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 triathlon2nd 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
OK I was in work all morning and it didnt rain, it was misty but no rain, turns 12.55pm, 5 mins to leave work and the heavens open omg NO, I cant do cycling I need to do a session today.
Off I go to the gym hoping I wont get stopped and collared to do an hours cycling.... the non stop cycling had finnished at 11am this morning Yay I dont have to cycle, ha ha ha
So 15 mins xtrainer level 6 warm up, still pouring down outside urgghhh !
so I wrap up got my waterproof jacket on, iphone all wrapped up snug as bug in a rug.
Im eager to do this sessions another tempo effort, my hips are stiff so I stretched them out a bit.
2 Mile warm up to the start of my route, same one starting at shorrocks hill, up past back of range, the side of the barracks then beach and the half mile sand dune and back to the start although this is only 3.4 miles so I will continue on road straight down Queens Road hoping the 4 th mile will end before the railway crossing.
So Off I went the rain actually eased for my tempo run but that didnt matter as the mud was proper xcountry style mud, and the sand was softer than normal huh!
that half mile sand dune is so draining I could feel my hip on it tooo, hit the road and I looked at the watch I was clocking a 6.30 pace off the sand dunes bit of a hill up and down carry on past my usual finnish at Shorrocks and straight down the road, I was hammering it, but its hard when you dont know the exact finnish in your mind visually, I just kept looking at the watch and thinking the sweatmill clocks off miles quicker ahhhhh.... zooming along in the pouring rain and a breeze against me at this point, I can see people stood at the bus stop pointing at me I was thinking oh no what have I dont summit stupid again, just keep going doesnt matter if you look weird of something
then I see a runner running towards me I recognise him and we nearly high fived I think we both just raised our hands to say hi but we were that close LOL just got the 4th mile in literally 3 metres from the railway crossing, I stopped bent over and threw up ha ha not a nice sight I must add..... but hey what do you do when you push yourself so hard it happens. I stretched a bit soaking wet and jogged back to the start of the run as I had left my waterproof jacket (I cant run hard with that on just annoys me) so stop stretch again had to stretch my hips out and off I went back into the woods, for some cover and a mile, then ran on the roads for 2 more miles at an ok pace 7 min pace or thereabouts proper torrential rain at this point and I was feeling sick again oh dear I felt really drained.
On walking into the gym, John had to say something, didnt he
"Hi, you ran in that rain, your mad" Reply "No I just stood in the shower LOL"
"Ha ha very funny more like it you getting lazy these days"
Reply " yeah something like that, but I'm feeling better today".
Off I went for a hot shower and quick stretch, I was exhausted no no Knackered needed sugar and water in my system so off I went home to eat and drink.
4 mile tempo run in Pants Weather ;
mile 1 6.45 mins very muddy and windy
mile 2 7.15 sand starts same effort but feel slow
Mile 3 8.00 mins the beach sand was soft, same hard effort, and 0.5 miles of sand dunes
Mile 4 6.29mins hitting the road 0.3 sand dune coming off it and road to the end
Felt like the same effort all the way around pretty damn hard to say the least, but Im upto 4 miles so I am happier. I am hoping when I speak to my coach he may let me try some on road tempo runs next week I really wanna see how fit I am.
rest day tomorrow even though I would like to do 5miles to get my mileage upto 60 so Im not sure I might do a gentle easy run I have to see how my legs feel tomorrow.
I know I have lost weight not weighed myself though, Paul keeps moaning and trying to feed me up and Im eating it but I do feel leaner, my physio thinks I look too drawn in the face but I dont see it, Im not intentionally trying to lose the weight now, Im just eating sensible especially before and after my training to make sure Im recovering etc
Nike Vomeros 4 White Blue Miles: 9.00
Night Sleep Time: 4.00
Nap Time: 0.00
Total Sleep Time: 4.00
Weight: 6.00
Calories: 0.00
Comments
From jtshad on Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 15:00:29 from 69.20.183.178
Wow, what a run...way to push it (to the point of puking, now that is hard core!). Now, got get some sleep and eat something!!!
Run carefully and watch the hip.
From ChrisM on Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 15:06:20 from 86.162.199.190
Only four hours sleep? Yikes!
I see you sneaked out of the cycling! LOL!
I think provided you eat when you are hungry there is no problem with weight. Ever seen an Olympic distance runner that didn't look skinny?
From Sandy Dune-Howard on Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 15:17:21 from 90.195.99.151
Chris I agree weight wise, although Ive always looked athletic rather than skinny so Im not sure the hubby likes it but hey if it makes me faster I dont mind at all in the least LOL
Jeff thanks, it was a decent run, and yeah I actually puked again back at the gym but in the privacy of the toilet but thats ok, I've done that a few times before when training hard.
resting up now thanks and Im gonna sleep in tomorrow. :-)
From Adam RW on Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 16:17:46 from 155.101.152.103
Thanks for the laugh. The video was great.
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