| 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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| Cycling in a forest not so local about 1hr 10 mins drive away. Delamere Forest, its a bit hilly but really nice scenery and tracks. 2 good hours of cycling no stopping didnt take my watch so not sure on distance. It was pretty easy for me though. went as a family Paul and Dylan, but it was good to get out and my leg didnt hurt me at all. Also did a 4 mile walk again. |
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| Oh Dear this is driving me mad, I had a moment yesterday I wasnt happy at all, I hate not running and having the pressure of losing training/fitness is driving me insane :( I got up this morning 6.30am went the gym, did 1 and half hours on the xtrainer level 6 and level 7. I had to take Paul (husband) to the hospital this morning for more results and tests, and it wasnt good, seems like the whats so thought carpel tunnel syndrome isnt carpel T S so they think the problem with his hands is to do with the base of the neck we are waiting now for a MRI scan booking in the next few weeks. But his blood tests came back too for his liver etc, and its an improvement which is good news. Off to the gym again. 2 full hours on the xtrainer. I ranged on the level, no less than 6 but that was only recovery, I did 5 mins intervals starting level 7 upping every 30 secs to level 10 then holding it this for 1 min, dropping to level 7 for the last min but hitting cadence of 180/200 then 1 min rest, 5 lots of these intervals. Then for my next section I did like a tempo run, 10 solid mins at level 8, dropping down to level 7 for 15mins but hard cadence about 150. again I did 30 mins level 7/8 then last 30 mins I did intervals. 4 solid mins, 30secs increase again to level 10 and then dropping for a sprint at level 7 cadence 180/200, 1 mins rest at level 6 slow. this was a real hard one, so I did this 5 times then 5 mins easy for warm down. Last intervals were real hard, I did really feel it like the 400ms on the track. So this is good, I am still real fit. I got a few odd looks spending so much time on the xtrainer and even a pt instructor came over to me asking what I was doing but he was quite impressed :) Hey Sweat levels absolutely disgusting hahaha........ air con wasnt on thats my excuse LOL 5 mins very easy step ups, my leg is holding out pretty well with all this, I did try a jog on some grass today too I do feel it slightly but again Im hopefull I will be running v soon. |
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6.30am gym, Yawn. Its really getting to me now I am on a xtrainer and others are on the treadmill ahhhhh!
My competitive streak is still there though, People come and go on the xtrainer next to me, Why ? I dont know theres like 10 xtrainers and they get on the one next to me and try so hard to keep up with me :) he he but I just keep going. I am a women of consistency, I like my days well planned organised, but How weird is this Casper rides the 10.55am service in Plymouth, southwest England, for its entire 17km journey before returning home about an hour later. The 12-year-old pet has become such a fixture of daily travel that all the bus drivers on the route have been told to make sure it does not miss its stop. Casper's owner Susan Finden said she was stunned when she first learned about the cat's daily jaunt. "Casper has always disappeared for hours at a time but I never understood where he was going," she told Britain's Telegraph newspaper. "I called him Casper because he had a habit of vanishing like a ghost — but then some of the drivers told me he had been catching the bus." Casper likes to sit on the back seat, she said. Ms Finden, 65, said the cat probably got the idea by watching other passengers at a bus stop outside her home. x trainer first 30 mins did reps, but I really felt it from the big session I did yesterday, did 3 x 5 mins reps real hard upto level 10. then did a reasonably hard 30mins at level 7 last 15mins at level 6 and 5 1hour 15 mins. I was pretty tired. Thinking of doing a big swimming session today, my leg seems so much better but I still feel it a bit, and its really hard to stretch out, so I am just stretching little bits but lots of times. Swim Session 1 hour, 103 laps I did mostly just one pace laps, then last 10, 2 laps hard 2 laps easy. 5mins break then 1 fully 25 metres under water turn and hard back. I do like swimming but hate using it as my main fitness :( just one more day to find out what I have done to my leg :)
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tonight I go the physio, my hip is so much better, although I am not gonna run till I have seen the physio 1st. No gym this morning Its a day off for me workwise so I had a nice sleep in and slept well. gym this afternoon xtrainer 30 mins with 5 min intervals 3 lots of hard. Physio : I am not a happy bunny :-( it is my hamstring after all that, apparently acute hamstring injury ! I am not convinced sorry, maybe I am in denial I am pretty upset not sure what to do for Berlin, as the physio said 3 weeks no running After all I have done some pretty hard work on the xtrainer and swimming, 2hour bike rides, if it were an acute injury I wouldnt have been able to do these things! My thoughts, I am going to wait see my own usual physio see what she says, after all the improvement from last Thursday has been over 70% improvement in pain! They used some machines ultra sound and some other thing that seem to have flared the hamstring up, I have to wait a few hours and ice bath it! what joy :( I glass of wine and bed I think after my ice bath of course!
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| X trainer for 1 hour at the gym 6.30 am yawn
Big Swim today did 110 lengths, did 20 lengths that I alternated 2 lengths hard 2 lengths easy. Then I did 10 lengths reasonably hard, but constant, I had some guy trying to race me, but because I dont stop I just do tumble turns, I was catching him up, after 8 lengths he quit LOL. (why do I always get some guy racing me in the pool, on the xtrainer or the treadmill, yawn, actually it helps somewhat with the boredom of this training for me). Okay I had a 5 mins rest, then did 1 and a bit lengths under water then 2 lengths hard. 3 mins rest. repeat but it was 1 length under water 1 length hard 3 mins rest repeat 1 length under water 1 length hard. This is the biggest and best swim session I have ever done, even when I did Dublin, So I am optimistic to as how fit I am now. Rest Stretch and ice bath
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| Rest day, Didnt do much, xtrainer for 30 mins. I went back to bed today, at 9am, I was so tired, I didnt get up till 11am so 2 hours nap. I was going to do a swim, but left it, went out on my bike, I was stressed out somewhat, so needed to let off some steam took me at least an hour and half on the bike to realise, I was tired and for safety I needed to go rest again. Although I did enjoy it, I am deffo an adrenaline junkie LOL
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Okay didnt blog this yesterday, but I went to see my physio and its seems like I was wrong diagnosed, she doesnt think its too bad at all, and rest ice, stretching, but that painful stretching to the were you know its not nice, then hold for 1 min rest and repeat 3 times, then repeat 6 times a day, my hammy is stressed out, and sore on the insertion to the bone under ya butt LOL So swimming today yay (not) 44mins 30 secs 100 lengths, not too bad I think my best is 43mins 58 secs, although I am real tired again today, Ive had one ice bath so far two stretching sessions, and a vibrogym session done. just another stretch vibrogym and ice bath to go, oh and gonna cycle for half an hour, and a brisk walk to go so no wonder im tired :-)
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