...oooh not much fun there

okerly dokerly
well after yesterday appalling no show when it came to running, i really had to force myself to go....there was not much pleasant going on.my back hurt for nearly the duration :( and i got absolutely drenched-it looked like id been swimming
..and there was this dickhead guy that ran past me then slowed(i kept consistent pace) so id go to overtake him then he would surge, then slow, id draw even then he'd surge, then slow-was very annoying... saw two footy teams down at stkilda in the water

then i went shopping
oh yeah i didnt tell you what pressies i got
:very nice chopping board and knife from my nephew\
:100 gift voucher for rebel from my dad
: something from my bro but he hasnt given it to me yet

my sister still hasnt texted me which is kind of poor form :( i cried today cos i am missing her heaps at the moment

anyway bday stuff is all over


so back is average (just for a change :( having an MRI on the back tomorrow night -hopefully karen can get me to a slightly less painful way of life than what i have at the moment(sorry to whinge) but finding it very demoralising at the moment.am definitely not RACING the half- my back would just be too bad-its already not going to like 2 hours on bitumen- so ill stick to 5:15-5:30min kms just so teh team gets points

and today i bought the following
:2 zip up track tops from brooks
:a brooks top that i bought for stu
:a nike dri fit running jacket(was $60 which i thought was the special price-but reduced further to 49)
:a slazenger long pair of compression leggings
:a pair of short she-skins, plus a pair of running gloves(with dads voucher)

well i did have to buy myself a birthday present didnt i!!!!!! at least i didnt go the whole hog and buy the wii as well. 12 days til the move...jojo claps hands

..bday celebrations with a wine(whine) or two.lol

...welll it was my bday yesterday and the day started of so sh1tty it just wasnt funny, someone was rude to me in the first 5 mins of me getting there-i was super super tired, felt like crying(was missing my sister heaps today- not that she even bothered to text me of course :( and the day was just crap- and to kick it all off-horribly sore back
anyway a couple of quick drinks then meet stu at my place-hes such a nice boy :) and then off to dinner at quan88-which was super cheap-worked out to just under 20 a head..so most people kicked in 20 and i would ask if they wanted change(i didnt know what people had-appy for people to put in whatever they want-anyway one of my freinds(her behaviour was really bizarre last night) is like monica only had an entree she should pay less..so im like ok mon how much change tdo you need..no no its fine -i was eating other peoples..etc..lain ket pushing so id given her 5 back(and then lainie pushed some more so i gave her another 5 back-i mean i very specifically chose a CHEAP restaurant because my nephew was comin-it DONT get much cheaper than 20 bucks..anyway later on i heard her saying..well my dinner was only $12 and ive gone lain-do you want some change(and i did mention of course there was corkage and rice as well) i mean seriously she can have any amount of change she wants..but i dont think i will invite her next time-it kinda pissed me off... and then she was trying to set a freind of mine (guy) up on a date with a gf of hers(who is quite desperate and not his type) anyway shes gone to me-shes nice isnt she..and i said yeah she is but shes not M's type... and lain got all funny about it and kept pushing the point with him- and i was trying to discreetly let her know that a gf of mine who had hooked up with him at my bday last year was sitting next to him so STOP. it was just weird. im thinking a bit of space at the moment.shes always been forthright and blunt but she actually verged on rude yesterday..oh yeah and then she called me judgemental-cos she knows i think her friend is a bit boring!!!

anyway the rest of the night was brilliant-had the most super awesome time.stu had to meet about 15 people(including my dear old dad!!!) my brother loves stu-they were joined at the hip ;) lol although stu needs to remmebr hes supposed to agree with me not my bro...LOL

did not want to get up for work this morning though... tough day at the office! then a nana nap-then off to the hospital to play with my best friends bub-ad he is actually super cute(and NO i dont always say that) some babies are UGLY

not running today.no time to get to the pool b4 close and back not up for outdoors

..wow how much i love a bit of speed

..wow how much i love a bit of speed

was in a seriously bad mood yesterday and was still not feeling great this morning-the back was still not great (panadeine for brekky) and because i had PD all day-i even took a lumbar support roll in with me...god im embarassing :( anyway the seminar was NOT fabulous... and then training tonight
speedwork-woohoo! how happy am i that we are heading back to track season
so the set was supposed to be 6x300m@ 65s plus 4x200s@less than 40s with 90s recovery
Here they are with pace after
300s
1 60s too fast (3:20min/kms or 18kms/h)
2 64 ( 3:33min/km 16:9km/h)
3 62 (3:27min/km 17.4km
4 64 ( 3:33min/km 16:9km/h)
5 64 feeling very tired last 50
6 63 (3:30min/km 17.1km/h) feeling very tired last 100!
then a slightly longer break to change out of spikes
200s
1 39 (3:15min/kms or 18.5km/h)
2 37 ((3:05min/km or 19.5km)
3 39 (3:15min/kms or 18.5km/h)
4 36 (3:00min/km or 20k/h)

so a fantastic set-back tweaked at the start of each 200 :( but am heaps faste than this time last year...although stu is predicting 64 s 400(he is dreaming!!!) i dont think im going to lose 2.2 secs off this years pb..but hey i would be happy if icould

man i was tired after that set

wont be any posting tomorrow night..going out for my bday..ciao

:( panadeine for breakfast is SH1T

....sigh,,you must all think im a terribly whiny little so and so :(
when my back tweaks(which is everytime i go from a bent forward position to upright-it feels a bit like a knife- anyway from the get go at work(couldnt quite straighten up-the back was having a hissy fit- rather than put up with it for a few hours first(im a bit over it) and then take panadeine i decided-i was already in enough pain!!!!!!!! and its extremely tiring to be constatntly battling it
anyway-as a result-it meant that no way no how could i do a 60min run on land...so im an amphibian.. into the water i go..pretty chilly really in an outdoor pool, boooooooooooooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring but it got done :( then i tried to convince stu that an hour of exercise was enough so could i skip lunges etc.... no dice
lunges and pushups 12/10/10 had to be still lunges -not forward lunges(hurt back too much to lunge on each step) followed by 12/10/10 squats/pushups... didnt love the squats because of my back..so had to modify slightly..skipped the planks..and fdid my physio back strengthening(and core) exercise.it seems like a suitable alternative

home at my place-probably a good thing cos im pretty sulky :(

..ooooh yay

okey dokey
so another day pretty much free of back pain...f-ing awesome thats all i can say(well its tight and all and tweaks occasionally
but that I CAN MANAGE!!!!
yay
..in answer to one of andrews question-not quite sure but i have been using my 'lumbar support roll' in the car..so not sure if thats helping, but my back is always worse after a 40min drive and it has been reasonable :) :)
so anyway- the set went like this..
4x1km @105s laps so 4:22min/km (13.7km/h) followed by 2 x800m at the same pace

so when i got there it was pretty damn windy-anyway i made the times-just 4:22 for the 1kms, and 3:28-9 for the 800's
although i went too hard in the first 200m doing 50s every time(instead of 52s-doesnt sound like much but well it is 10s over 1km) and then the right pace for the 2nd 200- then 2 secs too slow 3rd 200 and then right on pace for the rest

anyway-the bubble was a little annoying but ill get used to it..Most amazing of all was a run without back pain(well mostly)
happy happy little jojo
i am a very very lucky girl- a job i like, fit and healthy, an extremely nice bf, a new house...wow... holidays in 3weeks.... oooooh hapy hapy little pussycat
..i think stu probably prefers me with back pain.....lol..im way less excitable/annoying ...lol

errrr EDIT: i may have spoken a little too early..back is not overly happy -hopefully not too bad

...ooooh mondays are tough

mondays are tough.FULL STOP! when the alarm went off this morning- i just about needed a truck to get me out of bed...........so so so tired
..but happily a day without the back having a tanty-how nice is that! you cant even begin to imsagine what that means to me :) its been a tiresome 6 weeks or so with the back-starts to drag you down
..anyway the back was fine all day and ..wait for it... it didnt even hurt during the run...and wait theres more..it hasnt seized up afterwards-so im actually still able to bend over- I KID you not-its awesome.im nearly like a normal person-...too too cool :)

i find mondays run really tough.the legs are always very heavy and tired..the hour and a half sunday run just seems to suck the lifeblood out of me....
am not racing the half marathon-will run it but not full on...well for various reasons-the main one being the back probs cant take 21kms of racing on the road
..although [part of me is like ...2 years ago i did 103mins(which is 4:53 min/km pace-not sure if i could do that anyway...maybe i should see if corrie is running and cruise it with her.... whaddya reckon??? well stu is still kinda tapering me which is weird since im not racing
..have been eating well for the last two days and am now only 1.4kgs above what i usually am-had out on over 4kgs during the convalescence and ensuing bad tempered-ness and extremely bad eating habits!!!!
stu would like me to get below 60kgs.(for running).but with my body type(humungus breasts-im sure they weigh a bit) i just dont think that is possible... anyway im contemplating lite n easy for the first two weeks after i move out to really kick start me- when i watch my diet -i actually lose the weight..i dont have a slow metabolism or anything-i just EAT too many kJs

moving in 18 days..woohoo..soooo excited its just not funny..

... dome me up scottie :)

...yep pretty happy with the bubble in my shoe(metatarsal dome)- i wasnt ready to trial it for 90 mins-but i used it for the first 30 mins at YY today. i did not have any toe pain at all during this part of the run-that is awesome..anyway back to pick up mechelle then changed shoes,/...interestingly enough it took 15mins into this part of the run before the familiar ache was in the toe- usually i have it for the entire run... so i have high hopes for this bubble...so ill be bubble girl-i can live with that :) i like bubbles tehyre kinda fun....lol..im so immature!!!

yesterday ran the year 8 aths-i had to do most of the work which was a bit annoying but then if i didnt take over we would have been there another half hour..the year 7s(someone else was doing that) was only just starting to run the relays(and there are 8 races!!!!) when i left as i had finished

then my very lovely bf(although he did offend me this morning when i said maybe i should race the half and got told im not fit a=enough-and im too BIG to run a good half marathon :( ) and i went to the national cross countrys which was fantastic to watch-but did mean i didnt manage a run
dinner at my bros last night/.//fell asleep the whole car trip home///it was like i was a baby..friday night stu and i went to my friends house for a dinner party(drank too much)- but me being me-tried to start breaking things immediately..knocked stuff off the fridge as soon as i walked in... then later, was pretty thirsty-so grabbed the water jug...ummmmmmm hadnt quite worked out that someone had just filled it so it was still filtering...errr as i tipped it the whole amount of water still to go through the filter went on my lap-it was like i was in a pool- way to embarrass yourself jojo ...lol.... it couldve happened to anyone though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but as expected-it DID have to be me... lucky my bf is not embarassed by my shenanigans and general klutziness..wyhich is lucky cos i cant help it-things JUST HAPPEN

anyway off to sign the loan papers...woohoo and i have decided I AM BUYING MYSELF A WII $ MY BDAY(next friday)...yay me