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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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Okay not much sleep....not good feel real tired today... another day I might not run but gonna see how I feel later might just do a slow run see how my back is.

 

Going out with my sons soccer team today they have an adventure day out and the weather is warm sunny and real nice...shorts and t shirt I thinks... then it would be bck to the club house/cricket club in ainsdale for a bite to eat and awards for the season.

Oh H/R this morning 42 ahhhh much better blood pressure was real low last night I felt really weary.. I suffer with low blood pressure,  it was 90/42 last night its up this morning to 100/56 much better. 

Thinking of seeing my physio twice next week to iron out my back one session and legs other....need to check bank balance then LOL :-)

 

 

 

Night Sleep Time: 4.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 4.50Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From ChrisM on Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:39:58 from 86.136.116.198

Just don't play any cricket!

The bank balance could be in for some hurt too lol

From Sam Dean-howard on Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 06:58:34 from 90.195.99.119

Chris, Cricket me haha dont make me laugh one sport I dont like.....but I did get to throw the ball once and I was asked to play...Used to play rounders and could throw the ball furthest then....

Bank balance is being proper hurt at the moment...lol h/r was up today too! but not feeling great today no training and no work feeling real sick...:-(

From ChrisM on Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 07:57:14 from 130.88.123.4

Sorry you're not feeling too well :(

I loved watching test cricket when it was on TV, sit down and watch when it starts at 1030 then get up when it finishes at 1800 - those were the days....

From montelepsy on Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:02:30 from 64.203.113.50

Your hr is 42 bpm. You're a freak! I want to be a freak like you.

From Sam Dean-howard on Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 12:17:55 from 90.195.99.119

Thanx Mike thats one word I'd Agree with I know I am a freak lol

thats actually a bit high for me, when Im real fit its low 30's although I suffer real bad with low blood pressure too.... My dad has a really low H/R and he can lower it in front of your eyes so hes a freak too LOL

From Burt on Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 16:01:08 from 68.76.197.194

Can he slow it down enough to fake like he is dead? What a great prank that would be.

From Kory on Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 16:09:36 from 134.50.223.250

Sometimes the best training is rest and not running, but taking a nap to recovery.

Your strong and will be doing some great things. But from what I've learned getting the best performance out of your body does require rest and not over-training.

From Sam Dean-howard on Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 16:20:32 from 90.195.99.119

Burt no not quite but thats funny, he's also a Funeral Director so it would be even funnier sorry bad sense of humour :-)

Kory exactly what I am doing been off all day mostly sleeping and napping feeling bit better now but gonna take tomorrow off work too just to make sure as I still feel sickly... thanks

From Burt on Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 16:24:55 from 68.76.197.194

What a great joke for a new hire. Bring them in. Show them your dad's corpse in the coffin. Tell them they will get used to seeing stuff like that. Have them straighten out the clothing a bit. Then have your dad spring up and scream. Man, that would be great!

From Burt on Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 16:25:59 from 68.76.197.194

Oh, you're going to follow me around? I'll just hang out here then.

From Sam Dean-howard on Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 16:27:40 from 90.195.99.119

Oh god you've got my sense of humour, I told you Id follow you round LOL

I think that work too... they used to in the early days when my dad 1st started we used to be a building firm and builders had their own in house joiners the joiners made the coffins etc... anyways the ritual for the new hire was to be locked in a coffin not for long like... we dont do this now but it happend to my dad LOL

From Burt on Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 16:33:56 from 68.76.197.194

STALKER! LOL!!

From Sam Dean-howard on Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 16:36:45 from 90.195.99.119

Yes Stalking LOL hey cool found some real great blogs :-)

From Barry on Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 23:19:23 from 67.60.189.215

Was you able to get some melatonin?

From sam Dean-Howard on Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 15:13:20 from 90.195.99.119

Barry I never did even try days whizzing past very fast at the moment, social life up the wall too got so much on its madness :-)

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