Are we nearly there yet?

Exercise: 8km Run - Treadmill (Trigons)

My knee has improved quickly. I had a rest day yesterday just to help it along.

Three things have come to mind as to why the quick improvement.

1. I have been doing squats and lunges wherever and whenever I can. It takes no time to do a quick 20 squats, including in my office (when nobody is around ).

2. I took the strapping off my foot on Wednesday night. Maybe this was having a detramental (sp?) effect on my knee somehow. Had I strapped my foot incorrectly and it was pulling on a muscle or nerve that attaches to my knee?

3. I used my foam roller on Wednesday night and rolled along the ITB area on both legs. Maybe this also helped with things.

Anyway I’m happy to report that the knees are definitely alot less painful today, even after doing a run on the treadmill. I’ll continue to do squats, lunges and roll on my roller.

Now to everyone who couldn’t make out what was written on my shorts, it said “Woody 4 me”. Also, when looking through my old photo album I came across a photo of me wearing my all time favourite outfit as a teenager. My Levis, Treads and Miller Shirt. How cool was I

Alana’s Quote: “Mum why does your bottom wobble?”

Exercise: 6km Run - Treadmill (7’s Blue)

Wanted to do 8km this morning, but could only manage 6km

Now Kathryn, you wanted to know who my favourite Bay City Roller was. Well here’s a clue (you have to look very closely at the photo).

OMG, I can’t believe my Mother let me wear those shorts There is definitely no way that I’d let Alana wear anything with her bum hanging out like that

Okay Beki, here’s a few songs that have alot of meaning for me. In no particular order:

Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
You Don’t Treat Me No Good - Sonia Dada
Against All Odds - Phil Collins
Show me Love - Robin S
Love Generation - Bob Sinclair

Okay, Beki put up a post which asked 3 questions:

1. Name your all time favourite song that you will never get sick of

3. The one song that you love but are too embarrassed to admit it to anyone. The more embarrassing the better

So here goes:

1. Blondie - In The Flesh………I have loved this song since the day I heard it and I played it over and over and over on my record player at home when I bought the 45 (showing my age now!!), so much so that my Mum took the record off me for a while.

2. I found it very hard to come up with just 10 songs that are my favourites. Here’s just a selection:
Linger - The Cranberries
Girlfriend - Avril Levine Remix with Lil Mama (much better than the original)
Am I ever gonna see your face again - The Angels
Teddy Bear - Elvis
Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden
The way you make me feel - Michael Jackson
Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
On Call - Kings of Leon
First time ever I saw your face - Roberta Flack
Tubthumping - Chumbawumba

3. Okay, here goes: Bye Bye Baby - Bay City Rollers In fact I could list all the Bay City Rollers songs. I don’t know what it is but it just brings back all those girly teenage feelings when I hear the songs, or if I see the videos on the TV

The reason Alana brought up Corey yesterday was because she’d received a very cute hoodie from her Nana in England, and when she came back out from her bedroom after trying it on, she had nothing underneath it, the same as Corey wears his

I did try to highlight to her that girls don’t go bare chested as it’s not proper, but she reckoned that as long as she doesn’t have anything up top then she can be just like a boy

Exercise: Netball Game (Propels)

OMG, my knees

Try playing Netball with sore knees……I almost buckled with the pain in the 3rd quarter. Surprisingly though by the 4th quarter the pain was less than when I started - weird huh

Alana’s Quote: “I want to be just like the party boy”
Me: “Party Boy? What Party Boy?”
Alana: “You know, Corey!”

Exercise: 5km Run - Treadmill (8’s)

I iced my knee all yesterday afternoon yet it was still feeling sore this morning, so I limited my recovery run to 5km.

I remembered to change treadmills though, and the look on the snotty, pleghmy woman’s face when she saw I was on a different treadmill was priceless

Have been to see Corrie (managed to get a lunchtime session) and my knee is not tracking properly, so I have to do specific stretches to help this.

With all the stretches I’ve been given to do for my foot, hip flexors, calf and now my knee, it’ll take me longer to get through these than actually doing a long run

Exercise: 4km Walk/Run - Mothers Day Classic
Exercise: 19km Run - Michelles place to Home (Trigons)

Don’t you just hate it when you go to bed at a decent time and wake up nearly 2 hours before the alarm goes off and you just can’t get back to sleep again

Anyway the whole family attended the Mothers Day Classic this morning, me and Alana doing the 4km run and Hubby spectating. The weather was good, not too cold (yes I just said that ). There was a fantastic turnout and the organisation was spot on as well.

I was hoping that Alana would do quite a bit of running, but unfortunately she got “stitches” almost as soon as we started to jog. I’m not sure if it was just a reaction to her being really nervous about running in her first fun run, but we ended up walking most of the way.

I tried to make it as fun for her as possible, but she just wasn’t having any of it. It was only when we got to the 3km mark that her “stitches” magically disappeared and she was able to run down to the finish line. She was determined to beat me over the line and get a better time than me

Once finished we went back to the main area to collect our showbags and medals, then wandered around the tents for a little while before heading back to the car.

Hubby then dropped me off at Michelle’s place. Part of my training program was to do a slow 20km run today, so I ran with Michelle for 10km along the Dandy Creek Trail where we parted company. Michelle then ran back home and I ran home too. Worked out well for both of us.

I’m still having trouble with my knees though. They are very sore to touch, and I think my quads are pulling them out of alignment a little bit, so a visit to Corrie is in order I think. She’ll fix me up!

Exercise: 25km Run - Lysterfield Lake to Grants Picnic Ground and return (7’s Blue)

Okay, who thought it would be a good idea to scoff potato cakes and chips just before a long run I blame Michelle

Even though it was a great run, I had a pain in my stomach the whole way and I had to stop and walk a few times when the cramps got the better of me

I suppose the fact that I hadn’t really hydrated very well last night, other than a glass of champers, and also hadn’t really eaten the right foods….in fact didn’t eat anything last night, didn’t really help matters either

We were very lucky with the weather and it didn’t actually start to drizzle until we were about 500 metres before the end. Legs are a little weary right now and there’s a little niggle in my right knee which I’ll fix with some ice and nurofen gel, but otherwise I’m not feeling too bad.

I did consider jumping into a cold bath when I got home, but banished the thought pretty quickly

Here’s Michelle and I at the half way point

Hope to catch up with everyone at the Mothers Day run tomorrow. Time for bed now as I have to get up at stupid o’clock to be there for the 4km run

Exercise: 12km Run incl 6 x 800M Yassos - Croydon Track (8’s)

After a late night last night, the alarm going off at 5am was the last thing I wanted to hear

Michelle and I wanted to try and get in a 15km run and incorporate 8×800m yassos as well. Alas, the pitstop at the loos and the slow pace warming up meant that it wasn’t to be

The reason for my late night was to go and watch Michelle graduate

I have to admit that other than watching Michelle go up on the stage to receive her certificate, all decked out in her robes, this must have to be one of the most boring things going

I swear that the guy who holds the big silver staff thing when all the big wigs walk on to the stage was actually falling asleep in his chair on the stage. And the guy who reads out everyone’s name as they come up on the stage must have each person’s name written in plain english, as some of those names were pretty hard to pronounce

Anyway, here she is in all her glory

Exercise: 8km Run - Treadmill (Trigons)

Yes, thanks Mr Mac for highlighting that I did not get the 20km run in that I’d planned on Tuesday

However, there is a good reason for that. I shall endeavour to explain (but not in too much detail )

My original plan was to go to the gym both in the morning and the evening. The morning visit went off without a hitch.

I bought some new snacky things at the supermarket on Tuesday at lunch time - Arnotts Vita-Wheat 100% natural Grain snacks to be exact. Unfortunately they did not agree with me - not one little bit. And by the time I got home from work I was not in a very good way

Let’s just say that I’m glad there was a toilet very close by Okay, enough of that.

So I didn’t get to the gym on Tuesday evening to do the 12km extra bit that I was planning on. Then yesterday morning I was still feeling the affects of these horrible things and didn’t want to risk any “accidents”

This morning my stomach had settled down heaps, thankfully

Not sure about anyone else, but I always get on the same treadmill at the gym. There is a woman who also gets on the same treadmill each morning, the one right next to mine. I’d like to slap this woman over the head one morning soon

She has phlegm stuck in her throat and snot up her nose every time she gets on that damn treadmill, and I can hear her coughing and snorting, even through my music, which is turned up very loud. It’s pretty disgusting. I’ve decided to choose another treadmill to call my own. It will be at the other end of the gym too

Alana this morning - free dress day at school (PSP clutched tightly in hand!!)