Triathlons My New LOVE

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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Nike Zoom Pegasus Lifetime Miles:						450.31
Nike Vomeros 3 Pink Swoosh Lifetime Miles:						411.30
Nike Vomeros 3 Green/Yellow Swoosh Lifetime Miles:						396.57
Nike Vomeros 4 White Blue Lifetime Miles:						513.06

Sun, Jul 05, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
16.00	2.00	0.00	0.00	18.00

Well I did carb up this week, nothing to write home about just had a jacket potatoe with prawns for tea, and some sweet chilli sauce! last night.

Had a real good sleep last night. But had to get up and out real early to get my run done and get ready for a christening. Hence the fuelling myself this week.

Had meal replacement drink for breakfast, and some water, I do this If I dont have enough time before I run, as my stomach can take it. took two gels with me, and whole load of water.

Weather was cool at the start, but as I ran it got hotter and humid! then a bit of a wind with drizzle.

16 miles slow average pace 8.10 min miles

last

2miles Marathon pace, or thereabouts,

mile 17 6.59 mins slight head wind with drizzle rain

mile 18 6.45 mins no wind sheltered and no rain.

2hours 23 misn 53 secs, I am pleased with this, as it shows a huge improvement on last week although it was really hot last week I think its 6.30 mins improvement.

Happy Days for a very very happy bunny today albeit sore and tired. :-)

You know your a marathoner when;-

1) You say you are going out for an "easy" run day, which translates into 10 miles.

2) You have ice packs taking up way more space in the freezer than was ever intended.

3) After awhile, you really don't "mind" the smell of icy hot.

4) You start to check out people's legs when they walk by, and can point out the runners.

5) You have started a run under the stars and finished it with the sun overhead.

6) You get excited about New balance/saccony etc new running shoe.

7) Your "clothing" budget goes torwards running apparel.

8) You know how to expertly tape up your feet.

9) It hurts to go to the bathroom...and you do not have any sort of bacterial infection.

10) You have referred to your body as a "machine"
11) You have a basket of Gu on your kitchen counter.
12) You keep your Camelback filled and in the fridge.
13) Running less than an hour seems pointless.
16) You have more running shoes than most women have dress shoes.
17) You think 40 degrees is the perfect running temperature.
18) You smile at mile 5 because you are just starting to feel good.
19) You don't blister anymore.
20) You know what taper means and actually do it.

21) The person behind the desk at the fitness centers sighs when you walk in at 10:00 pm because they know they will have to kick you out at midnight. Again.
22) You take vacations based on where you want to run next yep sure do that too
23. Either Friday or Saturday night is ALWAYS an early night for you

24. You've stop to throw up on a run, only to keep on going afterward

25. You know who the penguin is.

26. You get excited over new singlets

27. You have heard the Rocky song "eye of the tiger" wayyyy too many times.
28. You pass the 5 mile distance and forget to turn around.

29. You SMILE at everyone you pass during the last 2 miles of your 20 mile run because you are so happy to be able to run that far!!

30. The only thing that matters is achieving your goal!
31. It takes an hour to map out your next run.
32. Sidewalks are no longer necesary.
33. You can still sing along to your i-pod at 20 miles. yes I can and do LOL
34.104. You are devastated when your child has a fever and not because they have a fever but because you can't get your run in LOL.
35. Your at the gym more than the personal trainers
36.. for Burt and Chris, you post a sweat levels box on your blog LOL

Any Additions please add .........

I can say yes to 99.9% lol

Nike Vomeros 4 White Blue Miles: 18.00

Night Sleep Time: 9.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 9.00	Weight: 0.00	Calories: 1890.00

Comments

From ChrisM on Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 14:39:36 from 217.42.248.247

LOL @ #36 !!

37) You know way too much about conversions between miles and kilometers:

5km = 3.11 miles

10km = 6.2 miles

10 miles = 16.09 km

1 mile = 1.609344 km

5 miles = 8km etc...

Nice 18 miles run there! Lots of respect for running in this heat! :)

From allie on Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 15:40:19 from 208.110.151.113

great run with a nice fast finish. well done. and the list! LOL. #22 is my favorite. so true!

From Ashbaker on Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 16:07:41 from 76.27.0.45

Nice, Your blog is one I enjoy reading. I loved the list as it was hillarious!

From Barry on Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 16:26:40 from 67.60.189.215

Great running today! I loved the list. What is your plan for mileage this week?

From sam Dean-Howard on Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 18:50:15 from 90.201.147.206

Thanks everyone I love that list and I've added a few bits myself :-)

Barry 80 miles tops not gonna do more than that in this 4 wk block, as I'll probably end up doing 100 miles on my big week so if I do more now it wud b too much too soon but I'm feeling pretty good as last time my big wk was 80 miles and I felt really sore so this time round I'm doing well so far :-)

From Burt on Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 19:49:15 from 98.167.151.26

Great job Sam. Thanks for #36. LOL!

From seeaprilrun on Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 11:01:31 from 68.102.144.140

I like 17,18, and 23! :) Nice run!

From sam Dean-Howard on Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 12:23:13 from 90.201.147.206

Thanks Burt,

April I like 23 too, only thing I think both nights now are early nights LOL :-)

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