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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.

 


 

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10 miles on the SWEATMILL level 8 so not too bad, but I didnt work the pace up till the last three miles, so 8 min pace then last three 7.24, 7.15, 6.45mins.

 

Well I saw my physio too, and had some pain OUCHIE<

and here are some piccies of my boney wrists, I dont think these photos show the boneyness of my wrists, that lumpy bit showing on the 2nd photo is what I am talking about, I used to hide my wrists with long sleeves but I dont care now LOL doesnt matter what I weigh I have boney wrists lol  

 IN comparison this picture below is someone elses wrist from the internet and they are citisized for having a big boney wrist LOL nought on my wrist eh ha haha ha

 

 

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Comments
From Smooth on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 13:53:21 from 174.23.232.65

You do have some SERIOUS boney wrists especially the right lumpy one! :) I'll bet you can make "cover girl" for the magazine, Boney Honeys 500s.

Oh GOOD JOB on the sweatmill, check out those last three miles!!! You logged them all as EASY miles?! That would be my puke pace and I definitely wouldn't last even a single mile at that! :)

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 13:58:34 from 90.195.99.14

LOL Smooth puke pace thanks for the boney honeys LOL only my ankles and wrists seem to be boney well for now, till I get down to race weight ha ha :-O

From Burt on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 14:03:21 from 206.19.214.144

Look at all those rings! You must be rich.

From RICKS RUNNING on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 16:50:52 from 79.78.130.204

On a positive note;

Bones are 'GOOD' because without them you would look like a jelly fish :}

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 17:05:15 from 90.195.99.14

Burt, wedding ring, engagement ring then the big ring Paul bought me last year its a three band eternal diamond ring yes that one is big and expensive LOL but I love it allot, only thing all three are very loose, and the big one keeps falling off :-O

Rick yeah bones are good, I dont want to look like a jelly fish LOL hahaha

From Walter on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 21:44:21 from 24.10.169.110

Wow, Sammy you are boney. Not to give you a boney complex but...yeah I have boney wrists too. They are extremely skinny too as most mens watches dont fit me but you all new that right? obviously with my extreme stunted growth pic with my sasquatch parents that Burt dug up!

From Benny's on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 23:46:05 from 24.174.249.108

Nice rings! Forget your run! lol

From ChrisM on Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 04:55:47 from 130.88.123.4

Oh I should put up a pic of my skinny wrists LOL

I don't have the bony thihng sticking out though!

From ChrisM on Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 04:56:26 from 130.88.123.4

Can't your physio give you exercises for the hip? Or is not an imbalance thing just tightness?

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 07:39:47 from 78.32.130.9

He he Walter I already have boney wrist complex lol lol at the sasquatch parents that was a funny piccie though wasnt it ha ha ha

Benny yay I love my diamonds best friend you know

;-)

Chris, yes put the skinny wrists up, I put these pics up as as Missy and I had a conversation about boney bits and stuff etc long story LOL and yes I have hip exercises toooo urghhh :)

From Walter on Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 22:32:52 from 24.10.169.110

oh yes having large parents is such a burden to my scrawny disproportional body. lol the background for your boney hands makes it hard to tell. Can you put your boney hands next to something else so we can get a better perspective. lol

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 17:28:50 from 90.195.99.160

oh okay, I shall do that another photo is in order then LOL

From missy on Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 19:58:00 from 71.32.197.192

Sam! You have very Pretty and Feminine hands! Mine hands were built for farming..lol...Huge and Veiny...and short boy cut nails.

From gdoc on Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 09:32:40 from 98.202.195.25

you have beautiful wrists. Enjoy and Embrace them.

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