Triathlons My New LOVE

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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Nike Zoom Pegasus Lifetime Miles:						450.31
Nike Vomeros 3 Pink Swoosh Lifetime Miles:						411.30
Nike Vomeros 3 Green/Yellow Swoosh Lifetime Miles:						396.57
Nike Vomeros 4 White Blue Lifetime Miles:						513.06

Sun, May 02, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.30	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.30

went out easy see how I feel planning on an easy run just get the miles in... I settled at a 7.20 pace for the 1st two miles and eased to 7min pace I felt good but kept in the back of my mind that Im still coming back from injury and should really just hold back.

we ran to my husbands friends farm in Ince blundell to pay them for turf supplied last week for a landscape job Paul had done in his business. stopped for 5mins and looked at their piglets so cute but somewhat smelly but definitely the ahhhhhhh how cute factor :)

ok I stretched and returned the same way except cut into Formby and ran through the main roads for the last push.... easy run me nahhhhhhh

so It was windy on the way back but I stuck it out 6.45-7.00 min pace and hit one 6.30 mile at the end overall a 6.57 average so thats not bad at all.

I am going to keep up the strength work its working for definite and the xtrainer reps Im keeping them going and taking them to puke levels as they dont thrash my legs like running does.

HAPPY DAYS I am proper over the moon that I am back and I am in pretty darn good fitness I was really impressed with my mile reps last week too but this impressed me more as I didnt feel it was way too hard at all, the last mile gave a good lung workout though

:-O

My quote of the day

“Pain is temporary but quitting last forever” (Lance Armstrong) “You have a choice. You can throw in the towel or you can use it to wipe the sweat of your face” (Gatorade ad)

blisters, sweat, no toenails, ice baths, pain, aches, sleepless nights from painful legs,

hours of training, stretching, painful massage, puke sessions, chaffing in all places ***, blisters, and more blisters, feeling empty, tired, bonking, eating boring food, this is the diary of a runner and it sounds awful but I Love It :) x

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00	Calories: 0.00

Comments

From ChrisM on Sun, May 02, 2010 at 13:23:50 from 86.177.56.5

7:20 pace is easy now? LOL

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Sun, May 02, 2010 at 16:18:14 from 90.201.147.181

Yeah Chris I am doing Quality not quantity in the running part as im doing about 1.5-2hrs of cardio most days then theres the strength work too !

as I am doing shorter stuff too I need to get the faster paces in.... my easy stuff is on the xtrainer and bike also doing extra reps sessions on the xtrainer so I get 3 sessions a week.

1 being the mile reps if my legs arent trashed the other being the replica mile reps on the xtrainer then the 3 min fast reps on the xtrainer and a decent paced long run too so its working so far and upper body work is helping loads I cant believe how much push ups etc is helping you should try it honestly and my core work too is helping so much

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Sun, May 02, 2010 at 16:20:55 from 90.201.147.181

the only draw back is and I will have to document with photographs the muscles poooooping out lol my delts are really showing now ha ha Mrs Musclemania and Im using my own body weight no weights at all just imagine if I went and did weights ..... which on another note I did do once I was proper muscular ROFL

From ChrisM on Sun, May 02, 2010 at 16:30:17 from 86.177.56.5

I recall reading Libbie Hickman does something like 3 hour of XC skiing/on a nordic track per day as an aerobic workout at the start of the season!

I can believe it can work though, I think the longer you have been running the more miles you have on the board so the quality is important and the miles less so, although you need some!

Core work is good, I did a tonne when I was injured beginning of year, I need to think a way to make it harder doing situps etc as it takes too long! Maybe I could wear a really heavy bullet proof vest to make the situps harder! LOL

Sounds like you are ready for the Sam Vs ChrisM 5k FRB UK challenge? I don't know why I am suggesting this as I am liable to get my butt kicked but hey!

From vinh on Mon, May 03, 2010 at 08:06:31 from 75.77.22.187

whoa, nice run Sam! Looking good!

From Burt on Mon, May 03, 2010 at 12:45:39 from 206.19.214.144

Proper over the moon!

From missy on Mon, May 03, 2010 at 13:09:37 from 71.32.194.28

I like that Lance Quote...I like your run...Ditto on what Vinh said, but You be careful now! OOOoohhh...and DO take pictures. You will need to make a bodybuilding.com bodyspace profile like me and post progress pix. I should take a picture of me today...totally Carb and sodium boated..Don't even look like me...bleh. I look pregnant. lolz

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Mon, May 03, 2010 at 14:29:28 from 90.195.99.73

Thanks Chris I am looking forward to it give me 4 weeks and lets see if you get chicked ? :O

yeah do sit ups with a med ball its harder allot harder lol I hope your doing swiss ball workouts like me so much harder than darn sit ups :))

Vinh thanks :)))) =)

Burt I am over the moon too thanks =)

Oh Missy.... my diet went through the window, I did good but just some slip ups but as they were often I feel like michelin man now, but IM sure its just as I actually ate too much good food so it isnt toooo bad Me hopes LOL

Oh not sure on the pictures rofl oh dear I laughed out loud indeedy then sorry I feel like you today :O

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Mon, May 03, 2010 at 14:31:38 from 90.195.99.73

Btw folks My coach is really made up with my progress but I am to rein in and keep chomping at the bit... so the workouts on the xtrainer are a go go tooo and the mile reps if my legs arent thrashed well I can do them tooo wooohooo I like running fast if I could Id do it all the time :) oh Chris Im hoping to kick butt :-O

From missy on Mon, May 03, 2010 at 15:40:09 from 71.32.194.28

I know the feeling. I think I feel like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man..haha.

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Thu, May 06, 2010 at 06:15:32 from 78.32.130.9

ha ha stay puft I love that one LOL

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