..a hangover and lots of running

..yep had friends over for dinner and im not one for moderation it seems..a few too many wines... oopsies, it was fun though
then drove stu to bacchus march and went for a walk run. 5kms of running...very very slowly, didnt feel good, achilles was a little tight first few kms and i was a bit hungover. pulled the pin at 5kms and went and got a coke zero(and a staemed dim sim) and then someone i was supposed to be running with turned up so i said i would take her for her 3min on,2min off run. instead i made her do 5mins on, 2mins off so she ran 23mins which is pretty good. and i felt HEAPS better in that run-yep even the dim sim didnt make me feel sick! so 9kms all up which is a lot of running for this little tacker(16kms this weekend woohoo)
will tke it VERY easy tomorrow and may jump on the wind trainer. ps will bring it for you at sandown Em, if thats cool?
anyway still cant push off the right leg properly. hd a massage this afternoon. very tight in the ITB
but a happy miss jojo
hve a nice night pipettes(and pips of course)

woohoo a REAL run

okey dokey, ack from camp. it was okay!
i even havent had coke zero since tuesday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(im a bit of an addict usually)
managed to pop out for a run/walk on the thursday over some undulating(small hills but constant) terrain. achilles held up well, still cant push off and very flat footed but well thats how it is at the mo
so the run on thursday was 50mins which had a 7min walk to start then 35 mins of which 31 ws running interpsersed with a little bit of running, then walk the rest)
then home friday-yay
today work in the morning then stu,daid and i set off for a run 7kms in just under 40mins.thats even a REAL run. woohoo achilles was tight initially but thts also bc the ground underfoot was quite soft

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

okay so ive never been very good at listening o advice
i decided i needed to take a little shot at running a tad faster so i did. i did check with my friend who is a physio and she did say if i intend to run at sandown she thinks giving it a go in a safe controlled environment is the way to go
anyway did 3x200s at approx 50-52s(still doing a mid foot strike-cant quite push off properly) with jog recovery, then a break, then the same thing again(joined in with stu's group) then decided to gove 400 a crack so did a controlled 400 in 104s, could feel that my legs/achilles started to fatigue at 370m then jogged back and did last 100 with stu and hte group. did 1 more 400 with them in 98s, then even though i didnt want to i stopped. then i joined one of themums for a 3min jog/2min walk x3, plus 3 lap warm up so a good workout altogether
fingers crossed that the achillles plays lnice.
it does give me some confidence that once i cn get up on my toes at all my pace will come back nice and quickly :)
anyway about to ice and do all that stuff :)
just for you ewen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

..happy with that advice

..yep went to the physio today
where was i up to- 27mins running on thursday nd then about 20mins jogging(interspersed withwalking) and hten i backed up today and ran 30mins, no walk breaks just stretch break

physio VERY happy with me-especially since i can now do one legged calf raises, apparently the right achilles is a bit thicker than she would like, but since i did 4 days running this week she is pretty amazed at how it is coming along
..although you should have seen the LOOK she gave me when i asked about speedwork
J: SO WHEN can i do some speedwork
s:(the look) at least 2 weeks
j: wht about next week
s: hmmmmm
j:i dont mean speed speed work, i mean 10km race pace
s:hmmmm maybe -lets see how it is next monday
j: okay
and toodled off happy enough. was a little tender to touch, but feeling quite positive

off to camp on wednesday

..getting there

..well its kind of a run isnt it...al up 27mins of joggin, lbeit very slowly.the achilles is still quite tight
then off to the trck where i did a a 30min BIKE session, 5mins on- 2mins off

ughghghgh just want to get back to real running

and pparently my blood pressure is a bit too high? anyway, im stopping with the anti inflamms, it does say dont tke if high blood pressure

miss jo and stu play catch

yeppers, you did read that correctly
part of my rehab for my achilles is to play catch. i wanted to buy a medicine ball today but had to put up with a soccer ball. anyway, you stand one legged and have to catch.its a lot harder than i thought. i asked if i could do it against a wall but apparently too predictable, so now stu has to particpate. try it, its quite fun

anyway today went to the YY for a run! (of sorts of course) the plan was 15 mins on off . i kinda lost count so i know i did at least 16mins probably 18??? anyway ot has pulle up pretty well. a little tender if i touch it but apart from that cant tell. wouldve happily run further and had a more natural foot strike today as well... yay
parent teacher night(4th and final for a while) tomorrow night...boooooooo lol
much better mood today(i wonder if that is linked to me having a run today?) hmmmmm

anyway i will get back -patience is a virtue, i know i know, im not really a VERY patient person though is the problem-
stu and i are contemplating maybe a half mara pb is the goal for the season, im not doing the pan pacs now so i dont have to be runnning fast in the first half of the summer season, so training for the half may be conducive to good 800 and 1500 later in the season
my half pb(the first year i ever did it) is only 1.43 so i reckon i could take that! that was my first ever half and i didnt even really train for it-just did it at the end of the winter season

anyway gotta have a goal

1st round XCR

-yep missed it 3 times outa 4. its very hard to stand on the sidelines.anyway plththththht

good runs by so many which was nice to see. to say i was jealous is an understatement

stu ran 90s faster than last year so he should be looking at a good season, yay!

enough frm me, im tired and still not completely out of yesterdays to-ing and fro-ing between rational and irrational