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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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Ate too much chocolate last night so my punishment is this

6-9 miles slow if my hip copes 9 miles 1hr 9 mins 58 secs 

30 mins xtrainer at least..... 25 mins total for warm up and down 

Swiss ball punishment   oh the joy punishment it was, i did numerous                                                                       balancing acts inc the med ball twist 

push, pull, sit up challenge training omg  

so far did the push ups but it was 10,15,15,10,18

Sit ups 20, 15 with med ball, 20, 10 with med ball and died my abs were already still sore so I didnt want to push my luck!  

core work  oh yeah you know the run through plank,bridge one legged, etc etc swiss ball 

2hrs 45 mins training solid omg IM tired did I burn those chocolates off ???? 

PUll ups later in my own home with shorts and crop on not naked like BURT ! 

 before all this well I heard Burt..   has a  Thing ;-O for cacti now that is weird but Im glad he was fully clothed in this picture :-O

 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From Mark on Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 12:40:49 from 24.129.132.74

Ouch! That could have been painful if he was shirtless.

Hope the hip cooperated. Sometimes eating too much of something can be a good catalyst to give yourself a kick in the pants. I've had some pretty good doughnut remorse runs myself.

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 13:28:46 from 90.195.99.100

Mark yeah it was a kick up the butt to get moving again I think ha ha thanks. :)

From vinh on Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 07:30:18 from 75.77.22.187

yay, nice 9 miler Sam! Sam are you doing a fall marathon or just waiting till next year?

From RivertonPaul on Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 12:23:59 from 67.42.27.114

:)

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 13:27:06 from 90.195.99.100

Vinh prob wait till next year I dont want to rush things, so I can hit the track and do some decent 10ks and 5ks speed work :)

Paul R ;)

From missy on Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 01:05:10 from 75.162.124.171

Woah, Burt looks oddly natural cuddling that spikey Cactus. Chocolate sounds good right now...mmmmmm. So, yeah, how did that 9 miler feel for you? Thats snail pace for you. :) Hope your hip is well!

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 13:29:34 from 90.195.99.100

Thanks Missy.... yeah but that pace is good for basic fitness. When I was building up to the marathon training las time my 9 mile run which was every day except the long run day was between 1hr9 and 1hr13 so not bad really.

Oh yeah chocolate has been on the menu today Why oh why does alcohol make me want crappy normal food LOL

From missy on Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 14:24:43 from 75.162.124.171

Haha does the same thing to me...it's "Beer Glasses" you know...suddenly ugly people look good and crap food seems really yummy. I usually go crazy for tortilla chips with tons of cheese melted on top in that case...haha.

From missy on Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 14:26:57 from 75.162.124.171

Oh I just realized you called it "crappy normal food"...that is what I call anything that doesn't feed my sport. I call it "normal people food" ..lol.

From Kelli on Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 20:27:17 from 71.219.75.178

Burt look super skinny in that photo!

I am so glad you are not my trainer, you would punish me BIG time with the crap I eat every day!!!!

From missy on Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 22:23:06 from 75.162.124.171

Lol...Samantha the Punisher..Yes, she would be a brutal Trainer! :)

From Burt on Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 00:07:30 from 98.177.220.145

I guess it's the porcupine in me that causes me to like the pokiness of the cacti so much.

I think Sam's due for an extreme makeover soon. That's twice you've gotten me. I've only done you once as a Suns dancer.

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