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
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Nike Vomeros 3 Green/Yellow Swoosh Lifetime Miles:						396.57
Nike Vomeros 4 White Blue Lifetime Miles:						513.06

Sat, Aug 22, 2009

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

Okay to get things into perspective, I cant run more than 3.5 miles at 8 min pace without my hammy hurting.....

I am seriously thinking of pulling out of the Marathon.

1. I dont want to end up seriously injured and have months out!

2. I dont want to go into it knowing I am not going to pb!

3. I can keep decent fitness and do some shorter races near the end of the year, and plan my next marathon build up.

Another thing is that 2.5 years ago I was doing 30/35 miles a week, I have done 30 miles this week with injury maybe not good running but I have done that, so really I am looking at this as a good thing in some ways albeit that the 30.35 miles I did do was all quality!

On this, I went out didnt go swimming at 8am, but did go at 11am, had a sleep in till 9am, which is late for me, I may not like 6am mornings but I dont like being in bed later than 9.

200 lengths 1hr 32 mins, I didnt stop like last time for a rest at 100 and 150, I kept going although I did slow down allot in the last 50 lengths. Some fast swimmers decided to trample me down during my 80-150 lengths which was annoying, they were doing say 10 lengths hard then resting, lap me a few times then rest, Id catch the laps up, urggghhhh! I know I know, they must have been doing swim reps but it was annoying as I was feeling it today.

Had my free Coffeeeeeee hmmmm then got my hair done yay, and off out tonight with some friends a local pub has been done up and we are going to see if its any good :-)

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

Comments

From allie on Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 13:11:31 from 67.177.43.41

i am sorry to hear that you may have to pull out of the marathon, but i think you have a good perspective. it is never fun if you go into a race feeling unprepared, or even worse feeling injured. you have done a lot of quality training this year with excellent mileage. you have a solid base that will carry you through this "training lull".

and as you mentioned, sometimes it's better to back off, run less, re-direct your goals, etc. and maintain fitness at a lower level rather than risking it all and being out for months. then you would have to start all over again.

listen to what your body is telling you...maybe in a week or two you will feel like you can still give the marathon a go...you just never know.

sorry i am done rambling. good luck with whatever happens. it will all work out.

oh, and NICE 200 lengths in the pool. i must pay you a compliment...you're an animal!! :)

From jtshad on Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 09:10:10 from 69.20.183.178

I agree with Allie, based on what you are able to do right now, trying to push to get ready for Berlin would be difficult and likely lead to injury. Focus on the long term (London 2010!) ang get yourself healthy.

Best wishes in getting over this nagging hammy injury.

From ChrisM on Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 10:03:22 from 86.162.198.251

Sounds like a good idea, sort out (and find the cause) of these injury problems and shoot for London next year.

I don't think there's much point doing Berlin if you know you are not ready as you won't really get anything out of it.

Free coffee is good! :)

From sam Dean-Howard on Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 11:24:35 from 90.201.147.164

Allie, thanks, yeah 200 lengths drains me like a long run, mentally and physically its hard but good fitness.

Jeff, I agree totally, I am actually feeling allot better mentally knowing I am not doing it now, I knew deep down its real stupid to go into it unprepared, I did that on my 1st Marathon London and I must say that was the hardest run I have ever done, actually the hardest thing I have ever done, it took me 4 weeks to get over it mentally!

Chris hhhhmmmmmmmm free coffeeeeeee!

Okay everyone, I am going to go enter London which I can do through the champion race, from my Dublin time I will be in automatically, and London actually, my London time I have automatic entry for 2 years from when I did it.

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