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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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Help I need cheering up then Chris M cheered me up and my neros coffee cheered me up 

 

QUESTION ;   what should the average room temp be for an office ?????? 

 Okay I did a 6 miler tonight whilst my son was at football/soccer training.... Paul has to come with me on the bike as hes put weight on and wishes to lose it !

although he does help me when he cycles with me.

I am supposed to have an easy run today but as my tempo didnt go so great yesterday I thought go out see how I feel and see if I can hold a pace for 3 miles.

3 miles 7.30 pace..... good warm up

4th mile 6.21  too fast

5th mile 6.40 dieing

6th mile 6.41 died sat down and was pretty annoyed as I really should have had a recovery run and ran hard tomorrow.... but hey it must all help for me to get back to fitness.

 

I rang my coach today and he was pretty cool about it all and thinks its just the trials and tribulations of recovering from injury..... my hammy was actually okay as I spent about 45 mins this afternoon at the gym foam rollering it and stretching it out after a small jog warm up.  I am not going to do a race this weekend as I had planned to do coach Reg said "no way, you gotta get fitter and youve only just started sessions 1 week ago so give it 2 more weeks maybe 3 then maybe race if all is well"  and I knew he was right I have to be patient urgghhh :-(

 

So the day started out bad got better then went bad again but thats life isnt it ! 

I was in Queen Creek Yesterday or was it the day before anyhow I caught Burt on camera

Okay I had to facebook the pictures as I cant get them to load on this silly blog now I am a computer learner for the 1st time in my life I cant get the stupid thing to work lol at myself!

 

try try try again

 

Nike Vomeros 4 White Blue Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 5.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.50Weight: 6.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From ChrisM on Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 07:11:08 from 130.88.123.4

If it is below 16C you can go home I think. I don't think there is an upper limit.

The problem I have is that if I go home to my flat it is likely colder than the office! Bummer!

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 07:55:28 from 78.32.130.9

Same argument as the other day IM always cold and theyre always turning the heating down cos their always hot.... so my answer is go lose some weight thats why your hot lol

its ony a few degrees we are heatedly discussing they want it 17-18C I want it at least 20 pleeeeasssse or I go sit in the car with the heated seats LMAO

From ChrisM on Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:12:06 from 130.88.123.4

I think one of these would be a good investment to help you to avoid such problems in future:

http://www.aitken-niven.co.uk/details.php?prodId=2861&category=2

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 13:28:08 from 90.195.99.147

ha ha ha Im not in school thats so funny lol

From allie on Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 14:20:23 from 67.177.43.41

72F (22C) is my favorite room temperature. the room temperature at my work is somewhere around 17C. freezing! sometimes i would get so cold that i would go eat lunch in my car in the middle of the summer! arg.

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 15:37:50 from 90.201.147.118

Allie my thoughts exactly its too cold 17/18C much too cold ! we must need more fat according to my brother whom I work with and has more fat and likes the temp much cooler :-)

From ChrisM on Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 16:01:25 from 86.162.199.190

Nice photos of Burt there! LOL

From ChrisM on Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 16:07:41 from 86.162.199.190

Let the onslaught begin...

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 16:14:26 from 90.201.147.118

ha ha ha im so cruel im just horrible I had chris Barnes in tears nearly over his stupid stupid spacehopper he still thinks its me thats stolen the orange blob ha ha ha

From Nan Kennard on Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 17:37:15 from 174.51.250.151

I keep my house at 22C and I'm still cold sometimes. I think I would die in 17C. There's always the snuggie. https://www.getsnuggie.com/flare/next

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 18:00:51 from 90.201.147.118

Nan...my thoughts exactly and I love that snuggie how good is that... dont think it will go down well in work I run a funeral directors business with my brother and sister ha ha ha but nice thought :-)

From Burt on Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 18:14:14 from 68.76.197.194

Hardy hardy ha ha. Can't post my picture!

From Jon on Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 20:25:07 from 75.169.136.50

72 F.

From Kory on Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 22:44:26 from 134.50.201.10

Good office temperature is between 70 to 72 degrees. I've done the same changing a recovery to fartlek. But you know what I've learned is there's a training day tomorrow and beyond and there will be far better one's than this. (remember that great 9 mile run you did last week) :-)

From ChrisM on Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 04:45:14 from 130.88.123.4

Yay I'm top of the mileage board again/King of the Castle!

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 07:46:25 from 78.32.130.9

oh no ya wont be for long im gonna do at least 10 miles today gotta beat ya !

Kory thanks I was feeling bit down I really thought my tempo runs would be better but I have to accept it will come in time I know it will...Running is hard work sometimes and yes the 9 miler :-)

From ChrisM on Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:21:35 from 130.88.123.4

Have you run yet? I'm bored of being at the top now, it's a bit windy and I'm getting cold! LOL

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 14:01:36 from 90.201.147.118

Chris Ive run so WHOS THE DADDY

and Burt ha ha ha I did it LMAO

From Burt on Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 15:10:40 from 68.76.197.194

Is my butt really that big?

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 15:26:24 from 90.201.147.118

no its the tazar tazzer teazzerr ha ha or is it the brass knuckles in ya back pocket lol

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