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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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No miles, NO trials and no Yoga, I didnt make it....... I was tired from cheeky drinks I had last night ha ha ha.....

 

although by the afternoon I was up for a nice motorbike ride..... 3 hours. Southport Croston Chorley.... Wigan, Parbold, Mawdsley, Southport and was a really nice sunny day with some great roads loved it !

 

 

 

Anyways, its great in the country side but I hit Southport on the way back and I had 2 near missed on my bike why do people refuse to even look for motorbikes so here is my link to show you how you would notice us if you needed to ha ha

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns-CpxNsA3k&NR=1


So please people look for riders ! we are quite vulnerable as we dont have a hunk of metal around us..... if I drop my bike at 25mph it would most prob be a right mess and cost about £4000 to fix.... and then any faster or if I hit your car I would break bones or even die!  but I was okay today I handled the swerve perfect stupid pedestrian! and idiot car driver.... pulled out on me on a roundabout it was so close.... In England we have roundabouts circular things well you give way to the right once your on the roundabout its pretty much your right of way, unless your a stupid person, whether your on a bike or in a car or a cyclist ! stick to the road rules ..... ahhhhhh :-O  ok Rant over :)

 

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Comments
From Nan on Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 23:04:01 from 174.51.250.151

Sounds like a nice long ride. Glad you didn't crash. I know how vulnerable you feel; similar to cycling fast on a skinny tire bike. I have to admit that video made me blush. You'd definitely get noticed more like that!

From Nan on Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 23:07:56 from 174.51.250.151

Oh, we have more and more roundabouts popping up here too and a few summers ago my friend go taken down in one on her bike and got a nice road rash all the way up the right side of her body.

From missy on Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 23:13:41 from 75.162.124.171

Sam, I like that video, seriously when I was riding the other day I thought to myself, I wonder if I wore something skimpy if it would make me stand out and be more safe on the road..haha. It was just a funny thought, scary thought..haha.

People just don't get it, unless they have been on a bike. I think everyone should have the experience of riding, if they are allowed to drive a car...They would show much more care around cyclists. I'm shocked how close cars get to me when there is a TON of room to their left. Why do they feel they have to stay centered in their lane no matter what....I could go on all day! :P

Oh, and cheeky drinks sound good right now. Thought about that after my victory today..haha. I always drink too much and get so dehydrated, then that anti diuretic hormone is released and I retain 10 pounds of water for DAYS. SO I settled for mini snickers candy bars. Do they have those where you are?? They are Yum. :D

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 04:55:03 from 90.201.147.150

Yeah Nan, if only anyone knew how scary it is, going 40-70mph and idiot drivers get really close I am not on a bicycle balancing on a motorbike at slow speeds is pretty hard..... When I cycle on my bicycle I get major road rage especially when I used to have dylan on the seat on the back I was about 15 metres from a junction I had my arm out to turn I was in the middle of the road, and a car overtook me WHY what time did he save ! I was going mad, and alls Dylan could do was laugh at my curse words not goood ha ha ha.

Oh Road rash, luckily I wear kevlar jeans and Leathers.... so I wont be getting that, although if I drop my bike it would cost toooo much to bother with me thinks.

Missy. hey well done I will go see you blog now. are you going to start the push,pull,sit ups tomorrow I missed Fridays, as I am doing weights too and lots of core every day well I was still sore and they say dont do another session till the soreness goes away as you will tear the muscle to much... not like running were you can just got for a gentle run is it.... I used to love doing weights and have the bug back only thing is I will look overly muscular soon ha ha.....

On how close cars get, I was in traffic yesterday and this car got so close to the back of my bike if frightened the crap outta me, I put my hand back and signalled to back off. my bike can stop allot sooner than their car ??? so why risk running over a motorcyclist they were not gaining anything....... I gave the thumbs up when they backed off. :)

From missy on Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 01:00:38 from 75.162.124.171

Ugh, I still haven't started Pullups yet...Coaches are asking me if I am doing core work..need to do that too..I'm a slacker!

It's amazing how quickly you build muscle..I don't know that I am consistent enough or push hard enough to build a lot of size, but I do love lifting. I'm curious about TRI specific weight training.

Anyhow..so you found a good weights program to get you ready for track? Sounds like it. :D

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