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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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I didnt sleep well my back was so sore from yesterdays racing go-karts serious stuff too ! 

 

I spent the day trying to ease my wounds into movability...... took our son to the local bmx park for a 2 hr session yawn but it was good some pro bmxers there doing some serious stunts and falls he he (my insane side showing)

 

I went for my run with hubby Paul..... left dylan behind as it's my Dads birthday today and it ended up that i only had 1 hour to run and I was supposed to be doing 15 miles easy.....

 

So Burt I didnt do my med ong run that I carbed up with vino and muffins and cakes etc lol

 

So I went out thinking lets see how I feel I may do 6miles or go all out and see what I can do in an hour.... weather it was windy and med cold cold if your walking but okay if your running, I always get hot running lol    so I went out at 8 min pace as it was a hilly start through Fishermans path to the coast road... wind behind me at this point or missing it then by-pass for a nice strong cross wind and upto my gym and back through Formby.

 

I saw along the by-pass and old man join the cycle path just in front of me I picked the pace up thought old man he he I have you in my sights well I got down to 6 min pace and thought jeez im not gonna keep this up old man is fast cyclist.... I just though come on sam ya wanna do 8 maybe 9 miles at a push I set for the 9 mile mark and held off at marathon pace still so Ive done marathon pace through out my run except first 2 miles..... I knew running through Formby would be agains the wind but thought I can pick it up I will be fine it wont be that strong.......omg I was so wrong I did pick the effort up to hold the pace LOL I was shattered I really was a few unkind words came outta me mouth when running directly into the wind he he hubby just looked at me abit hmmmm shes struggling look... but as soon as I got out of the wind last half mile I was zooming along its like someone stop pulling on my reins feeling and let me go off an elastic band WOW I was running fast 5.50 pace the garmin said all the way to the end.......

 

 

thoughts happy bunny here today    1hr 1 min 10 secs 9 miles  fastest 9 miles I have done in training  and its against the wind :-)

During the meal I mentioned to the Paul about how fast the old man was cycling he said didnt you reckognise him I was like no.... he said oh it was Mr Clark from Formby High school I was like thank goodness wow I am pleased I got near him he was like a top cyclist when i went to school so I wasnt too bothered now but he is in his 70's and super fit too obviously :-O 

So dear FRb's my run was good better than a slow 15 miler and I am sure this must have burnt off those horrid calories I decided to eat for an excuse LOL   and I made it just in time for my dads Birthday meal at the local indian buffet eat all ya want cos they know us there so we just eat them outta food he he he   back to the diet tomorrow just 7lbs to go to the race weight I am sure I will be near by the time I get my 1st xcountry :-)

 

 

 

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Comments
From Nan Kennard on Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 18:49:58 from 174.51.250.151

Woah, that is an intense run!! Happy Birthday to Pops!

From scotthughes on Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 23:04:01 from 209.33.211.3

I love chasing a cyclist. Most of the time they win. One time I did catch a lady riding her bike...I know her and so when I passed her it ticked her off....she yells out to me, "you have got to be kidding me". I loved that moment!

I find that great motivation when running just to see how long I can hang with them...great for getting into race mode. Good luck with your training!

From Kory on Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 00:51:29 from 134.50.201.10

Your calling me speedy... lets flip that over to you! Nice hard effort. Way to crank out such a great run. I'm really excited for you. Now the key is to remember this training run. Put it in your memory banks, and recall this when you think or struggling. This will allow you to know what your potential is.

I'm really excited for you. It would be cool someday to do a run together at a MP speed.

From sam Dean-Howard on Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 03:03:40 from 90.195.99.157

Thanks Nan we enjoyed his birthday too much a litle too much vino for a sunday night but im ok this morning just.....nothing a Neros coffee wont sort out LOL.

Hey Scott i love beating cyclists too its so cool thats sounds like a really cool moment you had there.... I was doing efforts and a young man tried to stick with me my hubby told him that he can stay if he wants but this goes on for over 20 mins... he shouted jeez im outta here lol

Kory thanks so much you are speedy though... and yeah it would be good to do a mp effort together just not sure id stay with you for too long though

:-)

From ChrisM on Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 04:50:22 from 130.88.123.4

Reminds me of the all you can eat fish resyaurant in the simpsons LOL Tis an eating machine!

The go karting sounded fun! I did it once at a friends birthday party when I was about 10 but I'm probably too much of a wimp to do it now!

From sam Dean-Howard on Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 06:26:31 from 78.32.130.9

worst nightmare all you can eat fish restaurant !

ha ha go-karting was fun must admit it took me about 6 laps on the first heat to get into it....bit scary even for me on me mad m/bike lol

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