..grumble bum

..its official..i am such a grumble bum at the moment...anyway....................

i decided NOT to race the 4km bushfire run last night-REALLY wasnt up to it-was still feeling average...anyway so a bit of shopping and then met stu and the rugrats at OP for hot chicken rolls for dinner
..i left earlier than them and went home and sulked...lol.. not really but as mentioned, i was grumpy
the session today(which i MUCH MUCH MUCH wouldve preferred to have done at the track but was unable to ) ended up being 4x250s at the Tan pretty much flat out(always slower at the Tan :( ) the ground a bit moveable and many people to dodge and weave through and running way wide...but i did make sure each rep was slightly declined!!!so 44,46,46,46 with a long break between (1km worth of reps taking 3:00 min)
then off to watch claire who i train with run a great pb in the 1500(faster than ive actually run this season, and i train substantially faster than her, but then my 1500s are slower this year than last year :(

then home , played PLAY DOH with K and now awaiting my dinner to turn up...lol

oh yeah ewen-i had that thought as well... i am training in clodhoppers at the mo to see if that makes any difference, havent been training in racers or spikes for the last week..and my feet arent feeling quite so bad

..tomorrow is going to be a trial in logistics as stu and i both fit in runnning(me an hour-stu about hour and half), whilst one of us watches the boys and i also have to have left home by 10:30 so i can do some discus practice before being in the discus RELAY

oops tuesday 24th feb

as stu pointed out-i forgot to do this day(and he only cares cos this one is about training!)
anyway tues...
worked really really hard at school so i wouldnt have homework and stu and i could have our 'date night' -we normally go out to dinner on tuesdays-our fave is duyen duyen -yum

anyway training: proposed set: 3 lap w/up,4strides,2x1km@ 100s laps(4:10min/km), mailto:3x800@98s laps(4:05min/km) and 3-4 lap cool down

actual:
4x100strides plus 3x100 doing drills so had done 2km before starting
1 km: 4:03, 2nd km-cant remember but it was about 4:07,
3x800s 3:14, 3:17,3:16 im pretty sure they were the times-close enough anyway

and 4 lap cool down-coped pretty well but one of the juniors LITERALLY whinged the whole time(and she was doing a much much reduced set-at one stage ive gone,.... "listen, im doing an extra lap than you EVERY time so i dont want to hear how hard your set is-go and talk to stu about it(he'd already spoken with her)..im usually very tolerant of her, but it was extremely annoying on tues..i like the girl but it really was over the top-the other junior even mentioned something to stu about how much she had complained


anyway:i have taken the day off work today-felt average yesterday-went to bed at 9:30(which is super early for me) and when i woke up this morning, it felt like i hadnt slept a minute(even though i had) I was so extraordinarily tired and just feeling not well so i took today off. feel a bit guilty-been up for an hour and already considering going back to bed

..tuckered out jojo

..very tires and kinda sore today..foot is giving some serious grief-think its the same as what i ha dlast year-will wait for a week or so to see if it goes away-my tootsies have been very tender and sore for a while(it would be nice to wake up without teh first though being ouch my feet hurt) but this is worse than that

..anyway long day at work- followed by a run where i decided to up the pace a little around the tan-not fast fast but a bit faster than a usual recovery run.... so ran it in 19:41 as part of my 35 min run which was followed immediately by a pilates session. gosh the legs were drained.i find it particualrly hard to do pilates straight after a run-it becomes then over an hour of exercise and then a quick dinner with my dad, then home to a bath and a VERY early night is on the cards tired -too tired and a bit grumpy

Oh My God

..i actually cooked, and NOT only was it EDIBLE, it was actually nice/how about that! i cooke d anice healthy lasagne(yes it is possible-low fat mince(bit of worcestershire sauce)-quite a few vegies in with diced tomatoes and lotsa herbs and then low fat ricotta on each layer and then only a sprinkling of tatsy cheese on top

decided to have a rest day(it was an option and im contempaltinf running that bushfire charity run fri..and besides which-my foot is EXTREMELY sore-almost like when it was sore for many months?????????? hopefully not that again

sooo much HOMEWORK tonight-just stopped a minute ago(didnt finish but eyes have gone googly

.. well thats a bit more enjoyable

..stu and i were pressed for time today as we wanted to go watch narelle run at OP. so we organised it so stu would run half hour around home, then we would go pick up blair, pick up another runner on the way and be at the youies by eight so both stu and i could get in 20-30 mins b4 we run with the kiddies..that would have been fine except the 2nd guy was 20min late and apparently oblivious as he didnt even apologise..i was NOT happy-it also meant that my planned run of 50-60 and i always planned to do closer to 60mins had to be cut short and run about 50 mins
...so a 52min run followed by strides at the end..stu has decided i need to do this at then end of all slow runs
much more enjoyable than yesterdays run..5:30 pace-but 5:30 pace at the youies is not 5:30 pace along roads etc-a bit more like 5:20 i reckon
..then off to watch narelle get a silver medal..woohoo,another boy from W.Aths get a bronze and another boy get a gold..oh and also got to see Tamsyn having a bit of fun in the 100m and 400 hurdles-both of which she won!!!!
then i saw a girl form coburg -who was quite upset that she only got a gig in the relay cos someone dropped out, even though she was faster than other girls..not my business-but i gave her a hug(as she was a bit teary) and told her not to let that stuff bother her-she deserved to be in the team and to run as fast as she could
then to market-super tired-so a quick kip.we are having salmon for dinner..yum

broke the healthy eating a tad with a fish bite,scallop calamari and a few chips but sundays are allowed for that kind of thing-i didnt go crazy

..miss jo absolutely CRACKS it

..yep ...i was as close to having a tanty at the track as i have EVER been-there were tears very very close to the surface
..basically i believe that the set stu set me was too hard-on my fourth rep he wanted me to run 600m at my race pace which if it is so hard to do during a race, im hardly going to be able to do it in training-anyway-he was not folding at all on this one
..so the proposed set(remember my 800m race pace is 40s per 200) and the actual
-there was a horrible horrible wind(when isnt there-but it was NOT nice and NOT conducive to good training

propsed 600m at 43 per 200 (2:09min) actual 2:13 42/45(wind)/46 shit really
proposed 400m at 40 per 200 actual 81s
proposed 400m at 40 per 200 actual 81 but started wheezing at the 300-fell onto ground at the end and still wheezing for a long time-just COULDNT GET ANY AIR) stu as always not very compassionate-the noise i was making trying to breathe was horrible
proposed 600 at 40s per 200-i told stu NO way could i manage this...i was NOT happy
2:10 for the 600-10s behind what it should have been(wasnt talking to stu anymore)
proposed 2,3 x 200s at 45s with 200 float recovery
actual 38,40,41 with the diagonal as a shuffle float
felt like complete rubbish during and after-
so all up 6.3 of the toughest kms

anyway the less said the better

...ooooh ooooh hard session but good

..okerly dokerly-so im doing pretty well at this healthy eating plan,
today:
vita brits with rice milk
snack: rice crackers with roasted capsicum dish
lunch:2 large slices bread(schwwobbs) with capsicum dip.lettuce.cheese.alfalfa and chilli
snack:half slice bread at track as feeling a bit weak
dinner:naughty jojo-garlic pzza with stu stu and then a fettucine matriciano (i always order pizza-so its a start)
and a coupla wines of course...and my darling bf bought me dinner(he is a sweetie) errr cos miss jo cant find her wallet
..been doing silly stuff today..realised i had an extra period 4 today NOT period 5, started running didnt quite see the bin which was STUPIDLY put next to my desk- LOL-at least i managed to stay on my feet .....lol..what a dufus miss jo is

oh yeah runninng!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oosa daisy
plan :all these 600s ,800s 400 etc and the legs were feeling hideously faitgued(i kid you NOT)-i put all my leg weights at pilates(which was haaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrdddddd work mannnn!) walking up stairs today, i was like...what the........ uh oh dats not good jojo

so i emailed stu:
'leggies very very fatigued. Im sure i already know your answer-but any chance of switching sat and thursday session? both session get done still..yada yada ... and he decide it ws actually better for his group to do speedwork-too awesome(although not looking forward to sat... so 5x200 pretty much flat out(which at training is 2s being what you run in a race)

anyway ran 33.8, 33.2, 33.6, 33.5, 33.03 so around 2:45 min/km

one of the girls i ran with almost puking-same race time as me-but my start slows me down and her crouchie speeds her up so she was working WAY harder than me(she kept up very well!poor chickie she is only 13 and it was a tough tough set)-we worked really really well together

anyway glad its friday-but it has been a quick week

oh and ajh-i do enjoy my job-i do have my moments though(and im ALWAYS tired)-its not always the easiest job in the world