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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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Spa day with my Friend Tracy, she isnt sporty in the slightest, and i was warned I am not allowed near the gym even when she had her treatment I actually rested.... it took me ages to get the relax mode going......  I had 15 mins in the sauna sweating it all out my anxiety I just dont rest well. then a tepid shower then another 15 mins sauna sure your supposed to have 10 mins in but you know me always breaking rules, also I kept putting more water on the hot coals ha ha  2 men joined me and another woman they lasted 5 mins ( I was like yeah you wusses) so then I went for a lay down in the relax room, just 45 mins or so gone and her treatment will be over in another 45 mins. i think I may have fallen asleep not sure. anyways I think......  Okay I think I broke the steam room it woulnt work ! 

 And I broke the latch on the ladies shower door. but tracy broke hers too !  

I may have overdone on the sauna but I had drunk loads of water too as well, I was constantly going the toilet well at least i knew I was 100% hydrated eh!

 

Went for our lunch, then it was my massage and a swim we only did gentle swimming not even I was up for anything more I was mellowed...... jacuzzi  I think I broke this, it timed out and I kept pressing the button but it would only work if I kept my finger on it oooops  and I went for an amazon cold shower I did this  a few times Tracy thought I was nuts but I wanted to wake myself up a little.

I think I broke the tap too in the toilets, it wouldnt turn ! then someone came in and it came off in their hand..... I turned around and said to Tracy that wasnt me see it wasnt me LOL what is going on the spa is falling apart !   in the relax room the little lights beside you so you can read a book as its a low light room, well mine wouldnt work so I fiddled and the light came off in my hand OMG ha ha ;-O 

 

My shoulders are still killing me ahhhhh well thats me day pretty much no run no pullups etc wanna just sleep a bit more :)  sorry guys  

 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From Metcalf Running on Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 17:37:08 from 207.225.192.66

I guess I will never invite you to my house. You are like a bull in a china shop LOL! Just kidding, I hope you get some good rest and stop breaking things :)

From vinh on Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 07:38:21 from 75.77.22.187

lol Sam! Sounds like you had a relaxing day at least. I think I need a spa day =P

From missy on Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:51:46 from 75.162.124.171

Geeze, lay off the weight training! Haha kidding. I could totally use a massage..I like it to hurt bad, then I know it was worth the money. I don't like soft massage, has to be painful sports massage..haha.

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 03:27:22 from 90.195.99.8

Thanks Metcalf that makes me feel jinxed lol

Vinh it was a great day seems so long ago now ha ha

Missy- nah its stress not the weights and maybe a bit of the excess use of the motorbike ha ha :)

From ChrisM on Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 04:04:22 from 130.88.123.4

missy was commenting how Sam is good at wishing good luck, well since everything balances out, breaking things is how the good luck gets paid for.

Just don't become a physio Sam! LOL

From missy on Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:24:26 from 75.162.124.171

She's Super Lucky and Super Strong like a Super Hero. :)

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