..good decision jojo

..ok. so lets break this into sub topics(obviously im back in school mode)

school:
day two and am surviving ... in fact it was quite nice as i was walking along today ..i actually thought...you know what im glad to be here..not at my old school.. so that is a good decision by me...lol.. also theres a new girl who is in cross country and aths and is an absolute cracker... we already get along really well... the boys are barely going to be able to concentrate with her in the room tho.. she is quite simply stunning.. lol.. boys are back tomorrow... bit nervous but not too bad.. am going to be all prepped and ready tonight for friday..because i would actually like to go and visit my 'friend' tomorrow night

running and injuries:
no running today..had no idea how i was going to fit it in... but i managed to squeeze in half hour water run before the physio..worked quite hard..but found the couple(about 15yrs old) that were having a full on snog in my lane the whole time i was there.. a little offputting.. you cant help but look and then you have to try to look away..it was quite revolting really and i dont think fair on the really young children there either... i almost said somewthing to the lifeguard..but a) am not quite ready to be the old nanna complaining b) in a super rush c) i thought for sure one of the mums would say something
..boys: one of the guys at aths yesterday(who said he reads my blog.asked me about english dude..ummm i thought i had made it pretty clear that NO WAY NO HOW
..the other boy who yes i used to call casual guy but decided that it doesnt matter if its casual or not, after this many months i dropped the casual tag..it didnt quite fit... anyway hes being very nice to me lately... theres only about 2 things that i would want differently..and ah well you cant have everything you want i spose ..and i must admit im generally pretty happy and enjoy spending time with him

general:ok im officially done with telling my car crash story...lol... and NO i cannot just say i crashed it and leave it at that!!!!!my friend told me thats what i should say(but then i think he realised who he was talking to lol!!!people actually ask me follow up questions...so its not my fault i bore them senseless with my craphouse stories..lol
anyway gotta go read blogs..and then start my preparation..sorry continue my preparation :)

oh yeah my aunt has banned me from 100m and 200m and said i have to stop if the pain scale out of 10, hits 5(dont see how thats gonna work..sorry ML cant stick to that) she wasnt happy with my back(which was pretty tight) moderately happy with achilles but did say if theres not improvement she might pull me off running altogether,,,,hmmmmmmmm yes she did add an...i know you dont want that!

..and ummmm sara... i thought maybe i had gotten away with my not quite dummy spit with the spikes that i threw(thats too strong a word) although stu did use the word tanty earlier... i am now referring to it as a disgusted lob of my spikes...lol.. yes i was none too happy about not doing the 400m last night

..okey dokey... have a good night.. happy little campers..detox starts friday

..hmmm a pb but cant say im happy

..so today i ran the 1500m... we were hoping for 5:39.. there is a big difference between 5:40 and 5:39 sub 5:40 is waaaaaaaaaay better
..so only one heat..the girls cranked out the first lap..i tried to run my own race but went thru a couple of secs too fast which evened out over the next couple of laps(which were way slow) and then an 82s last 400 i think so not very even....
..conditions were fine/... anyway was very annoyed that i ran 5:40.xx(well i am kind of pleased cos it is a pb since ive been an adult... so.. im kinda torn
..then ran the 200m but was kinda looking around to see where stu was cos i knew i would get in trouble... he wasnt even sure that i should do the 400m :(
anyway we didnt have any girls in it so i decided to cruise around the 200... got called back and did the hammer throw...omg..i had no idea how(and was a bit concerned about back..fingers crossed for tomorrow..i decide not to pull on the back too hard just get a throw in... it was ..lets see...abysmal...ridiculous..um but kinda fun..i did have vision of me clonking my head with the bugger.... and then had to run straight over to the 200m... contemplated no spikes but popped them on..and ran slower and started to speed up...just as i was getting to a good pace..i became quite aware of my achilles(it dont like speed man!!!) so pulle dup and slowed for the last5ish m... yeah it was a 34..omg how slow is that..thats ridiculous!!!!!!!!!
also did shotput 6.x m and discus 16.x both of which i only did one throw.. my rules are if i throw over 6/16 i dont have to do more.. after the 200m i was icing my achilles :( but was still going to run the 400m... well that WAS until i bumped into stu of course..once i mentioned the 200m and pulling up there was a conversation... um i think i took my spikes off and threw them(i love the 400m)not sure if stu saw that little tanty...lol.. but it was the RIGHT decision...definitely..although when one of the girls ran faster than me and then i thought i was kicked out of the 400 for the finals(although i have still run the 3rd fastest av time so i should still be in the 400..and the 800 and maybe shotput or discus..not sure yet
...first day back at work... finally got some answers from the guy running my year 12 subject..so feel much better about it now
...ummmmmm almost crunched poor cookie monster today... i bought one of those visor things for the car..and i got kinda all muddled in it(yes it was kinda mister bean-ish) anyway...the car wasnt in gear and was rolling down the hill towards my garage(and ive got the visor everywhere so i cant even see my feet...and am madly popping my feet on stuff to try to brake...omg...you dont even want to know whow fast my heart was going... i had the highest adrenaline for ages..all shaky etc....
.big big day... miss j is having a glass of red(havent had red for about 2 years..cos it makes me look like vampira... my teeth anyway
..and i loved a comment sara made to me today.. if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and has feathers like a duck..then its a freaking duck...gosh that girl cracks me up..
..and yes em..i was at a car wash place..im super conchy water girl :)

..a day of 'coaching'

..my coach is just too too cute.... stu bought me a cookie monster doll for my car(which is named the cookie monster) it is just adorable... see he's not always mean...lol
..anyway i hung out with him today..a few raised eyebrows at my err diet but it was actually a nice relaxing day.. we even washed my car...how exciting ...lol..actually i quite enjoyed it..and then i went and bought about a million things to keep cookie looking good... stu is a real car man(and bossy to boot..lol).. so he was telling me all the stuff i should buy.. couldnt find the spikes i wanted for track :(
..no running today as it is a rest day... however..i can tell you that i must have hit myself about 10 times today.. i was playing on a scooter in rebel and picked it up...ummmm nobody told me it kind of Tbones..anyway it schtonked me in the leg(which hurt) and then stonked me in the other ankle when i tried to fling it away...lol.. and then the escalator spikey things dug into my foot(i dont know how that happened) and then i accidentally kicked my leg back under the table and hit my achilles...ouchies. im such a loser

..back to school tomorrow :( oh well i guess the good times cant go on forever

..well its sort of a run

..okey dokey.. i had the worlds worst sleep last night.. was awake for quite a while at 4:30am this morning and when alarm went off at 6am wasnt feeling wonderful so hit snooze a few times then decided run wasnt happening til later.. i find when im not 100% i find it really hard to open my eyes properly(not sure y) anyway ended up getting up at 8...well staggering would be abetter word..achilles quite sore(and i iced it last night) but i just knew tha there was NO NO NO way i could manage a long run... was going to skip altogether and then was thinking about the conversation i would have to have with stu..so i decided to go water running..first 40mins wasnt great but i started to feel a bit better after that... ran altogether for 80mins... had an argumaent with a lady... i dont mind peopple being in the aqua play lane..but they cant expect everything to work like a lap lane... rehab people and all that should def be in aqua play but cmon there wer 7 other lap lanes lady..anyway i was sort of running up one way and back the same side(if there are only 2 in the lane this is easier cos she doesnt have to overtake you at all..anyway she would be coming straight at me and i said i cant move..and hten we had an argumanet whereupon i told her it wasnt a lap lane..and shes like..well what are you doing..and i said im water running which is tooooo slow for the lap lanes(there are times!!!!) and shes like well real water running should be done between 5-7am.... um hello...was i snoozing when that rule got made...cos i certainly never heard it before...and os i said..listen..this is aqua play lane..i can do anything i want in here... anyway..anytime she went past me she would wait til she was 30cm away and veer outa my way then which of course meant she often kicked me... it was very annoying cos she was there for about 50mins... and when she got out she did this big thing about waving to me...which i completely ignored.. so she did it again..so i completely ignored her... seriously.. yes i could have gone up and down the opposite sides..which i did when there were 3 in the lane..cos there was another lady who was doing side stroke etc..so definitely needed to be in there...
..ohhh and even tho was still a bit average last night there was something that made me feel better...cmon guess.... yep shopping
..i bought a blue pair of bathers(although the problem with a girl of my dimensions...is that bikini tops kinda make me look like im about to go do a porn movie...lol.. i sent my friend a picture explaining this.. he very politely said..nice colour....lol
and then i bought...2 work skirts, green work shirt, a very very cute little skirt,tank top,sports socks...a shirt for someone else but im not really sure if they will like it, one of my favourite sweater girl bras(seamless and gives a nice round shape..not like some of thos pointy madonna bras)
and then i went to nike...
i was going to buy some red miler spikes..the 6.5s(mens) toes right at the end, 7.5's too big(i do sound like goldilocks now dont i) but alas...no size 7's so i was talking to the guy and hes like we got these cross country shoes out the back(not spikes) and htey are called zoom streak XC and are black and a little cute(will post a piccy soon)

just had some fruit salad and yoghurt..i need to eat a bit healthier..oh yeah the february detox starts on well february...2 gfs are doing it with me and have imposed the following rules
if break with alcohol.. have to pay $25 into the kitty first 3 times,50 next 2 and have to go another full month after that..obviously not supposed to break
..also each person has chosen another food that they are quitting and if they break it costs another $5
mine was going to be crisps and hot chips but i amended to fried food but really that just means junk food...
also... i will eat dairy..low fat yoghurt..no milk or cheese.. rice milk instead
no white breads (sushi rice will be accepted)
..will have red meat once per week max
..fish chicken are acceptable
..must have fruit and vegetable EVERYDAY
..no refined sugars
..and heres a real toughie for me.no COKE ZERO
..and then at the end we are going to go out for a really nice(frock up) dinner...no not bad food...good quality food... and probs alcomohol

...ummmm ...ummmmm... ummmmm

..not really sure what happened to me this morning... take away myself and put in a grump..not feeling very well...seemingly emtional..and unable to run girl
..im not even being flippant!!!
..the poor boy hasnt even done anything wrong yet i was super grumpy and more so because i listened to something someone else had said to me which made me feel insecure..so then i texted to explain...yeah good one... he would have loved that! any other shovels to dig the hole any bigger while im there??????
..so went for a run... ummmmmm if you could call i that.. i think i would prefer to call it 'an attempt at running and not one that you would call successful'
..was supposed to do 5x1.25km in 5:45min(so 4:36min/km pace) this should not be too hard a set for me as last week i did 20mins at 4:35!!!!
went to albert park...theres markers maybe evry 500m..went to start warm up jog...got 250m along at 6km pace and was struggling and had to walk..bit weird... tried again..same thing...oh well i thought ill go to the tan i just dont want to run here..theres no .25km markers anyway
..so toodled off to the tan 9am and put my water bottle where it needed to be and went to take off on the first rep...got about 40m into it and stopped and walked..so decided to cut my reps tol 750m bc OBVIOUSLY 1.25km wasnt happening..so i walked to 750m away to try and collect myself(now aiming for 3:27min)
rep 1 750. 3:20
rep2 750m 3:27 and just about keeled over... i felt terrible..so went to the toilet gathered myelf and set off for the third..was really struggling so cut it to 500m
500m 2:14 (aim for 2:18) deperately wanted to stop as feel awful
500m 2:18 there was some dry retching at this stage...eeeyuk wasnt sure if i could manage another...nearly stopped at 250m(yes thats how bad it was)
500m 2:19 and it was torturous... so the session was MUCH shorter but i managed(dont quite know how) to do 5 reps... the legs were tired..but the body felt sick or run down but certinly not with it
..couldnt manage anything more than a walk cool down
..got in car and was really struggling to even drive home..feeling a bit faint and listless..and even contemplated pulling over.. i was in that...almost despair sighing that is close tears..it was very weird..and i thought i was gonna vomit..(i was a bit worried i had a touch of the gastro that sammi had- she had to go to hospital the other night)..got home climbed into bed..and im pretty sure i had a fever..i think i was a bit delirious

..now if you dont like reading dreams skip over this bit...
i crashed hte cookie monster when someone stopped in front of me in a merging lane..and then the car rolled and i couldnt get my bearings and eventually just sagged out of the car looking at all my big lumps and was hurt quite a bit... and then i was thinking to myself..geee i hope this is a dream..and then i was looking at the cookie monster again..going damn its not a dream.. and then more weird stuff...and me in a cab at the end going im never driving again..and also how on earth do i explain to my insurance company that ive written off ANOTHER car :( and then my friend was also being VERY mean to me in that dream..
...ummmmmm how happy was i when eventually i woke up and realised this was a dream...ummmmmm very... and also the unwell-ness seems to have passed.. it was very very odd ..i really do think i had a fever.... and now i feel bad about being such a grumpybum this morn
..oh well at least im lucid again now...lol

.. ohh no..theres a scratch

..yep..i went over one of those roads that have like a V dip in them(a bit too fast) and scraped the bottom of my car..i then proceeded to e sprawled on my hands and knees(shorts not a skirt b4 you ask :) and was quite dismayed that i have scratched the cookie monster... i rang my friend and he's like..ill look at it this weekend..i was still going on about it for a while.... lucky he's sooo sensible it did make me slightly more calm
(well most of the time--he did a very funny impersonation of how my bather bottoms were very boggy the other day(wrong size OK) which was not sensible at all...lol) ..
so first thing this morning i went half hour water running(stu said i can count this as 5.5km but i dont really see how i can) today was an optional rest day but since i didnt RUN(only pool running on wed) i thought i had better.. i didnt eat first and then was meeting a gf for a 7km walk..a km or so in i told her we would have to do 'my strength work...did i mention i did this the other day...man my upper body was sore) so we did 10 lunges each leg.10 squats.. the hold them at the bottom then squeeze butt on way up..could really feel them.. pushups with situps between.. the pushups were 10,8,6,4,2 i reallly struggled and thought i might have to do the modified pushup.. but i did the straight legged ones..it HURT!!!! then front plank 45s 2x side plank 30s 45 sec plank.. and continue walking
towards the end of the walk i was starting to feel a tiny bit faint..it was now 1oclock and i hadnt eaten anything today..so we went to a cafe..but it was an organic cafe and they didnt sell coke..(and i needed one)..so i snuck off to the sushi place..felt a bit better once i had some energy back..big gossip which was good
..then off to meet a friend greg and his wife and rugrats ..and about 5 other ex work colleagues which was vnice.. home for a quick nap and blog, then out again meeting a gf...whew...its tough work being on holidays..lol
..but i am thinking about driving tonight!!!!!!!!!bit tired and tough session tomorrow... 5 x1.25kms @ 4:30min/km pace
..oh and i have lost a bit of weight which is great..had crept up to 63.4 and im back to 62.1 woohoo.. only 3.7 more to go according to my mean mean coach(who also called me lazy when i asked y im not running the 400m he thinks im capable of!!!!!) that many kgs....it aint happening!!!!!!!! the most i can do is get down to 60.xx maybe i should have that fatzap thingy done..lol
..okey dokey time for this little runner gal to hit the shower then the pub

oh yeah..that sub 5:40 1500m, means i have to maintain 3:46 min km or less(15.88km/h) and the 800m i want which is sub 2:40 means i have to maintain 3:20min/km pace or less(18km/h)
sub 69s 400 means i have to do 2:52min/km pace for a lap(20.86km/h)
..ummmm that means marathon runners(elite men are maintaining that pace for 2 hours...WOW did i mention WOW
..yes im a geek.. but they are the 3 times i want over the next 2 weeks

..oooohhhh atta girl jojo

..before i forget(cos we all know what im like...lol) Andrew that would be great to run together..im not sure if i could maintain that either ..last year i did 70:03 which is sub 5min kmss and probs 4:48-ish(stu is reluctant to give me ANY predictions at this stage...booo hiss...lol
..em you reserve judgement but i reckon youre more than able...but since its all on concrete i wouldnt like you to go too hard and hurt yourself
..day started well not... left my wallet,training program(was having a squiz last night)and shoes at my freinds house...lol..so had to go pick up the stuff from his work today..i am such a freaking moron
..super happy with tonights set.. supposed to do 4x200@45s 4x400@90s 4x200@45s

so did a 2.5km warm up..and for the first time the pain in my achilles for the first km wasnt excruciating..woohoo..just uncomfortable..then some buttkicks(?)knee lifts...sidesteps... and some run throughs
200m's 40,42,42,42
400m's 87,86,86,86 FINALLY hit under the 90s..which i havent been able to do the last 2 session
200m's 41,40,42,37 stu told me to stretch out on the last 120m of the last one..i was pretty spent by then 800m cool down and watched everyone else train
approx 6.8kms
...i felt really strong today..and a couple of people actually came and said this to me...and 2 other people separately told me my style/technique looked very good :)
so miss j is very happy..getting some speed back
..am icing achilles...back was quite sore so hopefully that will go soon!!!!!

you have no IDEA how nice it is to finally be running the paces i was running prior to the nasty back injury...9 damn months ago
big smiiles from this little tacker...yay me