| 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 | | 62.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 62.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 22.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 22.00 |
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EAT MY SHORTS I AM ON TOP OF THE MILEAGE BOARD FOR NOW ANYWAYS :-) Well I had fueled really well for this run last night and this morning, I was up for a good run, the weather looked good a bit of a breeze but not too bad. Paul and Dylan cycled with me, Dylan is only 11yrs old, but he pretty fit, I had water and go gel to hand, I took a gel before I started. well miles 4-6 were a bit hilly, through some trails, then miles7-10 were breezy and a decent elevation gain so it was tough and the extra energy spent against the wind and uphills took its toll later on in the run I really struggled but kept the pace going. 22 miles in 2hrs 48 mins fastest training run again to date....average pace 7.34 min miles. wooooohoooooo I am shattered and I have to go out tonight 2hrs to sort myself out get dressed etc for a friends 30th birthday meal, it will be a quiet one shes just found out shes 8 weeks pregnant they have been trying through ivf 3 times taking over 2 yrs so Its a double celebration and shes a lovely person really nice and deserves to have a lovely baby whom she will be one of the best mums ever...kind heart. :-) So its an Indian food re-fuel 1,00:07:28,
2,00:07:34,
3,00:07:44,
4,00:07:36,
5,00:07:50,
6,00:07:28,
7,00:07:34, windy
8,00:07:38,windy
9,00:07:42,,windy starting to feel the extra effort against the wind
10,00:07:32, windy
11,00:07:29
12,00:07:33 too on a gel and water
13,00:07:22,
14,00:07:26
15,00:07:30,
16,00:07:34, took on water although
17,00:07:49, it effected this mile I felt sick !
18,00:07:34, back in the groove I'm on my way home
19,00:07:28
20,00:07:38
21,00:07:20
22,00:07:28
Thanks to all the fast runner bloggers for all your support and help especially when Im a moaning old lady ha ha ha LOL HAPPY DAYZ DUDES and DUDETTES ENJOY YOU SUNDAY EVENING I WILL :-)
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
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2 miles of walking I am afraid I became a wuss overnight, I have a sore knee to the back of the knee, I know its nothing bad and isnt an injury as such, just need to see the physio and it will be sorted, It doesnt hurt to run but I am just making sure its all going to be okay ahhhhh! Also My son has been really ill, a tummy bug going around the schools oh what joy puking and toilet runs through the night so I am tired :( |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Did a run from home, not much time, 4.5 miles trails and some roads, I was bouncing about 7 min pace felt easy was even singing to some music at 7 min pace I am amazed :-O Okay went to see my physio later today, the pain she put me through ouchie ouchie ouchie .... I got the all clear, although she was made up I played it safe yesterday and today, tomorrow is going to be another recovery run but maybe upto 9 miles, it doesnt hurt to run but my hammy is tight ! I am trying to work out which trainers to wear on the day of the marathon so I decided to get all of them out sort them out, chuck a couple of pairs, but at the time I thought oh why dont I just take a photo inc my fell racers and spikes but only had my track spikes cant find my xcountry spikes ha ha prob in the garage but cba going in the garage to look for them LOL I can be lazy sometimes but not often, I am still tired Dylan was off school today really wasnt well, last night and I think it was more tiredness than illness today, as he seemed to be okay later on in the afternoon. 
Spiros front left 2nd and 3rd shoe in, yes that is a trainer on its own not sure why but I couldnt find the left shoe to go with it ha ha I think someone ate it LOL oooh look at those racing flats hardly used :-) |
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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 |
| 20 mins xtrainer 4 miles easy 28 mins 35 secs 10 mins xtrainer stretch. Picked Dylan up on the motorbike it was such a nice sunny dry day and took him for a bite to eat at the local coffee shop. Whilst Dylan was at footy training I went for another run my first double day in a long time 6miles 44 mins 52 secs, easyish pace I did pick the pace up mid-way didnt do it on purpose I was trying to keep a good form and I seemed to pick the pace up more ha ha So now home to eat as I got the munchies :-) |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| UPDATE 20 mins xtrainer core exercises stretching 6 miles in the afternoon glorious day nice sunny day but a bit breezy! 10 mins xtrainer stretches leg hanging crunches 20 x 2 Ice bath 20 mins urghhhh the pain it was painful too! 6 miles easy run again then stretching warm bath this time and stretching again. Not run yet! but will do a double run again today.... Thoughts are after speaking to my coach well hmmmmm, It is session day today, now I was thinking of maybe doing it but not going to now......... 1. My left leg is still sore not sore injured just tight and sore 2. I dont want to go into mile reps and get injured 3. this week was going to be a high mileage week huh not happened 4. I am not too bummed about this as follows LOL a- When I did mile reps last week it hammered me big time b- The days after I felt awful c- 22 miles at 7.34 pace felt good till those last 4 miles they hurt d- I seemed to have improved hugely with my fitness e- my heart rate on the xtrainer for 20 mins yesterday level 5 was down 106-108 bpm usually at 118-120 after 10 mins on the xtrainer! f- I can maintain my fitness level doing doubles and easy runs for a few days g- If I did push myself I will either break my legs or overtrain Does any of that make sense, I have trained pretty darn hard, and listening to my body has made allot more sense than just sticking to the plan, If I go try to do a session when My body internally physically and legs arent ready I will either be really ill or injured....... I know mentally I can accept this process although previously I would be panicking as Im not sticking to the plan but on past experience whats more importan 1- being injured and not running but having great times in training huh 2- going into the marathon over-trained 3- going into the marathon slightly under-trained I have reached a plateau in my training obviously as my fitness/heart rate has improved by over 10bp min my easy runs are faster 7.30 easy rather than 8 min pace and quite easily run at 7min pace although a sweat develops after 2-3 miles which I accept. Even if I treat the next two days as double days with short easy runs I will still do over 60 miles this week so not too bad. Happy days Folks I will blog later on my actual runs but Im trying to put this down just to probably help me mentally more than anything :-)
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xtrainer for 35 mins = 5 miles 1st time in ages I did a decent core work with hanging leg crunches and no soreness I am getting strong..... After the marathon I am going to go for a 6 pack yeah you heard it but hey dont try reminding me in the summer and asking why I aint got them ha ha LOL Sorry I am frustrated to say the least, cant get into to see my physio, I iced yesterday, I ran easy short runs twice (btw I hate running twice Id rather go out and do it in one go). I stretched I foam rollered I even used the darn ball in the hip on both hips I even talked Paul into massaging my hamstrings hip and the thigh now the problem is this it stems from the tensor fasciae but seems to become tight and pain down the rectus femoris, it was really sore near the insertion point at the top so about 3 trigger points which were painful did release the tension in the muscle with Paul's help, I felt the pain but amazingly I also felt the muscle relax which is such a joy. I awoke this morning to it not being tight but sore further down the muscle So the soreness is further down the front of the side of the thigh being the Vastus Lateralis muscle now its more of a tired feeling I usually feel after a good session the day before, so this is more of what I dont mind fingers crossed it eases with some gentle exercise :)
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I am not sure if I will run today I am going to see how my body feels, maybe some xtrainer and swimming..... I have done 50 odd miles this week but I have had a day off already so its only over 5 days as I will have tomorrow off Sat is my day off and I want to be able to do a decent run on Sunday..... I really could have gone to see my physio but Paul did a great job. Ice bath later as well and maybe I will talk him into another massage. I have to talk Paul into a massage as he has problems with his hands he wakes about 3-4 times a night with cramp in his hands, hes had body scans and all sorts of tests done they are still not sure what the problem is..... I think its the use of the chainsaws and vibration machines he uses in his business.
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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 |
| walked briskly 2 miles xtrainer at the gym again very frustrated to say the least h/r still down until I ramped the workout up xtrainer 35 mins 5 miles me no happy me very sad me dont like being unable to run me ice bath again 21 mins on walt's instructions had to do the extra 1 min me no back away from a challenge |
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