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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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cycled 10 miles with my husband Paul and son Dylan 

then went out did 2.2 miles cycled to beach

ran in the sea for 1 mile out and 1 mile back....

I did this as my foot is still sore and my calf is still tight. urghh

 

cycled 7.8 miles hard

total 20 miles cycled and 2 miles ran  

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I wanna see you work

I wanna see you move  your body and turn

I wanna see you shake your hips and learn

I wanna see you work it, work it out now

 

I did nothing the girl did nothing

 

  

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xtrainer 30 mins last 6 mins hard level 9 

core work for 30 mins lots of hard stuff with swiss ball etc.

went to see my old physio my foot has been given ok although my left shin was sore the muscle but okay now...

 

Did cycle ride with my hubby Im helping him get fitter!  lol so did 8 miles with him and then I had to go off do some more I just cant do that easy ride and not get a sweat on felt like burning my legs out so just went as hard as I could till they burned luckily saw someone I knew got a short rest whilst I talked for a few mins but then got them burning soon again lol  so 13.5 miles :) 

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Race: Harrock hill (5 Miles) 00:40:30, Place overall: 6
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Oh dear my burn baby burn cycle legs kicked in on this fell trail race.

 


I strapped my calf up and my foot (planter fascia) all strapped up I had to moto bike it to the race a 45 -50 mins bike ride so that was tiring and I had been out on the bike this afternoon too.

 

I went off at a comfortable pace... up a huge hill lol my calf was ok I worked my way through some people..... then down a nice big field over i go on my ankle twice LOL I didnt know I was winning the womens race at this point but I was...... some cows scared the eck out of me they stampeded me and some other runners I was not impressed at all I switched sides of some man I dont think he was impressed I was using him as a shield lol...

 

Felt great over a stile then we came to a very small section of road my calf cramped up urghhhhh I stopped to stretch still in 1st.... made my way up a hill and nearly died lol my calf was hurting so I slowed down but my thighs were burning that bike ride yesterday was a bad idea I was cursing myself lol.... got chicked into 2nd place.... I thought oh well I didnt come to race I came for hill training and to see friends from my running club.

 

upsome more hills down some over too many stiles and my calf was really hurting my left foot I hit some tree roots ouch I swore too ooops my foot hurt urghhhh

anyways I ended up trundling in ....in 6th place I think it was 6th and I think it was 40mins 30secs but not sure to be honest...

 

so Burt  ....... 50 cows   no rabbits and a hell of allot of other runners lol

I had to get on the bike all sweaty and bike home but the roads were clear so I was home in no time happy bunny me well yeah I did a race and got round wooohoooo  

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15 mins xtrainer level 5 warm up

ran to the beach and back, hot day with a friend only had 30 mins to run with Paul but I havent run with him in ages so was nice to run with him and we did 8 min pace or slower on the sand and just chatted nice easy run on a lovely summers day :)

3.3miles 28mins.

xtrainer for 15 mins ramped the last 6 mins up to level 9.

core work did lots of core work stretched and foam rollered my legs are sore  

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supposed to be a rest day Saturdays but I have rested enough this week!

so 4.5miles a route I do which is  a nice circular one some road, some trails and some dunes nice run really enjoyed it and sang out loud when I wasnt near anybody of course.... It is so hot and I did my run at 11.30am so I hit the heat of the day which is good preparation for the swiss alps I think as it was humid and hard to breathe.

 

The last 1.5 miles well this is the start of a mile rep or were I start a mile rep and its always too tempting to pick the pace up see what I can do after some hill work....oh yeah I did a 6 min mile in the heat after hills me happy :) gotta get some work in for this marathon :)))) 

 

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