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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 forget all that follows blah blah blah cos

" I am so excited I just cant hide it.... Im about to lose control and I think I like it"

oh yes I am in the VIRGIN LONDON MARATHON he he championship ladies race and have my no already no 205 YAY im in im in im in :-)  

 

I ran 6 miles today my usual route its actually 6.2 woodlands then road didnt knock any postie's over but did want to hug my postie didnt see him tho...... I was so made up with my news that I sang all the way round grinning ear to ear and saying hello to everyone even the bunny rabbits how funny is that I was tempted to high five an old woman then thought sam calm down you will knock her over  lol  

 I did 6 miles in the evening too they were 6 hard miles at 8 min pace..... I had to pick the pace up near the end as I had to meet Dylan as his soccer training was finnishing.... so 1st time in a few months for a 2 day training session........ gotta get those miles in for xcountry now.... but glad I stayed slow as I have a session for the 1st in ages a real training session tomorrow it is a tempo run so not intervals and the pace will be slower than I plan to do for my marathon tempo runs.... got to ease into my tempo runs now.

 

Alls I can say is Sleeeeeeeeep   Discussion in our office today why is it I am always so cold but also cant stand the heat especially when training i.e sweat mill etc but I am freezing when staying still  so 

 

fact apparently colleague tells me this : Fat is a better insulator, but muscle is what creates the heat. The more muscle one has, the more heat they generate, but the heat dissipates quickly without any insulation (fat). Arctic seals have a lot of fat on the outside of their body but a large central core of dense muscle, enabling them to get warm and stay that way. 


If one has a high amount of body fat and low muscle mass, one will slowly become cold and take a long time to heat back up. If one is the opposite (e.g., high muscle and low fat) one will get cold fast but heat up quickly! so the answer is I need more fat oh yes come one donuts..pies cakes etc....oh hold on I just need to wear more clothes then or have the heaters on in the office LOL 

Nike Vomeros 3 Green/Yellow Swoosh Miles: 6.20Nike Vomeros 4 White Blue Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 7.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From ChrisM on Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 04:38:37 from 130.88.123.4

Reminds me of the film Amelie where there is a women who tries to get all the sleep needed for her life in one go!

From sam Dean-Howard on Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 05:48:34 from 78.32.130.9

Oh I'd love that I like my sleep I need my sleep I just have to have sleeeeep lol

From ChrisM on Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:15:43 from 86.136.113.157

Mmmmm donuts... Pies..... caaaaaaakes!

For my next trick I will throw a spanner into the works with this extra consideration:

If you are always cold in the office you will eventually start shaking etc. Now shivers/shaking burns calories so the answer it to EAT LOADS OF PIES!

And what if you are low fat, low muscle or high fat high muscle? I would like a complete classifcation please! LOL!

From sam Dean-Howard on Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:41:57 from 90.201.147.131

ha ha ha Low fat low muscle ya gonna freeeeeeze and high fat high muscle are like artic seals so ya gonna be hot unless ya in the arctic lol

pies donuts, muffins muffins lovely double choc muffins and ice cream mmmmmmmmmmmm chocccoooolllllaaatttte I love galaxy and would eat a whole 2lb bar LOL

From Nan Kennard on Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 14:19:01 from 174.51.250.151

Yeah! Congrats on getting into the marathon! As tempting as it is to fatten up, its probably wise to just wear more clothing...especially considering the marathon coming up. I have the same problem of always being cold. Sometimes I have to wear a coat and thick slipper even inside my 70 degree house in the winter. And then if I start doing anything like folding laundry or mopping the floor, I'm sweating like a pig.

From allie on Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 17:07:54 from 67.177.43.41

congrats sam! glad you finally got the news. i bet the michelin man never gets cold.

http://officespam.chattablogs.com/archives/Mitchelin-Man-Denies-Paternity-Suit.jpg

From sam Dean-Howard on Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 17:14:22 from 90.201.147.131

omg Allie I laughed out loud at that one its just too funny...... no I believe michelin man doesnt get cold.... Nan dont worry IM certainly not gonna pig out on crap lol.... Im so happy I got in... even though I had the time to get in etc its still really hard to get into London never mind the championship race :-)

From Burt on Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 17:24:40 from 68.76.197.194

Yay! Congratulations! I'm a much like an Artic seal.

From Mark on Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 14:49:32 from 24.129.132.74

A little late on this, but congratulations on getting into the London Marathon, that's quite exciting!

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 14:55:28 from 90.201.147.118

oh thats ok thanks Mark Im thrilled and really wanna get fit and get into my training I love Marathon training is so intense :-)

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