here arms and said...im not paying for ICE-and even tho she felt like sticking her tongue out like a 3 year old, DID NOT! hehe
anyway, whilst we would have fit into the bath, my legs would not have been in the water so we alternated. I left my socks on(which helped) and put a long sleev tee on,,,yes yes im soft..but i get so damned cold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i did one minute then out then 2minutes.... lucky stu doesnt read my blog anymore cos not sure i want him to read this...... ummmm my legs felt pretty damn good afterwards! oh and i made hte hige declaration that when racing consecutive days i would ice bath it UP! errr yes that was not me, that was the chattering lips person who was delirioius...eek
anyway, then a nap and some cheese and dip and off to the brook for some din dins... and i did the ;good girl thing'
stu notice that some guys parkers were on..and im like well ill just go and tell them..he gave me a look and went OKAY then... so i toodled off..the guy was in a handicapped park(would i have done it anyway(yeah probs)) and told the bouncer
um thats about all banana heads :) and ps thats actually a term of endearment that i use all the time! it has taken stu a LONG time to get used to it... K, his youngest sometimes says, im not a banana head, a muffin head?no,a spiderman head(or other thing to his liking).YEP! its quite cute
and yes i AM THE most mature person on earth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

..now where did i put it

my purse that is...long time readers will know i have an insane talent for losing things (especially my purse) ive always been pretty lucky, twice at highpoint i got called over the loudspeaker to come and collect...(and i wont even go into the number of times drunk i have lost it!!!)

anyway, at highpoint seeing the movie about the dead girl(which was reasonably good0 thinking we were going to get a free movie, one of my students gave me a $30 village voucher so we go up, slide it under the counter.....errr sorry we're hoyts not village...... d'oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
then i demolished a bucket of popcorn(left a tiny bit in the bottom so i can t be accused of eating the whole thing...lol..
...but rewind to ummmm 10mins before the movie(i thought i was being a real SAVER(was already congratulating myself about this feat) by going to safeway and buying water there instead of at the movies)..went to a couple of shops, health food place, priceline,am 10m away from the movies..and i have that moment of
...hitting my pockets to see if there..like my purse would fit into my pockets,,, then stu.... do you know where my wallet is???????
...sigh.... no jo..you mustve left it somewhere(and i believe there was some significant eyerolling...deserved tho
..so im in a TIZZ going which shop, safeway, priceline, or the nutrition shop, not at PL, go to the nutrition shop and hte counter lady has my purse opened(looking for a way to contact me) and ive gone..OMG theres my purse
..it was quite funny... she's like Im sorry it must be weird someone going thru your purse,,,, no not at all...i know you were looking for ID ...anyway i got it back...YAY all in one piece
...AND stu didnt even give me a lecture...he looked like he was gunna and i came out with the old quip "all's well that ends well" hehe not much you can say to them apples ;)



oh yeah 40min water run with 3 x 4min efforts with 2min recv.... put a bandaid on my , still unhealed and scabby hand' that lasted one stupid lap... d'oh, so the wound got very wet and crinkly and is trying to scab up properly again..

plan for tomorrow-no falling over jojo

and now i think its plenty time for miss j to have a champers

see ya later alligators and alligatorettes..hehe i do make myself laugh

..gotta love 'knowing someone'

..so with our latest water disaster :( we 'know' a plumber(stu used to train his kid for a couple years) he came over and spent probs houor and a half(plus talking) starting to fix our issue...
its scary seeing your tile crumble onto the ground as it is smashed with the hammer...but cant i just put my head in the sand and go 'la la la la la la la' hmmmmm apparently NOT
-APPARENTLY that is being an adult..i HATE being an adult sometimes. i want to stamp my foot and swear and be in a bad mood about it(well i guess its called a tanty-not unlike the one K had at the track the other day....LOL
-anyway YADA YADA YADA,,,nlah blah blah(well thats what i heard anyway...hehe, have you seen that simpsons episode? you would know if you had,...gee im HIGHBROW TODAY am I not?
we have a hole in the wall, but we think he may have fixed it but we wont know fully for a week-oh and our lovely freind who REFUSED to charge us also fixed the pressure in the other bathroom-woohoo
-then off to the track where i tried VERY freaking hard NOT to punch stu when 3 times he made me reverse because i wasnt 'in the lines enough' ummmmmm there are 300 freaking! carparks and nowhere near that many people coming...i reckon if you are a points demon, lose your licence and your gf has to drive you everywhere for the next 6months, you kinda should suck up the 'this is how you should be driving' comments...... again a tanty looked good at this time, but i refrained...just!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

running----
proposed set 6x300s at 800 pace so around 58-60 was the goal. The first 120 into a bit of a headwind... and yes i did query this but to no avail!
i also did NOT get sucked into the racing game that my usual training buddies did, and my they paid hte price in hte last few reps. They were 10m ahead of me and i hit my times EVERY time and behind me in the last couple
anyway 2 lots of 57.9x and the rest were 58.x so considering how tired my legs were(my strides were ridiculous) and a few wobbly leg moments, i trained very solidly. it did even put me in a better mood.well i believe the scowl had lifeted anyway....lol
-then home and stu made restitution and got back into the good books by cooking my bro and sis in law a great roast chicken roll dinner, yumbellina
- a few wines, and now browsing the computer.
I think i might run a good 800 later this month! im training at least as fast as the end of last year and i have literally run 13/14 days and my legs are DEAD. rest day tomorrow
ciao monsieurs et mademoiselles, a bientot

..tuckered out little jojo

yes i know that its a real theme this me being tired business, especially since im on glorious holidays for a gloriously long time...lol but OMG, tuckered out little miss jo
..we went to anglesea with stu's rugrats today to meet up with his folks and his sister and her 3 gals
my stooooopid hand is hurting..the stupid sore is kinda healing and feels unstretched..ie the skin is pulling too much
so 195kms return trip,only ONE yell at each other during the drive...lol..
oh yeah the day started with stu FLOODING our freaking bedroom(not his fault ,we have to call(as he told little K) the water dr(aka plumber) so there was much ripping up of crapet, cutting of underlay,and not surprisingly cussing and swearing!!!!!!! so we didnt get time to be very organised ...oopsies
...then its off to the track...was going to be 800s but
a) we were stuffed and b) it was super duper(duper) windy so was cut back to a faster set
6 lots of 600s which were 200 in appros 38-39,200float,200effort
OMG-the first rep was insane, my legs just about buckled and stu and i hit about forty.the second was getting better. By the 3rd/4th i was actually getting stronger and stronger overtaking one of them..after the first couple, he 200s were 37/38 and a few 39 for the after float rep
-easy 30mins tomorrow-no wonder the damn leggies hate me

and then home.poor stu had to rearrange carpet, and well hes no carpet layer :( but he tried.so calling a plumber tomorrow for the shower which is leaking through the damn wall!!!!! which i cannot afford and it makes me not want to own a home(even though i know i love it)

...oops shoulda made that resolution

..gee resolutions really do work, this time last year i made a resolution to NOT fall over...
Well i kinda didnt make it this year and yep, 3 days in SPLAT!
went out with gfs last night and cant believe how much wine we demolished...lol then up ready for teh 75min run........
drove to the YY and then set off for what had been decided the first 60mins would be tough-it was very very hilly, walked a bit ran a bit..the downhills were super tough on the back, i was trying to stabilise my core as strongly as possible, then finished the first section 57mins 9.4kms
-the stu and D went off for their next 35min jaunt(so they could go a bit faster) meanwhile i thought i would meander around..OMG my legs were sooo tired, i had to walk the end of a VERY small hill(well its not that small but ive never walked it before) back into a trail and obviously not paying attention, thudded onto the ground. my usual falling tech nique is to tuck the shoulder in and try to roll, but there was no rolling happening. Instead i stuck the arm out and just hit it...elbow is quite bruised, a hit the upper outer thigh pretty firmly(its alittle bruised) but the grazed hand is quite sore really, been stinging a LOT..yep fun shower, yep fun putting betadeine on it- but i have to be super careful bc we all know i am very prone to cellulitis. ill be surprised if it doesnt get infected, was quite dirty and it was a few hours before i could get the betadein on it
..i told you stu was trying to kill me..he ran me to exhaustion and i toppled over...lol.. i think there was a stump or something
no detox yet- we have the boys and its not exactly promoting healthy eating when you only have
juice for 2 days so will wait til friday
anyway let me state this emphatically..my new years resolution includes not falling over again!!!
well done to Em on a great effort at two Bays..ps Em when you read the forum, you'll note that im not doing hills this weekend at YY.if youre still keen to come let me know

This is the year that was and 2010 goals

2009 was a good year for me.

Injuries: i managed to stay injury free for the first time in years. The back was as usual a pain in the ummmm back.....but am working on managing it

Running: i would like to thank my coach(and bf) for his unending support and constant listening to my over analysis of all running related matter.(i can be somewhat obsessive at times) He was very patient(mostly), and got me to achieve a LOT

kms 1603 which is less than last year, but i did have to peak twice march and oct which is unusual with the world masters games



in the 2008/2009 summer season i ran slower than the season before and only cracked sub 2.40 twice with 2.39.x and 2.38.x

bronze in the 800 and 400 in the Vic Masters State Championships



Cross Country:

-terrible run at Jells 6km 28.27 (but a 6km pb over

-great run at Lardner-very hilly and pb'd over that distance on any course (18.09) for 4km

-great run at Sandown-long term goal of sub 45mins for 10mins reached 44:35 (and beat stu.lol)

-ballarat 15km- enjoyed running first 10km with Em and then raced last 5km 74:33-

-Coliban new 5km pb(even though 5.1 hilly kms-up and down) 22.02

-bundoora shocking run (very windy-ran badly) 8km in 38:25

-great run Geelong(6km pb over any course) hilly/grassy 27:31 (

-great run sandown 6.2km road race 27:27 47s pb

-disappointing run at Tan relays 17:18 (15s pb)
so pbd 7/9 races, cant be unhappy with that.and pretty big pbs too-apart from tan most were>30s- 50



2009/2010 summer season

-sub 2.40 3 times already this season

-sub 2.40 for the first time ever at Shield comp
-already faster(twice) than last year

-7th at the world masters Games 2.34.99(3rd fastest run EVER 0.9 sec away from my long term goal)

-2.37.0 at Milers is the fastest NON CHAMPIONSHIP race time ever(including as a junior burger)

-5.41 in the 1500 is faster than last year

-31.15 in the 200 is faster than last year

400-disappointinlg only managed a 69.x this year(not true did a 66.x in march) havent done a good time in the pre xmas shield



So running wise 2009 has been a fantastic year. XCR08/9 was better than expected, with me being in the top team for the club most weeks and me beating people i didnt expect to beat. pb'd a lot of races and hit the long term sub 45min goal



2010 goals

-to stay injury free

-to better manage my back(this is PARAMOUNT-as i was in denial/ostriching for 5months this year and was in a significant amount of pain for TOO TOO long)-but have already told school that i wont do the camping section (which is when i hurt the back which continued for 5 months!) and im having dry needling(EEK) every two weeks for the entire year..sigh)

-to get to 60kgs

-to run sub 2.34.1 in the 800m at the Masters(long term goal and reason for return to running 4 years ago-might be coming to 5)

-to run a 1500 closer to what i should be running...sub 5.30s( year after beat my 5.28 pb(when i was 12 years))

-to run sub 44mins at sandown

-to run a 5km in 21:30 or less

-to run a 30.xx 200m

-try to maintain slightly higher kms than this year

-to drink less

-to appreciate the good things in my life and to to not FRET so much

i have to say i think stu and i do the coach bf/gf thing quite well. i try to think of him as two different people at times