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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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Sat- I did 1hr 15 mins Yoga Russian Style ha ha.

 

sit ups 65

pull ups 4

push ups 20

 

 

EAT MY SHORTS BURT DUDE yes ha ha

 

training starts monday

 

Allie if you only did none then you have to try and do 1 the rest trying to do 5 reps of one. and do this on the Mon/Wed/Fri this week.

 

Week 1

Pick the appropriate column depending on your initial test results

Day 1

Rest 120 seconds between each set (longer if required)

 3-5 pull-ups6-9 pull-ups10+ pull-ups
Set 1246
Set 2136
Set 3124
Set 4247
Set 5359
week 1: pick the appropriate column depending on your initial test results
DAY 1
REST 60 SECONDS BETWEEN EACH SET (LONGER IF REQUIRED)
 up to 5 push ups6 - 10 push ups11 - 20 push ups
SET 12610
SET 23612
SET 3247
SET 4247
SET 5max (at least 3)max (at least 5)max (at least 9)
COMPLETED THIS WORKOUT? GO LOG IT AT PUSH UPS LOGGER!
week 1: pick the appropriate column depending on your initial test results
DAY 1
REST 60 SECONDS BETWEEN EACH SET (LONGER IF REQUIRED)
 up to 10 sit-ups11 - 20 sit-ups21 - 30 sit-ups
SET 13915
SET 24918
SET 33610
SET 43610
SET 5max (at least 5)max (at least 8)

max (at least 14)

 

 

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Comments
From missy on Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 13:46:40 from 65.100.213.241

I need to ask my kids if their school playground has monkey bars I can pull up on..haha.

I like the idea of Burt eating your shorts. He needs a kick in the pants sometimes, he's always picking on peeps. ;P

Also, I was telling burt about my hammy prob/solution. I am thinking mine is due to an anterior pelvic tilt, which I have known I had for a long time. My hammies are overstretched..anyhow I have been stretching my hipflexors, the opposite side of the prob. Lookie here:

http://zachdechant.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/lower-crossed-syndrome-ii/

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 15:24:54 from 90.195.99.223

Missy, I have that tilting pevlis originating from high jump and the fosby flop stretching as a kid :(

Although Yeah all the exercises I am actually doing so at least I know Im doing something right, and yeah I agree to stretch the hip flexors we need to activate the butt cheeks which does open the pelvis more :)

Ha ha I like winding Burt up, he gets me back plenty though lol thats a good idea monkey bars, we have a pull up bar in the doorway one of the rooms, Paul uses it and Dylan sometimes :)

From vinh on Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 07:32:57 from 75.77.22.187

Looking good Sam! I'll start the pushups and situps today too.

From ChrisM on Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 08:07:05 from 130.88.123.4

LOL Burt is in trouble...

From ChrisM on Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 09:58:06 from 130.88.123.4

Ummmm look Sasha Sam broke the blog!

Week 1

Pick the appropriate column depending on your initial test results

is outside the box!

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 13:53:59 from 90.201.147.105

OMG Chris I am always outside the box always different very unusual and slightly no actually mad totally mad lost the plot even ROFL!

Burt is in trouble unless he starts working at it he he work it baby work it ..... thats goes actually baby Burt why didnt I think of that earlier huh ha ha ha

Vinh- thanks and get you doing the sit ups too :)

From missy on Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:16:37 from 65.100.213.241

Can I start the pull up thingy on Monday, a week late? I have been too focused on my race Saturday and am like adhd and can't think about anything else..haha.

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 18:30:27 from 90.201.147.34

ooooh I will think about it.......*small pause* oh go on then ha ha

From missy on Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 22:59:01 from 75.162.124.171

Hi Sam again. :D I missed your message to me until now...Sounds funny..activating the butt cheeks..but that is exactly right.

I have been focusing on that with every run. Then the bike, I swear I have gained like 3 pounds of muscle in my glutes and Quads...Not sure how happy I am about that..haha. I don't weight train my legs...They still manage to grow..Sheesh. It's nice to have a little bit of a backside now, instead of flat...still mostly flat like a grannie tho..haha.

Sounds like you are doing everything right training wise, You will give payback to those pesky injuries and they will be sorry they ever existed! :D

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