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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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Workout finally.

2.5 mile warm up 8 min pace

5 x 1 mile well I took it a mile at a time

1st 5.58mins

3.30 mins recovery jog and lots of stretching problem leg hip etc not too bad I find running fast it doesnt hurt !

2nd 6.04mins

rest 3.30mins

3rd 6.20mins I went to piece's literally hmmmm more psychological I think so

4mins rest

4th 6.02mins  so I thought gotta do another mile just to prove my brain I can do it

3.30mins rest

5th 5.58 mins and I felt good lung bursting and I felt my lungs but good

run back  5miles and the 2.5 miles I jogged so a total of

15 miles

I am sore and off to the ice bath for 20 mins.

This session has given me the confidence I can race next week as long as the hip etc gets better.

 

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Literally only had time for 4 very easy but sandy duney miles before going to see physio.

an considerable improvement.

Its basically upto me now to do the exercises and stretching and sort myself out!

I am actually considering pilates and yoga yes me ha ha  

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20 mins xtrainer level 5 felt good really kept the glutes working all the time....its hard working thinking about how I am exercising.

1km on the treadmill I found it was too hot, and though I am better outside. so did 5.5 miles outside so approx all in all 6 miles.

5 mins xtrainer

then the core work, bum exercises, bridge, core work lower abs is the main ones to work and doing small one legged squats on an unstable disc thingy ha ha.

 

I am such a fool, the physio told me to try going on a swiss ball on all fours to get my inner core working better, so I tried it but I just couldnt stop laughing in the gym I think all the other gym people think I am a looney bin ha ha ha LOL  

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Morning

stretches and core work on the power plate inc butt exercises. I have notice a huge difference already.... a considerable improvement. I can do one legged bridge 30 secs each time on the plate :-)

 

15 min xtrainer warm up yes concentrating on inner core and butt work :-O

1 mile at 8 min pace

core work and butt

1 mile at 7.45 pace

core work and butt

1 mile at 7 min pace

core work and butt

1 mile at 6.40 pace

core work and butt

1 mile at 5.50 pace

core work stretch

 Sweat rating today was off the scale like 90 out of 50 ha ha sorry but I think I was the most sweat betty and that inc's the men at the gym, I dont care it felt good really gooooood :-O

This was actually quite a work out, I did the plank on a swiss ball, 40 secs then straight into press ups 10. then plank 30 secs

then bridge on swiss ball one legged, 5 each side, just for 10secs each time.

one legged squats on the unstable thinggy thing ha ha each leg 10 reps

actually balanced on all fours on the swiss ball.

stretching

I was pretty tired after this, it helped allot doing the core work inbetween.

 

Night

More core work and butt exercises, little and often.....little and often. Me yawn tired though...... very frustrated I need adrenaline fix ahhhhhh no bike no hard sessions its driving me crazy but if I can just hold on till Sunday for the half marathon maybe I will get it tame the inner beast tooo.   i.e I cant race at a race ahhhhhhh so the adrenaline will kick in but big butt I cannot race the half marathon I am to see if I can stick to marathon pace and see if the ole hip holds out ... if it doesnt I think the marathon is off :(

 

Butt big buttt I have already prepared mentally for this and I can work on speed and less mileage loads of strength work at the gym under some supervision of course and I will hit the track in peak form....it would be as if the marathon training is heavy track winter training :-)  so there is a positive to every negative :)  

 

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Tell you like it is, it’s like this

 0 Running miles

15 mins xtrainer warm up

Don’t be such a slave to your brother

 core work;    one legged bridge with a swiss ball, is quite hard but I must confess I am getting better.

Baby get shaky after school

 Okay when you go on the swiss ball on all fours and balance then hold and go upright so I was kneeling, I nearly jumped for joy ha ha that is a huge improvement in less than 4 days my core is getting there for sure, no I did not fall off and laugh.

Ooooooh oh there you oh oh there you

Baby go crazy, break the rules 

Some more core work and butt exercises

stretches.............

 

;-) 

 

 

 

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5 mins xtrainer warm up not much time today need to get some miles in and get to my physio in another town :(

 

OKay 5 miles on the mill, I am sick of the treadmill sweaty betty rating of 20 out of 10 again, only due to me getting bored and decided to do 30 sec efforts I completed

30secs 11.25 mph which is 5.35 pace

1 min jog at 7.10 pace for 1 min

30 secs 5.35 min pace

1 min jog 7.10

30secs 5.35 pace

1min jog 7.30 pace

30 secs 5.35 pace

then jogged upto 5 miles at 7.25pace

5 mins xtrainer warm down, quick shower and off to the other physio for my 1st sports massage with her, actually wasnt too bad, I was dreading it abit, some good knots painful ones, and I am aching tonight allot.

 

I shall do an easy jog tomorrow in the morning just gentle 8 min pace.  I decided to sharpen myself up a touch with the mill today

 

early night after watching a horror movie..... it was a true story too I think it was called

haunting in connecticut.... it was a bit slow to be honest but right down my street ha :-O

 

 

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32mins 4.5 mikles

a route thats fishermans path off road through some trails and sand dunes, past the red squirrels then up Vicky road, and home its an easy short route but one I really like. 

 

the last bit on road I was holding back my hip and leg still feels a bit stiff so this was more of a loosen up for tomorrow I hope its all gonna be okay.....

 

ice bath time wooohoooo  

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