-colds.seriously-what are they good for

..seriously EVERYONE at work seems to have a cold, and my little mucous mebranes and sore-throated-ness ahve gone out in sympathy
i am steadfastly fighting the little bugger however, as it has not taken a hold YET(but is trying to)

no running yesterday, mainly because there was no time-6 on at school, aths training for the boys and straight into parent teacher mode- EXHAUSTED at the end of the day

todays set was initally supposed to be 5 x1kms but stu had decided b4 the session that 5x800s were more in keeping. i had informed stu that i had a little cold and was breathing not overly well just normally so i would have to see how i go. i tend To have a little breathing issue in very cold weather and also use ventolin when i have a cold.
so used the puffer, still was breathing average
managed
3.12
3.14
cant remember if 3.14/15/16 but knew i couldnt breathe, was considering stopping
2..27(600 only) on pace at 400/dropping off at 600
used the puffer now cos breathing NOT great
stu said i could do 600 but felt good at 600 and mainatine
3.12

so a pretty good set really... not 100% just gotta keep this STUPID cold at bay

I'm so excited

and i just cant hide it

i am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo and i mean sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy to be coming home today. evryone is annoying me. Now that it seems mum is going o be okay she's driving me crazy. i think she's watched too many soaps, she appears to pause for dramatic effect. she showed me some modem and is just staring at me, err yes its a modem

anyway after spending that amount of time with an obnoxious 14 year old(there was sooo much fighting-it really does my head in), it is definitely time to get back home and see my lovely bf ...

reality-ah how i have missed it, im even looking forward to going back to work, less effort/stress than this week has been i can tell you

running-can you believe it, coachy coach is letting me have a day off today.....woohoo. 90 mins tomorrow woo-not
yesterdays session.the legs were NOT happy. i struggled on the way there.anyway did 1.5km warm up(under duress) and stu said to do drills but well i didnt feel like it so got straight on with theset. he wasnt 5 or 6 sets of 3mineffort,2min shuffle
well apparently when the grass is lush and soft underfoot, one cannot expect tehir effort to be the same as when the session is done on the track. woeful paces of 4.30-4.40min/km-shouldve been closer to 4.10-4.15 and also i let myself walk for 30s before i jogged the recovery AND i needed a drink between each rep. it was HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(i was also running just after midday)
so 5 sets and then forced myself to doa 1km cool down equated to 7kms-legs were pretty tuckered out too
a 43 km week isnt too bad for me considering all the upheaval of the week
my good weeks are 45-50, lol i really do race off MINIMAL kms

but then its the racing i love, not the training so much(sometimes i like the training-not often when im by myself though-maybe im inherently lazy...hehe)

stair crazy-get it,,,huh!

lol
yesterday
whew what a day, where to start
got lost on the way to the radiologist-it was like a farce from a movie seen, im somehow in front of my sisters car and theyre gesticulating wildly from the car behind, how am i supposed to know pull over and let us pass is different from turn left here...... lol they were pointing left hysterically-

anyway once in for the operation i was all scatty and pacing so went for a run. stu asked me to do 7kms at half mara paxe 4.40-4.45min/km..um thats also pretty close to my 10km pace, and i seem to be able to race a whole LOT FASTER than my trainng implies. i knew it would be too hard but thought id give it a go
managed to last for only 300m the first go and thought -you know what, todays not the day. also are there any fricking paths longer than about 2kms here? i cant find them. ended up running on the road in a bike lane with a fair amount of traffic and crossing multiple roundabouts-not conducive to fast running. found about a 1km bit of road with bike path(on the road). then jogged a bit and did 1km at 4.42 then jogged then did 2kms at same pace so i thought it was okay,but i didnt hit the set. did 7 difficult kms.legs dont love me at the moment
:( how mean setting my coach is giving me that set(notice i use my coach not my bf...lol)

then he said i should try it agin today, i tried to tell him this is NOT a set i can do by myself when i dont have a path that just goes. im NO good at locating paths whilst in full flight..anyway as soon as i set off today it was windy and i went nup, going to jog instead
did 30mins(strugglesville had a hotel room with my name on the booking sheet, and then did a stair session(was fun) and hard!
6x6 floors of stairs
Each floor 14 stairs(in 2 lots of 7 with a 180 degree turn)-took approx 30-32s-im surprised thats all it took,and thats with me doing two steps in the turn around so i would be facing the stairs square on to protect my back from doing a sideways leap

i then walked down quickly, 60-70s walk recovery(again surprised it only take 1min to do 6 floors!!!) and off i went again
this certainly worked up a sweat, and 5 mins jog cool down

oh and due to the power outage(7hours) i have actually walked up and down to level 7, 6 times apart from my training set, so have traversed up at LEAST 1000 stairs today...hence the title(but a pun on stir crazy too-hehe i do make myself laugh)

AM STUFFED. oh yeah quad a but niggly, but i think thats from the 25 lunges per leg that i did in the waiting room(yes there were other people but it was a BIG room,whilst mum was in theatre(also did some bridges in the waiting room) have i mentioned im not good at just sitting in one spot for long periods... lol
my fobese nephew did nothing but EAT crap the whole time. "OH jo he doesnt hve to watch what he eats today...." didnt say it but thought, why NOT-surely its importnt to teach good eating habit during times of stress!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

as for my mother-the operation went well(we think) will have final confirmation once the nodes are tested for 'hotspots' but it looked okay apparently.but then(she has allergies) and had an allergic reaction to the pain medication and vomited for hours this morning(i had to leave the hopsital(i went shopping-i cant take vomiting)) so she wasnt released but should be tomorrow

going to buy her a laptop tomorrow(then she wont be so stressed about getting in to work when she does radiatoi therapy) just a basic one...oh yeah probs shouldve told stu i was doing that... lol,
does anyone remember that ad for the State Bank, its your money Ralph

having a MOJITO-actually change that to HAD hehe

stress level way lower than two days ago.missing my lovely bf, he is a keeper that one!

hectic couple of days

am sitting in the airport-just finished a wine(would like another actually) on he way to GC to be there for my mums operation(will know more tomorrow)
sundays run-90mins OMG 8 hideous kms of yukky wind and legs only liked about the 20-45min mark
was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay tired after and drove to hampton for party and that took one and a half hours to get home.................................
then in bed by 8.30(only just made it til then...lol)

monday busy day at work -getting organised for the rest of the week, then aths training followed by my own lethargic run(i do LIKE running, just after the 90mins yesterday was tuckred out)
then dinner date with my beautiful bf, then marking 3/4 of a stack of tests, then packing then hitting the hay,
tried to sleep til my alarm but stu decided to be annoying and was just being a big goofball so no sleep in for me, then work correcting, correcting, doing reports, teaching and then finally at the airport...wheew it has been busy
ps i changed bars and got anoth drink

why did you change bars you may well ask,
well i knew i was going to leave soon to be at least NEAR my terminal and i saw these ppl looking for a table and couoldnt find one so were going to sit at the bar so i told them they could take my table, so i left kinda mid sentence but fortunately did not lose all of the blog... woohoo

hopefully some good news tomorrow.

..and the slug is back

OMG after the glorious run of yesterday, how can things change back so quick.
are these my legs, why wont they keep moving. today the slug was in control. did a very slow impersonation of a slug-even stopped for a few time.
today can not be considered anything more than a tick in the box. 7kms slower than i would normally be-adittedly on terrin thats not super easy going..but anyhow

ughghghghg and my long run tomorrow(probs 90mins????) may have to be a solo run....
all the juniors are taking a rest for a few weeks and lots of the women seem to be on a running hiatus at the moment(also some are away too)
ANYWAY still trying to secure a partner for tomorrow

please please please

..trained like a gun!

yep feeling chuffed with myself tonight after an absolutely WOEFUL display on wednesday where i was the slug girl. did a 40min run(boooooring 20mins off the track and then 20mins of laps-(i dont really like to run in the dark, after the colossal knee injury of 2008!
http://jojo-runjanerun.blogspot.com/2008/04/stitches-unhappy-jojo-and-some-gory.html


so tonights session stu had set was 5(ish) 1kms in just over 4min kms.(i havent done 1km reps for quite some time and havent done more than 2 of them and since i couldnt even manage that pace (96 s laps or 4min kms)for 800s the other day i was somewhat concerned)
anyway bree and i were quite happy to hear that stu decided 2x1km,2x800 ans 2x600 -he remembered that he had initially said 600s then changed to 1kms so i guess it was a compromise(who'd a thunk that stu knew how to compromise..hehe-funny gal i am!!!!

anyway
1km 4.01
1km 4.01
800 3.12(right on 4 min pace)
800 3.13
600 2.24(right on 4min pace)
600 2.25

stu probs wanted only 2min breaks but i needed 2and half between the 1kms, and then took 2mins for hte other breaks. tough set i gotta say but i NAILED it!!!!!! woohoo. about time!!!
and that was even with my friend struggling(she is generally faster than me but she had an off day and did 1km,1km,400,600,400,600

yay me! one knee wept a tiny bit but thats it! still cant do butt kicks and everytime i forget and kinda try to squat down my scabs and scar tissue le me know, but they are healing extremley well!!!!!!!!!!!!

off to gold coast on wednesday.got some upsetting news last week. my mother has breast cancer (malignant) so im going up for her operation and staying a few days after. the doctors hope to get it all out,but i still want to be there.pretty sad , of course, but i amtrying to look on the bright side. the old lady, as annoying as she can be, i do love the silly thing. now i know dates and have booked flights etc, i feel like im now doing something at least

anyway, lets not dwell- tonight was an awesome run-go me :)

am i a runner or a slug

.sometimes the question BEGS, nay screams out to me...
what would normally be a doable set was infinitely impossible!

yes it was raining, ye si was running through puddles...but ummm who was that slacker running-dont get me wrong i was WORKING my ass off!

supposed to be 96s lap so 3.12 800s x 5 or 6

first rep 94s,second 94s, then tummy issues, then a longer break as a result. 94, told stu i felt like complete crap, my eyes were in the;i feel shit mode" its hard to explain, its like i cant fully open them and after 500m i stopped my next rep
so up to now my 600s had been in approx 2.25 , i decided no more 800s if i could do 600 well and good
next 600 was in 2.30! OMG thats a big dropoff, the next one was even slower, slower than 100s laps(that hasnt happened for like 2 years) 2,34!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so i worked at a good intensity but my speed was complete rubbish(I DAREN'T EVEN USE term speed)
light jog tonight 40ins as i couldnt get ot the track til 5.30
have changed my reps to wed/fri this week
either 1kms or 600s tomorrow.pleeeeeease let it be 600s
i am soo impressed by Ems kms. i do 45-50kms in a week and feel like i have run FOREVER!, i need her sort of commitment, i am officially SOFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ill have to chat about it sometime, im sure if i committed to 60kms week, i would see improvement and more importantly maybe some weight loss(feeling a bit fatty boombah-ish)
ahh sigh i want ot be a better runner, but am i prepared to do the hard yards?? and do the 'sleeplek' im unconvinced that I can be such a good girl-
next year i might give it a go i think-but i do hate runnning in the dark-so much more likely to fall over(and thats NOT a joke but a reality :(
sighhghghghg why cant i be a better runner without the hard yards... lol
just give me a 42-3 10km, a sub 2.30 800 a 5.20 1500 a 64 400 a sub 100 half and ill be all sorted... umm yeah and i know-not fricking likely!