..oooh a ride

ok its official..i do NOT live in point cook after all...i live in a wind tunnel...lol...it wasnt that windy on first glance, but seriously-it was so windy when riding-it is completely unsheltered.in particular at altona beach..i was having to work seriously hard to keep the pace at 20kms an hour(hybrid not road bike)-and i had to keep the gears easy so i wouldnt strain
..anyway an hour ride -just over 20km(im so slow its ridiculous) it was a much harder workout than water running too! then it was off to clinical pilates(a hard session today-dont know whether an hour ride contributed to that) got given more and harder exercises..i can actively feel that my core is stronger-even just when walking(and riding today) it is activated much more often- i think in the past i havent really been using it at all
-the back pain lately is not as bad as it had been(a little sore tonight but not bad bad) hard to say whether that is the huge reduction in kms/not running consecutive days/pilates/combination of all
its a very happy miss jo at the moment.am really such a lucky lucky person

..to coin an old expression

HOLIDAYS ARE ace(yes ace is way old...but soooooo descriptive)

ok havent blogged for a few days
fri-cant remember too long ago....lol..but we had the rugrats this weekend so stu and i and his troupe went out to dinner at one of those family pizza restaurants..and i drank some terrible house white...
then i was supposed to train at the track saturday morning but my back was niggly,,,, and its been a bit of a concern because it is the right soide which last time caused foot drop... anyway decided to err on the side of caution and do a water run....ugghhghgh i have to get a bike windtrainer sorted-this water running does my head in(although the water kinda make my back feel better)
..then feed the boys and off to michelles grand final bbq..where (over the course of about8 hours) we consumed a VAST quantity of champagne....lol... i fell asleep in the car on the way home..and when we got home..couldnt help get the boys out or anything...just headed straight for bed,...lol
it was great to hang out with michelle and mark and of course the gorgeous Em, the boys were very well behaved

..yeah woke up this morning to stu going for a one hour run....one of the boys came and got me about setting up a video...so i got up...but wasnt feeling fabbo
...then i had to go for a 1hour run.....OMG thank god theyre not all like that.... hideous would be an under estimation..at 8 mins had to have a 5m walk break and drink, same again at 15 min, then i stumbled through to 30mins where i plonked myself on the ground and wondered how i could possibly make it home(there was a teensy bit of dry retching...oopsies)...anyway staggered back..pretending to run but really i think i was just trying not to fall over.. once i went to the shop and bought a sugary drink i felt human again..just in time to start getting ready for my dads bday lunch that i had invited the gang over here for
..stu cooked(hes such a darling boy(well mostly :) ) and a great time was had.(no drinks for me-although i am starting to contemplate one now
and i was 55 MILLION dishes... funny how when you have 12 people there are a LOT of dishes

one more week of holidays...oh sorry did i call them holidays..i meant days where i can go see medical practitioners.physio tomorrow-and maybe the dr about my very infected finger(from the scissor grass cutting incident) if it is still this swollen-the chemist dude today looked at it and is like-i dont have anything string enough for that.have some betadeine but i reckon your gonna have to go to the doc for some antibiotics
..hope not.//anyway its looking a bit better now..
anyway CIAO to y'all in blogland

...busy day...quelle surprise

..slept in a bit-the bf was pretty quiet when he left-he is a good boy-as ive said b4-ill keep him :)

then it was off to my aunt who is a physio-she was running a bit late(9:40 but didnt go in til 9:50) a bit of massage-ouch around l4/L5 and L5/s1 -as usual..then differential)9a current passing between 4 points) i love this-its great
..then off to olympic park sports med to see katrina for one on one clinical pilates- did some tough stuff today at least 6 new exercises-withe me setting up the machines(ill be able to do solo soon) then sent a not so nice message about something which has been stressing me-but thats been sorted now-yay
..and then home-reorganise the linen closet-ie actually fold EVERYTHING
..too slack to go running so go to the track with stu
supposed to be 10x150m@30s(3:20min/km) but instead did them at the following pace
rep 1. 28s (3:07min/kms... 19.2KM/H)
rep 2-6 27s (3min/kms............20.0km/h)
rep 7 26s (2:53min/kms......20.76km/h)
rep 8,9 27s (3min/kms............20.0km/h)
rep 10 23s (2:33min/kms......23.47km.h)
just so you can get that speed in perspective..remember it is 150m-could NOT maintain..stu told me to RACE an 11 year old-as if she was gonna beat me!a good one will- but someone close to my pace WONT!!!

stu gave me a sheet today to say what my time goals are
they may be a bit adventurous
200m - sub 30(low 30s b goal)
400m -64/65 without block practice as it hurts my back
800m 2:32
1500-5;30
3000-12:30

anyway will see how we go..... back is reasonably good today..i LOVE any day that is a good day with the back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

..afternoon drinkies

..had a few chickybabes over for lunch today :) YAY

had a barbie-i made a potato salad and normal salad and then cooked up a stormon the bbq...ok well- maybe i didnt cook..one of my gfs did(she offered) and i went ooooh stu is gonna think im terrible..and theyre like why will he need to know...and i go..well he will ask you know...what do you mean..he will say...did you burn the sausages..and they chimed in..so you can honestly say NO..nd ive gone-it will have the tone!!! so when stu asked if i killed them with my cooking..ive gone noooooo? but obviously with the tone and hes like..what does that mean///lol/// so i fessed up//lol(i am wothout doubt the worst liar in teh world!!!
..had some champers or 20(kidding-had a couple tho) today... little tiddly

this morning..
water run 40mins...couldn make myself swim-too mcu to do..at least i didnt smash any champagne bottle today

one of stu's friends(and mine now) messaged me to see if we want a lodger f0r 3 months.chatted with stu and we are both cool with it..maybe thatll be the pre-cursor to them moving back to melbs
miss j may need a little bitty nap- it feels like midnight!lol... obviously im soft..i used to be able to drink all day AND night!!!

..answers first-a small mishap...then speed

okey dokey- a few answers first
andrew-no i dont really enjoy swimming..im craphouse at it!
ewen-of course my system is fairer :)i made it up you know...remind sme a bit of what someone said at the bbq..... hey jo -where's you're better half.... i look around as if hes not talking to me... and then finally...better half?????..... you so know IM the better half...and then pmsl..
i thought this next bit but didnt say it......also i may be living with stu but we ARE not now two parts to one whole-we are still two wholes thanks....

BIG DAY TODAY
foxtel came around today and had to leave him here while i went to pilates
..whilst short ^^ for 25 mins!!!!! i worked pretty hard today...eventually i will get to go by myself (unsupervised like a BIG GIRL(LOL)and use the machines and it will only cost about $20

then shopping as i have a few pals coming over tomorrow(4) so of course had to buy champers...um apparently IM not so good AT NOT DROPPING IT AND SMASHING IT INTO A MILLION PIECES AT ALDI-and do you have ANY concept how loud that is.... jojo drops head and wants to crawl under the table but d'oh theres glass under there..embarassing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh and the very cute young boy(about4) saying they need to clean that up...yep cute but still wanting to disappear under the table
..then off to the track for non speed speed work.... that ummm really is speed work if im honest...i honestly nowhere near as fast as stu thinks i am//he said do 10x200(2km warm up-350m strides) at 40s ..the ones into the wind were 40s(with one at 3) but i think i may ave pushed too hard on the others...around 37-38s
..and umm the back is pretty average
..then stu and i went out -because it is DATE night...lol..thats what i always say about tuesdays...stu just rolls his eyes... anyway time to go...

...the WET kind of running

..snore central..a pool run 10mins normal..then ten minutes tempo(was pushing pretty hard-noticed my breathing) then 10mins normal
..then stu had instructed me to swim at least 250m...funny thing is today-i was actually swimming ok-albeit terribly slowly so i swam 500m... so relatively happy with that
..then my physio exercises,glute stretches hipflexor stretch hammy stretch and then rolled around on the tennis ball making all sorts of groaning noises..i wont repeat the comment that stu made during this!!!!! that tennis ball hurts like...um HELL

yesterday:
when stu got home he wanted to go for an hour run so i went on a slow bike ride-although when i commented that it felt like i was sitting on the couch-stu decided to take a short cut through the grass....lol (and my errrr kinda butt are a bit sore..im so soft! )
..and then a surprise call from michelle and her date :) and we all went out to Vietnamese in werribee....LOVELY-but the naughty girl would not even let me pay...i insisted and then noticed this morning that she had put money into my wallet..smack on the bum for her..and then a few drinkies back at my house

..that is NOT the run of a runner

...woke up with a headache and a sore throat this morning(just dehydrated i think-although still have a heady)
anyway my run this morning was NOT the run of a runner. It was the run of a person who has not run for 12months.Im NOT joking.it was abysmal. i had to stop for a drink nearly every 5 mins on the out trip...i felt like rubbish..couldnt get ANY sort of rhythm going at all, then turned around after 23 mins and straight into the wind...yay..there was just NO joy in it today
so 8kms made but no done well

THE LAST AV RACE OF THE SEASON
there are no excuses for how i ran yesterday. it was complete and utter sh1t. i just had no pace in the legs whatsoever. i wonder if that has something to do with the haf mara 2 weeks ago. just felt completely flat.couldnt get the legs to tick over.averaged 4:34min/kms but was expecting about 20s faster .was EXTREMELY disappointed- but maybe thats where im at. I havent been able to do any speedwork since the half

anyway last year i was ony 2 s slower and i slowed to 5min/kms for the last km and a bit cos i hurt my Achilles.so basically the race was pretty abysmal for me. i did pass one div1 runner so i was happy with that. Maybe 17:33(31 by my watch)is where im at and that is as fast as i get for the tan. no matter i spose

then out to the coburg for a bbq-whist my lad went off to his sisters wedding in shepparton-someone was tad tipsy last night...lol(and not me..i notice he was on the forum at 2.20am) then my brothers for dinner, then home(i was supposed to meet a friend out for a drink but i was having a headache and finding it VERY difficult to keep my eyes open)

anyway that enough from this sh1tbox runner.itll be back in the pool tomorrow.back is not too bad considering..
..athough i am trying to find some betadeine(but not doing a good job)..i cut my leg with the scissors(i was cutting some grass since the lawnmower broke and apparently my leg looks like grass!!! but i have been told once youve had celluitis you need to be a bit careful anytime you cut that leg..im not sure if thats tru or not???michelle?joey??