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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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Nike Zoom Pegasus Lifetime Miles: 450.31
Nike Vomeros 3 Pink Swoosh Lifetime Miles: 411.30
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Nike Vomeros 4 White Blue Lifetime Miles: 513.06
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Not a nice weather day, but another fat burning week; apparently the latest diet saying is very controversial "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels" ha ha well we will see about that one as I like my food allot ;-)

 

"it was spitting I tell you it was spitting"         

10 mins xtrainer warm up level 6

Okay 8 miles of sandy dunes and trails..... and about the last 1.5miles on road were I could pick the pace upto 7.15 pace, otherwise mostly 8-9.00min pace, over sand dunes.

 xtrainer level 6 warm down.

stretch and foam roller.  My legs are very achey after yesterdays run so I may get a hot bath and stretch again, as tomorrow should be session day, fingers crossed it is !

 

;-)


Nike Vomeros 4 White Blue Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 4.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 4.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From Burt on Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 15:06:20 from 206.19.214.144

#2 on the mileage board!

From vinh on Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 15:49:04 from 71.68.254.197

Nice run Sam! We both did 8 today, unless you plan on running more =P Sandy dunes and trails sound awesome. Good stuff.

From RICKS RUNNING on Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 15:49:18 from 79.78.205.213

'SCOOBY SNACKS' says " If it tastes 'NICE' spit it out, it an't no Good for you"!

From ChrisM on Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 16:21:55 from 86.162.197.224

Diets!? Pfft! LOL

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 17:23:39 from 90.195.99.245

Hey has nobody seen my run yesterday it killed me lol

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 17:31:10 from 90.195.99.245

Well okay, thanks...

Rick if it tastes good spit it out, thats so funny lol

Burt thanks I am not sure how long I will stay at no 2

Vinh- yep my nickname is sandy dune's ha ha no not doing any more today, but I may do a big run tomorrow so I will fail on the food fast and maybe have something that doesnt taste good but is nutritious not a scooby snack LOL

Chris it isnt a diet its a way of living lol ha ha ha

Vinh I have to go check out your blog now, and yeah you did great in the half when is your next race ?

From vinh on Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 18:45:35 from 71.68.254.197

Sam, my next race is the Myrtle Beach Marathon on Feb 13th. Just gonna get in some good runs till then. Be sure to give me any advice. I have about 3 1/2 weeks left.

From Lyman on Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 20:13:23 from 75.169.101.104

I felt skinny. Overated...it feels just like hungry does. And let me tell you, I've one heck of a long list of things that feels better than hungry and the taste of a good chocolate is right on top of that list.

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 06:07:31 from 78.32.130.9

Lyman - you felt skinny, not at the moment then or do you ? sorry too many questions eh! Yeah I have a long list of foods that taste nicer than skinny but hey whats better blubber bouncing around when running or not!

I dont mind the feeling hungry at all, but I do like the taste of food especially chocolate now thats a women thing I am sure he he :)

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 06:08:31 from 78.32.130.9

Vinh - whats your target pace is it 7.20mins ??

3 weeks, should be starting a small taper, keep the sessions up, but taper your long run, I am not sure how long your runs have got to have you reached 20 milers yet?

From vinh on Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 06:29:20 from 75.77.22.187

lol, no I was only wishing I could run at that pace for the marathon. I'm shooting for 8 min flat or maybe a lil bit under that. I know I should taper my longest run this week but I plan on running a 19 miler and a 21 miler within the next week and a half. 19 this saturday and 21 next thursday then no more long runs. I know I'm taking a chance but I think it'll help me and still give me enough time to taper.

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 07:25:23 from 78.32.130.9

Vinh- whats the longest you have done so far, I think maybe doing the 21 miler this weekend then the maybe 19 the following giving you more chance to recover as the long runs take more out of your legs than you realise and all those little muscle tears need to mend before the marathon !

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 07:28:36 from 78.32.130.9

Your Marathon pace Vinh- I just did a runner calculator and off your Half pr you have just done, you may be capable of 3hrs 22 mins which means 7.45 pace...... I would go out maybe at 8 min pace at first then try pick up from there but those 1st miles are crucial in keeping the pace down :-)

From vinh on Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 07:29:43 from 75.77.22.187

Ok I could do that, just take it really slow? like 9 min pace? I did a 17 miler in December right before I got injured. It felt pretty easy, that's when I ran the first 10 @ 8:42 pace and the last 7 at marathon pace.

From vinh on Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 07:39:22 from 75.77.22.187

Thanks Sam! I used a few calculators myself and saw that I could be capable of sub 3:30. I was thinking of running the first couple miles at 8:15-8:30 and then turning it up from there to about a 7:45-7:50.

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 07:52:44 from 78.32.130.9

Vinh- nice to know you have done some decent mileage, and that pace sounds good in Dec.....

Yeah all the calculators vary somewhat I think your capable of sub 3.30hrs and your plan sounds just right! I think Grete Waitz said once, if you feel great at mile 13 dont pick the pace up, even at mile 17 you still feel great your doing blooming good, then at mile 20 hmmmm still good and pick it up from there on :)

On another note I am quite please with stuffin Burts inbox as he stuffed mine the other day so Hiya Burt hope your okay and your inbox aint too stuffed.

stuffin is my wrong word spell for the day LOL

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