| 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 secswinter 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! ;-)
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 80.50 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 89.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.50 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 16.50 |
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16.5 miles. Fueled successfully for this run, and I did it later on the afternoon, as we had a bit of a snow flurry last night but by the afternoon most places had been melted and it was clear to run. :-)   
Map and splits, I decided to complete the tempo run mid way through as there would be a strong cross wind going back down the by-pass! so I hit marathon pace, on mile 6, then picked the pace up a bit too much and hit 6.30 pace which is closer to half marathon pace for the 2nd of the four Marathon pace miles, but I did it, 4miles at mp or faster, I then slowed the pace back down to the similar as before, 7.30/7.45 and picking the pace up for mile 15 back down to marathon pace, leaving 1.5 miles for a nice easy warm down! I am made up with this run, I did half a mile more than last week and felt as though I could go on to do 18 but thought better not, I was tempted although I was good and didnt to be on the safe side gotta stay injury free :-) Along the tempo pace part it is a water front at Crosby and not too many people out, but some I had to shout "coming through" because there was no way I was going to stop at this pace I would never get it going again, I even had to jump over a small dog as some silly woman had 3 small dogs off the lead all over the place I even gave her plenty of time to move herself out the way but she didnt huh! hubby nearly ran one of them over on his bike! LOL Paul really helped on this run, as I did shield my self a bit on the way back with that cross wind to keep the pace going so wooohoooo HAPPY BUNNY :-)
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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Long day at work today, didnt finish till late, so it was a short easy run although that is the plan isnt it! 10 mins xtrainer warm up level 6! 7 miles mostly on the beach and woodland trails, mostly at 8/8.10 pace slow and uncomfortable :( when I got on the roads, the pace picked up naturally for the same effort, last 3miles 7.06 6.59 and 6.34mins nice easy run with a bit of progression :-) 10 mins warm down level 2 I was tired, didnt really stretch too much and no foam roller, didnt have time, very hungry today ate too much :-O Oh and as I was rushing I took the wrong trainers, I wore my nike free's for all 7 miles, which was fine, as I do lots of walking in them although for some reason my toes kept hitting the end and hurting, the toenailless one is very sore i.e the big toe with no nail LOL very sore ouchie ! I have become OCD with germs, LOL everyone has sniffles at my work and then I keep washing my hands and using germ gel ha ha ha I have always had a thing about it anyway like public door handles etc, It seems to have got worse now I have upped the mileage really dont need to be ill at the moment :-O  
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.50 |
| 10mins xtrainer level 6. 10.5 miles 1hr 31 mins slow 8.5 miles in the sand dunes and trails. I hit the road for the last 2 miles, 7.25 mins & 6.30 mins ouch the last one, I just couldnt resist some woman started cycling next to me, and got out of the saddle pedaling like mad, I just gave her that look LOL no way she was out of her saddle cycling like mad racing me, this was with half a mile to go, I looked at the garmin I was hitting 5.30 pace naughty girl..... I so hope this wont reflect in my mile reps tomorrow ! and no it wasnt some old person texting on their bike LOL 
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 13.50 |
| 10 mins xtrainer warm up level 5 2.5 miles at 8 min pace easy, ahhhhh it started to snow how great is that huh! started mile reps 1st 6.07 2nd 6.07 3rd 6.07 4th 6.04 3 mins recovery jog inbetween 0.25 miles each making 1 mile. then 6 miles warm down by the time I was doing the mile reps the snow was coming down thick and fast so not much help, although I did feel a bit sluggish today and I am thinking its the higher mileage! Hey hey hey I have an easy week next week.... so 2 more days of easy long runs then a rest day! an 18 miler on Sunday then its easy lower mileage next week..... at the moment I really feel as though I need this easy week as I am struggling to do everything at home and things are getting behind...... also last time I did this sort of mileage I was only working 3 days a week and not 5 days so I am really feeling it at the moment. But hey I am happy with the mile reps although I am sure I can get them down more as it was cold today and with the snow fall! and guess what It stopped snowing when I stopped running ??? the gods were not looking down on me today :-) but Happy days. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
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10 miles on the SWEATMILL level 8 so not too bad, but I didnt work the pace up till the last three miles, so 8 min pace then last three 7.24, 7.15, 6.45mins. Well I saw my physio too, and had some pain OUCHIE< and here are some piccies of my boney wrists, I dont think these photos show the boneyness of my wrists, that lumpy bit showing on the 2nd photo is what I am talking about, I used to hide my wrists with long sleeves but I dont care now LOL doesnt matter what I weigh I have boney wrists lol 
 IN comparison this picture below is someone elses wrist from the internet and they are citisized for having a big boney wrist LOL nought on my wrist eh ha haha ha
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
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I am hoping to do 13 easy miles and the weather is hey ho nice today wooohoooo. UPDATE I did 14.09 miles, but I would rather blog 14 cos I cba running 4.1 miles more to make it more even and I can do without the .09 so there ya go, it was a nice run, the sun was shining it was kinda warm, I wore lycras full length leggings, t -shirt with a light water proof jacket which came off after 10 mins and annoyed me for the remaining hour and 40 mins around my waist LOL, I did overtake another bicycle, not on purpose either, she had to stop all the time not sure why maybe she was that unfit huh! ha ha anyways it was at an easy pace so seemed to take forever 1hr 52 mins ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸❤¸¸.•*¨*•♫ Have a HAPPY Weekend!!!! ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸❤¸¸.•*¨*•♫
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 18.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 |
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18 long run easy
I may say it was an easy run but hey I felt pretty dang good, 2hrs 16 mins, for 18 miles, I went out at my 16 miles pace, increased the pace towards 15 miles, then ran 8 min pace for the remaining 3 miles, I did NOT fuel, yeah yeah your all gonna moan but hey I didnt need to. I had a 16" pizza last night, tomato mozzarela Chicken lots of chicken last night, and garlic bread hmmmm I love garlic bread, although Hubby hates it, lol so I talked him in to one piece ha ha.
Breakfast before the run was croissant tea cakes, and cereal mmmmmmm rub belly time LOL then a strong coffee and Chris no it wasnt Neros just my own strong instant I might add coffee.
I have to download the route and get the splits, I have been busy today so its gonna be later. Missy sorry no pics, mostly 7.30 min miles so no time for pics, but its an easy week next week lots of time for some pictures he he and some easy (easy) swimming next week coach is wanting it to be so I am chomping on the bit by next weekend :-D  Okay average pace overall for 18 miles is 7.35 min pace Mile 15 was half marathon pace well nearly! then last few miles as I say around 8 min pace recovery and warming down :-) I am going to now look at all previous garmin runs over 18 miles, as I am so sure this is a pb for 18 miles in training. WOOO HOOOO ;-D
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 80.50 | 4.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 89.50 |
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