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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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35 mins on the xtrainer did a couple of fast minutes just to see if the leg screams and it was okay

streeeeettttttchhhhhhhhhh........

4 miles on the mill, as I didnt want to have to walk back limping but hey happy bunny did 4 decent miles, all at 8 min and faster pace mostly at 7.00/30 pace so not bad did 2 mins at 6 min pace just to see naughty girl.

 

okay 12 mins on the xtrainer,

10 press ups then hold for 1 min plank

strrrreeeeettttttttttttccccchhhhhhhhh.............

gonna go for a bike ride up to the mother in-laws its only about 3 miles away so it will be 6 miles of cycling tooo so I added 2 miles easy for the xtrainer and cycling :-P

 

Its a nice sunny mothers day I got a home made card which was lovely and taken for my breakfast sausage bap naughty girl..... I have to be careful now not to pile on the pounds whilst not running as much.

 

My leg feels okay I know its there ha ha well I should LOL ok but not sore like it was I should know more tomorrow :-D 

 

Oh and the cause of the niggle well I think its actually a combination of not enough sleep etc and when it was sore I went out on the motorbike now its physical a sports motorbike you have to climb all over it to get it over leaning around corners etc, and going up and down in the gears is done with the left leg ! so I  think its the motorbike so no motorbike for a while which is hard as I use it to vent my frustration of not running hard !

I think another ice bath of upto 20 mins might help somewhat :-O  I think I am getting used to them again they hurt but if I poke my toes out at least they dont hurt ha ha

 there is no current protocol regarding the ideal time and temperature for cold immersion routines, most athletes or trainers who use them recommend a water temperature between 12 to 15 degrees Celsius and immersion times of 5 to 10 and sometimes up to 20 minutes. this was taken from this link 

 

http://sportsmedicine.about.com/od/sampleworkouts/a/Ice-Bath.htm

 

I find the the 20 mins is hard but it seems to make more of a difference but I wouldnt do more than one a day of 20 mins, then I would do maybe 5-10mins followed by warm water.

 

 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From ChrisM on Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 06:13:56 from 130.88.123.4

Good that you have figured out what caused it and it is probably a positive it was not running as hopefully when it is fixed it should be ok to run on.

I estimate 90% of the injuries/niggles I have had were not directly caused by running, I am learning!

From vinh on Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 07:32:05 from 75.77.22.187

I hope you get better soon Sam! I'm excited to hear about your half and full marathon coming up. You are going to smash these races!

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 07:44:45 from 78.32.130.9

Hey Chris, Im okay but still niggley not gonna do mile reps today I thnk the coach is not sure if I am just wimping out or not, but I am not confident and I have a physio app today so gonna do a few easy miles then see her see what she says ! I havent told either the coach or physio Ive been on the bike when doing high mileage I think I will get a telling off for sure oops I can be so stupid sometimes ughhhhh :(

Vinh- If I can get going in the next day or so yeah I will smash those races, not sure on the half as its more of a test for me to hold back for 9 whole blooming miles if I even get to the race :)

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