omg -are they my legs -nooooo they couldnt be

..my legs have officially disowned me!
we did a very hard set yesterday----yeeesh a morning set-what is with that!!!!!!!!!
anyway you may remember me bemoaning the hot 300s last thursday(4 of them with 5min recov)
anyway the proposed set by Tristan(400m hurdler for aus) was 2 sets of 3x300 fast with 10min bw sets, 5 min between reps ..OMG the man is trying to kill me. I knew with my training this would be too big a jump, so decided 5 would b enough.. I trained with boys ranging in age from 13-17...hmmm never gonna keep up with that..the slowest boy runs a 2.32 800(on grass!) but it takes him a while to wind up(year 7) so he actually was only 3-4 mtres ahead of me in each rep. but his knee hurt after one set so the last 2 i was a bit further back.
a bit slower than last week 53,53,54, then 54,55 stu thinks rather than it being a morning session or me being sh#t(which i was blaming) that it may be due to a hard set thus,races sat, long run sunday and then monday a 20min water run(not buoyed but along the ground but it ATE my feet so i did 15mins kickboard instead-thats tiring!)
anyway we had recovery lecture yesterday which was interesting to say the least, the boys played soccer in the afternoon-i went for a walk to buy a muffin for a bday boy, then we had bball after tea, i was just throwing it and my arms spore today! and then a recovery in the water at 9pm last night..and then an exhausted jojo finally got to bed at 10pm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
then at brekky at 7, track session at 8-fortunately tristan is a believer you cant work hard every day, so we did LOADS of drills with explanations about why etc which was ACE and then we did 5x60m strides-progressively faster up to race pace and then a 150 pretty flat out-the year 7 boy only passed me with 3m to go-he had to REALLY work!!!! lol then a physiotherapy lecture, lunch, then a stretch and tone session(killer-we did loads of lunges and squats and push ups and tricep dips and some stretching)
then we had a recovery session in teh pool, walking runnning swimming and then into the hot cold contrast OMG...no let me correct that OMFG that is insane supposedly to shoulder, i got just to belly button height..
we would be in the hot thing, then jump into the cold thing, 1min was unbearable for me(im soft and my feet ache(poor circulation) then hot then cold for 2 mins(couldnt last got out after 1min) then hot then cold for 2 mins-1min20s before i cracked... yes it did help the legs but OMG OMG OMG not something i love
then the boys went back to the track and did some run throughs..i sat this out though. i knew my limits

OH and we have been doing so much walking its crazy..and i have been drinking so much water. NO zero, no alcohol, even my wee is the right colour.. im on a health retreat alright..if only i didnt go back for seconds i would lose weight,but man you get sooooo hungry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anyway our dinner time is 5.45 so i have to go!

..a water run (of sorts) at the AIS

yep flew to canberra today.... ughghghhg i hate flying, im a very nervous flier-and it was quite turbulent today too
-not going to be many chances to do any running apart from with the boys..i dont think we will manage a run, Ewen, after all :(
-managed to sneak off for 40mins to the pool. Unfortunately it is only 1.1m deep and hence not ideal for water running. so ditched the bouyancy belt and went running with my oh so delicate precious little princess feet. After 10mins tehy ground was starting to chomp on my feet and started oeeling off skin off my toes. i persevered for the next 10mins and then decided if i kept going it would be detrimental so i kickboarded for the next 15 mins.

-they have only allocated us half hour in the dining hall-quite hard to get all 33 boys all done and dusted in that time. Also the junior boys dont have anything organised for them tonight(free time) so theyre being a bit loud and silly
im in my room which is a bit cell like really. Has a bunk in here, its not ridiculously small but if you had the proposed 2 per room, it owuld be quite difficult long term.
HAd the tour today which was interesting-ate too much at dinner(so i wouldnt get hungry at oh 8pm) we had dinner at 5.45.
Im actually going to read a book this week too!. Thats the plan, i have NOT been reading enough latelly(well not at all really)

so
its a wine detox week, no coke zero after today, and im trying to take on board what the nutritionist today said as well
i would be happier if the lock on my window actually worked, but you cant have everything i guess. im also surprised that there is only 2 toilets/showers in our block(separate) but that there is not a different one for teachers to use- so i have to use the toilets after the smelly boys, and believe me when i say im a little bit precious-i dry retch as soon as there is ANY sort of smell at all
.feeling a bit mentally -i dont know how to describe it.down's not quite the right word but it is along those lines, maybe disappointed is a better word-and that is nothing to do with camp, completely just other stuff

...aaah the joys of selective memory

Sunday long runs(not always after a race) have been pleasant enough lately
-hear the evil music here please...i had forgotten what it was like to do long runs after asummer competition..ie after 800s and 400s... OMG my legs were like lead. At about 40mins they had packed up, had a tanty and gone on vacation. However i still had to run for another 30mins, so i had to drag the lead weights wround for a while. I was glad this last part was by myself cos seriously, anyone running with me w0uld have assumed i was a complete novice and had never run before....lol
..anyway done done and done, then stu and i went out for brunch(i wised up and had a piece of toast when we got home though, cos otherwise i become MADAM Crankypants when it is 2 hours since i finish long run and havent eaten anything. im an "eat fairly soon after running" kinda gal

been packing, which from the looks of the amount of stuff im taking, i would be going away for a month(only going 5 days though!)
however you try packing, 2 pairs of longer running shoes, 1 pair spikes, 1 lightweight speed trainer(lunars) and a buoyancy belt and start trying to find room for other stuff...who needs a hairbrush,....lol (not me)
anyway having some red wine and cheese, drying the rest of the stuff to take tomorrow(will probs take my pooter) i think id miss it more than stu...LOL... im kidding stu!!!!!!!!!!! id miss you just as much!!!! hehe i AM a funny gal

..ewwwww 2 time trials is ALWAYS going to hurt

...plan for today
timetrial an 800 (aiming for sub 2.45-feel like i should be at about 2.42 at the mo) and anything under 70- stu hadnt set me ANY goals so they were just mine
-this was also a fairly heavy week of running for me-dont laugh-this is HEAVY for me 40kms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! been ages since then and remember i do some tough quality sets which means only about5kms is covered

anyway only had a couple drinks last night and drove-pat on back for me...woohoo
one of our friends (David) kindly agreed to be my pacer-YAY cos stu had hurt his ankle and none of stu's juniors are running 2.45 this early in the season
omg-when we got there, the wind was NOT pretty AT ALL!!!!! it was worse than 2 weeks ago. i said to stu-is there any point doing a timetrial, its just gonna be ugly.. maybe we should do a tough rep set
NO
okay then-nuff said.....lol
did a longer warm up,
then it was time to race-fortunately stu basically said to the kids to NOT be in front of david or myself unless they were going to run 2.45 or faster so i didnt have to go around anyone either

went through first lap in 80/81 and tried to work into the wind in the 400-500 -hit the 600 in 2.04(exactly the same as the last timtetrial) and then really worked for the last 200 to get 2.44.x so the last 200 in 40 made me VERY happy. The wind had to be worth 3seconds(without a doubt) pacing was great, he sat JUST in front of me and so took some of the wind. i was super happy with this run :) 3 sec faster than last time AND in stronger winds and i finished much stronger
-here are the 100 splits- so could probably have gone a little faster in the first 400

19.93, 20.41,20.51, 20.91, 21.41(wind), 20.49, 20.49, 19.28(the 6,7 splits were halved as missed)

which means the 200 splits are 40.34 41.42 41.9 39.7

then 15mins(just over) rest before we had to do a 400 time trial. I was NOT looking forward to that. One of stu's girls ran a 66 last year and pumped me in the first 300 rep on thursday so i wasnt sure whether she might beat me(was good to have someone to RACE though) i was in lane 3, she in lane 4- she took off like the wind-2-3m ahead at the 200 so i started to push at the 200 and overtook at the 180-came home strong and finished in 68.98. I was super impressed by this. i didnt run 68.x until late january last season
last season -ran 70.7,70.1,69.9,69.1 before i ran a 68.1
and when i i was running sub 70s my 800s were 2.41/2.40 so it definitely shows the impact of the wind. Much more affected in an 800 than a 400

then out with the lovely bf and now he is slow cooking pork ribs for dinner. nice....but i am verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyy tuckered out i must say

so YES te coach did know best and forced me to run and FINALLY i have walked away saying i have run well..yay gives me a bit of confidence

..not exactly consistent miss jo-hot 300s

-hot 300s tonight..killer set big break of 5mins but unfortunately i was not consistent



rep 1: 51.x

rep 2 51.x

rep 3 54high or 55low-big drop off

rep 4 53high

admittedly the last two, the wind had sprung up a little

felt like i was going to spew after it. and felt average for a while.

its a good tough set though, and i KNOW it is really good for me but whewwwww stu is definitely trying to kill me...lol

ciao bellas

..a tough set but a goodie(i s'pose)

..when stu informed me about todays set i was a little concerned
600 at 20s per 100 (2min) 600m jog recov
500 at 20s per 100 (100s) 500m jog recov
400 at 20s per 100 (80) 400 jog recov
300 at 20s per 100 300 jog recov
200 at 20s per 100 200 jog recov
100 at 20s per 100 collapse-lol

doesnt sound so bad does it-well let me take you back to my timetrial 800m race 2 weeks ago- at the 600m mark i ran 2:04(and that was super super hard)- so suck it up jojo, time to get out there and WORK hard
600- 2:04 dropped of a little in the last 200 (not sure how next rep will go)
500-104 tough this one!
400- 83
300-60 (spot on)
200-39
100-19

so all in all i did ok but it was HAAAAAAAAARRRRRRD, mainly sat on just under 21s for each 100(well really dropped off last 100 or 200)
legs were kinda sore from pilates yesterday
massage tomorrow-yay-water run in the morning with 2 13year old girls
timetrial in the 800 and also in teh 400 on saturday-although 10mins after an 800, thats not gonna be pretty!!!!!!!!!

..lol-i changed what 'should have been the name of the post!

i was going to just call yesterdays post "poo" but decided not to entitle is such! hehe...but (and if youre squeamish, skip the next paragraph!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
..i went out for the run about 10 having had some eggs for brekky. I factor a toilet stop into every run within the first 20 mins.Anyway -about 6 mis into my run(legs were heavy but it wasnt so bad) my belly started to tell me i need to go 'err number 2's" i kinda ignored it and ran through bunny land(hehe i saw 2 bunnies...and thankfully ZERO snakes(im super duper paranoid about snakes..cos yes i know its a long shot, but im one of those freak people that FREAk things happen to(i know i have mentioned b4) but short version, needle in belly for 10 years, hit by tram, smashed out teeth with kneeboard,tripped over chain then got cellulitis -and um a MILLION other things!!!!!!!!!!!)
anyway, 20mins in my belly started really flip flopping and i started to get VERY worried.. im trying not to be too informative, but there was clenching..i actually thought i might poop my pants. i had to walk a couple of times at the 32 min mark..i got home at 36min and NEARLY didnt make it...OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! then i went out again... an after about 6mins when i was trying to not freak out about the swooping bird(wasnt swooping today) i stepped in DOG POO...d'oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and then i turned around just before hte poo tree...(lol-yep i actually had to poop under a tree once!!!!!!!! and it is now called the poo tree) so my run was predominantly centred around poo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so 68 minsAt about 50mins my glute started playing up but i thought---aaah its ok.. 58-60mins i started thinking about the fact that this glute was the precursor to the 'foot drop' of 2006 and then decided i should walk...but then it still hurt just as much to walk and it would take longer so i figured running would be beter as it would be quicker-and I ICED as soon as i got home and took a super anti inflamm..i pondered to stu whether i should take 2 -one for the back and one for the glute...lol-it was a joke!!!!!

then out shoppping with the boys....i certainlly convinced stu's middle child im a clumsy gal, in the morning when making breakfast the packet of herbs fell upon my head sending herbs everywhere. When we were in target i bent ovet o help K with his laces and my pants got caught on one of the racks and i had to be helped free...D though tit was wquite funny and said i nearly got sold for $3.06
we had a nice day with the boys and then went over to our friends house. its great-again not the greatest house guest..>LOL...i was dry retching very loudly...but in my defence they were talking about dead peoples smelly juices!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
...then a GREAT day today..40min run in the WATER(see im doing as i said) followed by a walk with a great gf-although the DOG was obsessed by me and kept trying to LICK me(maybe it was the chlorine) so we went for an hour walk, then i did clinical pilates(and the legs were chaking-they felt well and truly worked) then i cooked lasagne for stu and it was EDIBLE-fancy that :) and started my super hard jigsaw-and thats really about it...hehe breathe jojo..so great day...
I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE being on holidays...but and i know this will sound weird, but i wouldnt want to be on holidays forever(in the 5 week break, im usually ready to go back)