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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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Wooohooo 9 hours sleep last night yay :-)

 

We are still waiting on Hospital appointments for a specialist neuro hosp in Liverpool for Paul and it really was bothering me the last 5 nights anyway I got to speak to someone today and he still has to have more scans and stuff but the worry I did have about it has gone... they have assured me it isnt what I thought it was without going into details.

 

So what a long day I have had today..... started with Electricians arriving at 8am ha ha me no morning person lol then plasterers not turning up! it has taken me all day to sort out inbetween all this

 

1.I had a long meeting at work about the business

2.a short easy run 2 miles just to get the blood going didnt go the gymHe he Still got that great run/race feeling... Im sure if it all goes right I shall race well :-)

3.  A really great motorbike ride even though the weather is proper pants I still enjoyed myself blew some cobwebs away

4. I was the cool mum who picked Dylan up from school on the motorbike.

5. 10th phone conversation with kitchen/building people...... and I was just about to go for coffee on the motorbike with Dylan and 

6. I rode to the kitchen place gave them whatfor. got the sales man and 2 others to meet me at my home ha Im something to be messed with I tell ya!  all sorted so too cold and dark to go get coffee on me bike

7. wow quick change off to get coffee and I get a phone call again My nephew Lee passed his car test wehayyyy so

8. Go get him a card and pressie

9. home bath husband and time for sleep again oh and amongst that I got a nap somewere there cant remember when LOL

 

 

Hey guys Happy Days for the happy Bunnies ;-)

no Chris more like this ;)

easter-bunny-motorcycle.jpg image by gearhead505 

LOL

giant-rabbit.jpg 

Nike Vomeros 3 Green/Yellow Swoosh Miles: 2.00
Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 1.00Total Sleep Time: 10.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From ChrisM on Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 13:16:50 from 86.144.115.212

What a busy day!

These kind of bunnies? http://www.newburycomics.com/images/bmh/BU/103-0779515NEWBU.jpg

From Sandy Dune-Howard on Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 14:03:11 from 90.208.239.169

Nice bunnies Chris, I have uploaded a bunny pic LOL yes long day too long, but I am happy at the end of it :-)

From ChrisM on Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 14:13:12 from 86.144.115.212

LOL!

From Sandy Dune-Howard on Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 14:20:17 from 90.208.239.169

SCARY giant bunnies lmao

From Kory on Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 19:09:59 from 24.116.159.75

What a day. I hope your husband and all that is involved with that situation is okay. We all want to pray for great health. That's one thing to be thankful for.

Happy Thanksgiving Sam.

From Sandy Dune-Howard on Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 05:24:42 from 78.32.130.9

Thanks Kory, we still have lots of tests to go, as they still dont know what wrong with him, and its causing problems but we have ruled out some nasty things and not so nasty things..... its at times like this I wish we had a Doctor like House (tv programme) well maybe not but the problems are getting worse and I am so worried at times. Thanks :)

From seeaprilrun on Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 11:37:47 from 205.172.12.229

Glad your mind is a little more at rest--haha it would be nice to have a Dr. House sometimes! I hope you have a lovely race and a great holiday season and you can get Paul's health problems figured out! And picking your son up on a motorcycle!!--you are probably the COOLEST mom in town right now.

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