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

Mon, Feb 09, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	0.00	4.00	9.00

Hi, well, recovered of sorts, still coughing and sore throat, but rested nearly all weekend, except for footy watching on a cold pitch!

Had a lovely sleep at last 9 hours, yay.

So I warmed up on the xtrainer 10 good mins.

4miles easy running, just under 8 mins pace, through Sand dunes, along beach and through woodland paths.

4 x 1 mile! 3 mins jogging recovery, straight into the jog no rest.

5.50 mins, (Gr8 wanted to aim about 6 mins really)

5.42, 5.44, 5.39 so great result, with coughing and spluttering, legs felt a bit empty near the end of each one, but that might be from being so tired recently.

1 mile easy jog, really slow, as I was feeling it in my calves. total time running 1hr 25 mins

good 25 mins on the xtrainer to ease those calves.

10 mins hard step ups with light weights. stretch

ice bucket ouch, cold today.

All in all, a cold crisp day nearly no wind, and great training finally, some hard sessions to come, I start off with 4 reps and build up each week 1 extra, upto 7-8 mile reps at this sort of pace fingers crossed then.

So another 2 hours of exercise!

Nike Zoom Pegasus Miles: 9.00

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

Comments

From Burt on Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 14:58:10

Oh to be able to run a sub 6 mile again. I can barely do a sub 7 now. I just need to keep training, but I'll never be as cool as you.

From jtshad on Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 15:01:01

Glad you are feeling at least a little better and got a good night sleep.

Wow, nice 1M splits...even more impressive that you are still not 100%. Very impressive!

With those types of splits, you should be able to throw down a wicked 5K/10K race as part of your training. What is your next race?

From sam on Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 16:46:22

ta burt, my last marathon training I did 8 of these reps all around 5.30 pace, but it went down hill from there, I was ready for a great pb 3 weeks later over 10k, and buggered it all up, no sleep, stress of work and family life, and arriving late at the race, running across a muddy field to the start as the gun went off!.

JT, thanks, not sure on a 10k maybe just before my half marathon Wilmslow on the 29th March, so not long need to get some really good weeks in now!

I always seem to do great training times then it isnt reflected in races, really on my 8x 1 mile for the marathon indicated an easy sub 3hr, but I had probs before that too!

From jtshad on Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 16:49:53

Good luck at the half. As part of your training, what kind of long endurance work do you do? Your speed seems to be there over the short/mid range runs, but are you doing enough endurance and work to keep your stamina for the 26 miles? It doesn't have to be fast (though long progression runs are great!) but you need to train your body to be ready for 3 hours on the road and be able to manage your fuel/carbs for this long.

Just a thought.

From sam on Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 05:53:33

JT,

Yep been doing 15-16 mile long runs, for the half marathon, I wont start my training for the Marathon till 3 months before, as I am doing Berlin in end of September, SO I will start marathon training the end of June, I usually build up my mileage to 75 miles p week, inc the long run, which will start at 15 miles, and work upto 23/24 mile run, and I will do at least four 23/24 mile runs before the marathon!

I am lucky enough that I will go down to 3 days a week working too, June 20th this starts, so I can train in the morning, rest eat and train again in afternoon, also enable me to rest more.

Thanks for your thoughts tho JT, it all helps, as long as I hold injuries and illness off, I am ok, but thats the same with everyone!

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