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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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Oh wow best way to start the month NOT...... Halloween hangover but great night was actually worth it... had such a laugh wish I had a video of myself acting so stupid but was fun to act like I was 18 again LOL 

 

 

and no pictures sorry folks !  (thankfully) ha ha 

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Weather warnings great, doing at least 15 miles today at least, Im trying to work out a small route I can do in the pinewoods so I avoid the wind too much lol and just do it 3-4 times update later ;-)

 

He he, 9.5 hours of sleep and I needed it after the weekend I had :-)

 I ran from the gym warmed up with 10 mins xtrainer level 6.

Rucksack ready with fuel and 2.5lts of water and it was heavy urghhh ! 

16 miles of sand dunes, sand trails, hills, hills, some tracks and 1 or two miles on good old tarmac.. Ouch this was a hard run it was windy still in the forest and cold today with some splatters of nasty cold rain.  

 2hours 13 mins 

 

  • 8 mins 8.07 
  • 8.07          8.18 windy
  • 9.15 hit the hills 8.11 windy
  • 8.12 8.49  v sandy
  • 8.37 wind n sand 8.46
  • mile 11  8.49 sandy
  • 9.29 sand dunes wind rain
  • 8.20 sandy
  • 7.50  mile 14
  • 7.09  tarmac mile 15
  • 7.03 tarmac mile 16
  • gym and xtrainer level 4 10 mins, stretched yes stretched and foam rollered OUCHIE to the foam rollering.


 

Just to give an idea of how sandy it was LOL  

 

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Just entered this crazy race check out the video

 

http://www.ultimatetrails.org/lakedistrictcartmel/video.htm 

 

Gym

20 mins xtrainer level 6 for 5 mins then working upto level 10 for the remainder hard. I got my h/r upto 165 so not bad going. 

5 min steps ups with 10kg weight 5 in each hand. 5 mins step ups fast alternating 10 steps each lead leg.

4mile run

8.01,  7.30 windy   7.05 and 6.58

10 mins xtrainer level 6

stretches and foam roller.

1hour 45 mins training in total.

 

I only did four miles as I am thinking of double training and doing some mileage tonight maybe 5 miles but the weather is really bad torrential and windy !

 

Omlegs my sore legs  lol   well started out easy I hate running in the dark our paths (sidewalks ) are not very well lit in the suburbia and they are really bumpy rubbish rubbish, slippy leaves so I try to run on the road were possible, Paul cycles with me during the night for safey too well I didnt have one incident in 16 miles of sand dunes and trails yesterday but tonight I twisted my ankle slightly on a damn pine cone on the road urgghh PHHHHHHTTTTTTT not funny curse curse but Im okay its not too bad after a few steps to check it so off I went 

Just to add my song for this run was Shaft mambo swing I was in the mood for it

SWAY ! 

5.5 miles mostly 8 min miles the odd 7/7.25 when the path went wide and well it I could pick the pace up so B~U~R~T Im ahead of you he he he giggle giggle the girlie is giggling ;-) 

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Warm up at gym 15 mins level 6 xtrainer oooh weather is proper Pants !

 

1.5 miles warm up  8 min pace

4 mile tempo run well tempo effort sand dunes mud mud mud and sand dunes, beach and then more mud ha ha 26 mins

3 mile warm down some trail some sand then tarmac back to the gym.

5 mins xtrainer level 5 warm down

 

I was soaked and very muddy, got some very odd looks going back in to the gym but hey I'm training for xcountry at the moment so got to practice extra large grin as it was lots of fun!

;-)  cba saying much else today ;-(

 Evening training d

  • 1st mile 8 mins warm up
  • 2nd 6.51 nearly marathon pace raining heavy and wind !
  • 3rd  6.48 mara pace
  • 4th  6.34 half marathon pace (tempo pace)
  • 5th  7.30 easing off pace windy 
  • 6th  7.51 mins warming down and feeling my calves ouchie! 
I know I know two decent runs in one day 1st training session  was a planned hard session, tonights well I was issed off so ran pretty hard considering the weather :-(

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xtrainer level 6 20 mins  looked out the window howling winds and rain urgghh 

did some core work, then looked again still Pants weather........Walked over to the treadmill and the heating was on omg was not in the mood for sweatmill rather get soaked in the rain..... so 

6 miles mostly off road absolutely drowned I was.

Physio my hips are real tight and stiff, probably from all the off road running, but she sorted it with some ouchie noises from me !

 

Okay long story, I sort of done the deal with the devil today well not really but If Its raining tomorrow Im on a cycle machine raising money for Cancer urghhhh........

As you read above I was mopping about the gym trying to decide whether to run on the S/mill of run outside in really bad weather!

Instructor John " You okay dont see you with a long face often?" 

Me " CBA"  John "OMG your really in a mood, come on I will tell you some jokes"

Me " no really cba but gonna run it outta me,   my arse that is LOL "

John is on a cycle machine by the way,  the instructors are  taking it in turns on the machine an hour at a time, hes done 3 lots of 1 hrs today apparently! 

 John    " well see you in a about 2 secs then"

 

Me "oh very funny, more like 10 hours the way I feel"

6 mile run I return looking like a drowned rat very muddy, John is still on the cycle machine.

John "Oh well that was quick"   me "very funny"      No really you look more cheerfull

Me "yes very drowl!"   John " Okay Okay, Hun do you feel better?"  

me " Actually yes, but if it rains tomorrow I will cycle for you all, 1 hour only though"

John "OMG omg, will you really, but and but you better look happy you will scare people away"  

Me   " oh okay I will be happy tomorrow dont worry as its tomorrow LOL"

John " Its a deal then?  if so I will go do a rain dance"   Me "ha ha you dont need to the weather forcast is crap again LOL yeah deal"

 

So as you see Ive been stupid when Im tired and moody I agree to stupid things, IM too nice to too many things and fed up of tip toeing around people, so new order of the day, I will enjoy cycling to raise money, but anything else people are going to be told !

 

 



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No I NEEED SLEEEEP and more of it!

 

OK I was in work all morning and it didnt rain, it was misty but no rain, turns 12.55pm, 5 mins to leave work and the heavens open omg NO, I cant do cycling I need to do a session today.

Off I go to the gym hoping I wont get stopped and collared to do an hours cycling.... the non stop cycling had finnished at 11am this morning Yay I dont have to cycle,  ha ha ha

So 15 mins xtrainer level 6 warm up, still pouring down outside urgghhh !

so I wrap up got my waterproof jacket on, iphone all wrapped up snug as bug in a rug.

Im eager to do this sessions another tempo effort, my hips are stiff so I stretched them out a bit.  

2 Mile warm up to the start of my route, same one starting at shorrocks hill, up past back of range, the side of the barracks then beach and the half mile sand dune and back to the start although this is only 3.4 miles so I will continue on road straight down Queens Road hoping the 4 th mile will end before the railway crossing.

So Off I went the rain actually eased for my tempo run but that didnt matter as the mud was proper xcountry style mud, and the sand was softer than normal huh!

that half mile sand dune is so draining I could feel my hip on it tooo, hit the road and I looked at the watch I was clocking a 6.30 pace off the sand dunes bit of a hill up and down carry on past my usual finnish at Shorrocks and straight down the road, I was hammering it, but its hard when you dont know the exact finnish in your mind visually, I just kept looking at the watch and thinking the sweatmill clocks off miles quicker ahhhhh.... zooming along in the pouring rain and a breeze against me at this point, I can see people stood at the bus stop pointing at me I was thinking oh no what have I dont summit stupid again, just keep going doesnt matter if you look weird of something

 

then I see a runner running towards me I recognise him and we nearly high fived I think we both just raised our hands to say hi but we were that close LOL just got the 4th mile in literally 3 metres from the railway crossing, I stopped bent over and threw up ha ha not a nice sight I must add..... but hey what do you do when you push yourself so hard it happens. I stretched a bit soaking wet and jogged back to the start of the run as I had left my waterproof jacket (I cant run hard with that on just annoys me)  so stop stretch again had to stretch my hips out and off I went back into the woods, for some cover and a mile, then ran on the roads for 2 more miles at an ok pace 7 min pace or thereabouts proper torrential rain at this point and I was feeling sick again oh dear I felt really drained.  

 

On walking into the gym, John had to say something, didnt he

"Hi, you ran in that rain, your mad"  Reply "No I just stood in the shower LOL"

"Ha ha very funny more like it you getting lazy these days"

Reply " yeah something like that, but I'm feeling better today".

 

Off I went for a hot shower and quick stretch, I was exhausted no no Knackered needed sugar and water in my system so off I went home to eat and drink.

 

4 mile tempo run in Pants Weather ;

mile 1  6.45 mins very muddy and windy

mile 2 7.15 sand starts same effort but feel slow

Mile 3   8.00 mins   the beach sand was soft, same hard effort, and 0.5 miles of sand dunes  

Mile 4  6.29mins   hitting the road 0.3 sand dune coming off it and road to the end

 Felt like the same effort all the way around pretty damn hard to say the least, but Im upto 4 miles so I am happier. I am hoping when I speak to my coach he may let me try some on road tempo runs next week I really wanna see how fit I am. 

rest day tomorrow even though I would like to do 5miles to get my mileage upto 60 so Im not sure I might do a gentle easy run I have to see how my legs feel tomorrow.  

I know I have lost weight not weighed myself though, Paul keeps moaning and trying to feed me up and Im eating it but I do feel leaner, my physio thinks I look too drawn in the face but I dont see it, Im not intentionally trying to lose the weight now, Im just eating sensible especially before and after my training to make sure Im recovering etc

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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