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Location:

LIVERPOOL,UK

Member Since:

Sep 27, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Olympic Trials Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Triathlons are my New sport and I LOVE IT  

 

Recent last few years  as I havent done much since I was 16/17yrs, on and off injuries, going out with Friends started. Operations on injuries- compartment syndrome front of the shin had small operation to release the pressure on the fascia.

Oct 2007.  Did the great north run.  ( I was in the elite ladies race, against Kara Goucher and Paula Radcliffe, Im sure u Americans will recall that race).

 I was just in on my previous times from the Bath Half Marathon. I ran it as best as I could off my training & circumstances...

 

Decided to do my 1st Marathon with London looming in the following April I was in the ladies Elite race again.  So the training was on.  I realise now I didnt give my body enough time to recover as it did break down in the last 5 weeks of my training. Injury bound, with calf and hamstring problems I raced! 

London Marathon, April 08 (Injury calf issues) 1st marathon  3hrs.12mins .30 secs

Dublin Marathon  Oct 08  3hrs.01mins.13  undulating and 1 toilet stuck/stop (LOL)

Bath Half 2007    1.26.35 hrs

Wilmslow half marathon english champs    1.25.39

18th lady  (With piriformis injury ).

Liverpool 10k 2008 Oct 37.42mins midst marathon training 

Wirral 5k 2009 17.41mins off the back off marathon week 

Track 3000ms 10.45mins  hmmm I ran this to get points for my club so I just did tactical and ran on 1st lady shoulder and sprinted at the end !

 

 

As a youngster

County Champion for Xcountry and

High Jump

and 1500ms track.

pbs aged 13 yrs old

800ms 2mins 16secs

1500ms 4mins 48 secs

high jump 1metre 53  (cant do this now) and I never trained for it as a kid, just competed alot for points for my club, usually spend 2 hours highjumping, and skip off to do an 800 or 1500ms race then go back to high jump, Wish I took the running more seriously!

 

Run on more than several occasions for my County against Ireland county of Dublin.

Top 50 finnisher at 14yrs of age in english nationals Xcountry.


Short-Term Running Goals:

Complete my 1st Triathlon    1st lady   Brinscall  ok this was a triathlon with no timed transition i treated it as a training race to see if I like triathlons and I love them.

Complete off road triathlon  2nd lady.. 12 secs behind my age group world champion.  Tameside triathlon

Complete outdoor water race 1 mile   Salford Great north swim . 29 mins yay

Complete Olympic distance triathlon

Races for 2010  Future races.

Winter Duathlon Series Race 1 - December 12th 2010  Won  overall time 1hr 8 mins 43 secs

winter duathlon series race 2

2011  1st Lady overall time  1hr 09mins 04 secs.

Windy very windy

3rd race Duathlon winter series Feb 20th 2011

 Races for 2011

ITU Duathlon 2011 qualifier                                                               Dambuster Duathlon, East Midlands – 19th March 2011  

Qualifiers ITU Sprint Triathlon 2011 & ETU Sprint Triathlon 2012       Speedy Beaver, East midlands – 29th May 2011

Itu Standard triathlon 2011 qualifier                      Shropshire Triathlon   West Midlands 5th June 2011

ITU Standard Triathlon 2011 & ETU Standard Triathlon 2012             Dambuster Triathlon, East Midlands – 18th June 2011

London Triathlon Hyde Park ITU World Championship series race       6th AUGUST 2011  (practice format hopefully for Beijing)

 

Need to Qualify for GB Team  Beijing World Championships which is on

September 10/11th 2011



 

new pb for 5k 17.41 minsnext running goal for 5k is sub 17.30 mins Summer Track season and road 10k's & 5k's  

Lots of goals, lots of hard work and no play! ;-)

Long-Term Running Goals:


   

training pbs



swim

3750 1hr6mins 

2500 41.37 mins 29th May 2011 

1600ms 27.45

1500ms 24.00  8th April 2011 NEW PB 

500ms 7mins 38 

Cycle

42 miles 2hr 15

25 miles 1hr 15min 00s 

25miles 1hr 9mins 5secs with a decent wind! 11.6.12 

26.25 miles 1hr 12mins boooom :) 

20miles 59.30 mins 

12miles 36 mins 

10 miles 27:44mins new pb after a pb swim 8/4/11

10 miles straight out 26mins 35secs new pb 27/9/11

10 miles on turbo 25mins 35secs 

 Run 9 mile route h/town 1hr 2mins 43secs

5.23 mile route home fishermans coast bypass 

37.04 mins.

 


 

Personal:

 

 


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Okay I was tired this morning I did sleep sort of okay but not great.

 

10 mins xtrainer level 6.

 

I wanted to do an 11 mile route so I went out..... windy all the way out, path down the side of a barracks then round to hightown sanddunes crosby sanddunes then crosby front along the seaside but tarmac from here on.  all the way upto th leisure centre full on wind for over 5miles.  

Okay I started to head back but from the start I wasnt feeling great again and now was feeling worse, I dont usually take fluids with me for this sort of length run but felt very thirsty...and hungry I didnt eat much for breakfast and hadnt eaten since and last night was a light snack so I start realising im boinging (bonking/hitting the wall) it was pretty hard going average time 8/8.15 pace some faster some slower!  I hit the 10.5 mile mark and realised its no way a 11 mile route more of a 12/12.5 and I was running late due to the fact I was running slower than 1st thought  so I knew I was gonna run late literally for my phsyio appointment.  and I hit the by-pass and felt dizzy I wanted to be sick but as I hadnt eaten there was nothing there urgghhhh I had hit the wall I ran for 3 miles through it and seemed to hit it again I felt like I wanted to just sit down and go to the sleep ha ha ha so I rang Paul he was local thankfully and wasnt too bothered about picking me up actually seemed very happy to pick me up and drop me off at the gym....  so 10.5 miles Im happy with and I must have burnt some fat there LOL 

 

 

When Paul dropped me at the gym as this was my starting point it was funny all 3 male gym trainers were at the door how embarassing... they were like omg you ok you had an accident I must have looked awful, I replied "no just not eaten enough and ran outta puff"

they replied oh dear so you just flagged a van down then

Me " ha ha ha no thats my husband as if ! "   and I went to see Jane My physio and she was like oh god sam whats wrong I was like nothing im ok just need something to boost my sugar I think... and off she went I only wanted a lucozade as I think I would have thrown anything else up like food stuff. ha ha.

 

Ok my hammy was bubbly and needed sorting it was also a bit bunched up but thats the tempo run I think and my hip was bad  to say the least ouchie ouchie it really hurt but she sorted it out with me making silly noises ahhhh ahhhh ahhh LOL

 Mileage Board WHOS the DADDY Chris M...now dont go running 2 miles or anything ha ha ha 

 

 

Nike Zoom Pegasus Miles: 10.50
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 6.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From Kory on Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 14:24:09 from 134.50.201.6

We all have bonk runs, and we learn from them. I know also when the carbs are low you can tell in a run. I hope your feeling better by this posts (I'm sure you are). You did tough it out. You definitely were running off the inter-fast muscles versus carbs. Watch you'll have some terrific runs and this will be an afterthought.

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 14:27:44 from 90.201.147.118

Hey Kory Thanks I actually thought I did tough it out but when I felt extremely thirsty and light headed I thought omg I need to get a lift this aint good and yes I feel much better now thanks, you must get that flight over with your family but plan it for summer as winter here is horrid damp cold :-)

From Kory on Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 14:42:22 from 134.50.201.6

I'm glad your better. How cold does the winter get there. I really would love to run one of the Marathon's over there. It's been a dream/goal of mind to run an international marathon.

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 15:01:55 from 90.201.147.118

Its not actually that cold Kory, its just damp cold I can stand -10 in Lapland but anything below 15C in this country is horrid because its so damp.

London you may get in on an elite place Im not sure they dont advertise the entry guidelines for elite! there really isnt any other big marathons in this country other than London..... although edinburgh is a good marathon too but undulating although supposed to be fast ! we have spring marathons.... Dublin is a great one but thats Ireland again a couple of good hills in it but I loved this marathon allot. :-)

From ChrisM on Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 03:51:39 from 130.88.123.4

Well done on the workout but go easy on the hamstring, we don't want it going again!

Hope you enjoyed your time at the top of the mileage board LMAO but it would appear that I am the Daddy now! LOL!

You can get an entry to the NY marathon as an international if you book it through a travel company that does marathon runs (they buy places for London from the organizers), I don't know whether there is a similar system for non uk people doing London?

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 07:28:47 from 78.32.130.9

Chris I never thought of that, I do know some of the charities still have places but you need to raise a substantial amount of doe to keep the place some are as much as £1500 yes sterling pounds too !

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