| 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 | | 43.90 | 1.40 | 1.54 | 3.00 | 49.84 |
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| Nike Vomeros 4 White Blue Miles: 33.74 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| I was running late as I had to go home and check on the kitchen fitters huh ! this throws my training session... so I got to the gym and my space is taken in the car park, I have my own space you know I really do, and i dont like it when its taken phhhhhht silly Christmas tree people, theyve taken over half the car park baaaa humbug. 10 mins level 5 xtrainer 9 mile run, didnt take the garmin trying to fun as I feel and drop the garmin on some runs, I still time myself but its off my phone which I carry for safety and has a stop clock in it. 1hr 6 mins 34 secs good run it was dry, very cold but windy again a very cold wind, it was really chilly, I still wore my shorts but it was long sleeve and I didnt pull the sleeves up so it must have been cold. 4C with 7mph winds from the cold north brrrrrr xtrainer 10 mins, 1 min level 5 1 min level 8 I did this for the 10 mins, which is tought going but I seem to get to 5 mins of this and my legs really feel heavy and hurt, although after this they feel great must be the lactic acid or some other rubbish being disposed of. My mum thinks I need feeding up and I got home made leek and potato soup for my lunch, although it was alittle too close to my run 30 mins before, so not a great idea. Still no kitchen another take out ahhhh, either that or a bbq in 2 C tonight its cold. |
| Nike Vomeros 4 White Blue Miles: 9.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 16.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.10 |
| Nasty weather huh! cold 0C and it was supposed to be rained this afternoon when I ran but didnt really a bit of spitting and that was it thankfully. Not a shorts day, as it was long run, and sometimes I get cold on long runs so gloves, long tights two tops one long sleeve one short, and my head band with ear covers. I also had to carry my rucksack myself, as its a weekday and I usually run my longer runs with Paul carrying it so I found it harder with this, my shoulders ache tonight ouch. 16.1 miles 2hrs 12 mins 8.11 min average. I ran out fishermans path straight to the beach and then all the way down the beach to Southport Pier this is a hard run as it goes inbetween the beach and the sanddunes their is a path that is very sandy in places and also grassy boggy, muddy slippy and just darn hard going for over 6 miles then its sand again so pretty much 7.5 miles of beach sand mud boggy mud and sand and beach.... the rest of the run is on road, two decent hills in it, the main roads back through southport. I havent done this long run for 2 years, and forgot how hard it is, (as I usally run with Paul on his bike and he wouldnt have been able to cycle those 7.5miles at all). All in all it was a good run, my legs felt pretty heavy and sore and tight from Saturday, but I would just stop and stretch if it got too bad. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.80 |
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Xtrainer level 6 10 mins
3 mins skipping none stop very tiring on my arms mainly I used to do 20 mins 3 times a week its gonna be hard getting back to that I think Im going to aim for twice a week with my steps ups too! 6.8 miles easy if you can call sandy hills sandy trails, and sandy sandy's LOL then 2 miles road home. 2.8 miles home actually, and I think my garmin went mad, I did pick the pace up as usual on the road, its just the effort I put in on the hills etc, then you hit the road and your flying so its hard to back off, when Im feeling good, which I was today, and the music was great...... now back to the mad garmin I shall download later to see if it makes sense but I looked at the watch and it said 5.30 pace ouch if its true I maybe sore tomorrow :-/ Oh and those xmas tree men phhhhhhtttt my space mine yes its MINE ha ha ha and returning to the gym about 20 young girls from a high school had overtook the gym again thankgoodness for the phone call he he
I got back the gym ready to do xtrainer and step ups, but I had to go home after a phone call about the fact they have two colours of kitchen top on the order form, 1 white and 1 black well come on people I had chosen a white colour but I had to go to the shop to check which white colour LOL Oh well Happy Days. :-)
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| Nike Vomeros 4 White Blue Miles: 6.80 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 1.54 | 0.00 | 7.54 |
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Gym xtrainer 10 mins level 6 This is supposed to be an easy run... session tomorrow! I did a total of 7.54 miles in 1hr 48secs. Current: Cloudy
Wind: NW at 14 mph
Humidity: 81% Quite warm although the wind chill was -1C cold brrr but I still went outside..... okay as usual Sandy trails, sandy hills, sandy roads he he, I hit the beach too it was completley empty no surprise as it was a NW wind of at least 14mph, against me hard work. pretty much 5 miles off road then last 2.5 miles on road. I had a phone call with 2 miles to go, need to be home to pay kitchen fitters by 3.00pm, I had 15 mins to get my butt home omg, easy run gone out the window. heres the splits; 8.00 8.30 windy trails 8.30 same old windy 9.16 sand dunes onto the beach and beach 8.57 windy 7.54 mile mile 6 cranking it up last half 6.22 mile 7 although fastest pace was 5.35 I was flying at this point I looked behind me to cross the road to see if it was safe to cross over and hit my shoulder on a lamp post OUCH double OUCH, I kept running but omg its sore now..... I kept running It was real busy this is the route I run through part of the end of the local village, I stopped the traffic twice, just putting my hand up and giving the thumbs up it felt goooooood :-) just after hitting my shoulder My husband drove past, I tried to raise my arm I was like ouch and keeping the pace up :-O
3.14 to 7.54 mile again fastest pace 5.32 average 5.58 pace.
Ok I literally hit the entrance of the gym and it was like run in get keys go sort out the kitchen guys, all sweaty lol. I had to go back the gym to get my stuff and see my physio..... twice I got my car space back today yay.... and I spoke to the xmas tree guys, they were like you train hard? and asked what times I do, one guy nearly fell over he was like omg thats really fast.... I said thankyou and I really like this car space they laughed. :-) fingers crossed I get it tomorrow. Oh and yes I checked the garmin it worked in the end. my pace was 5.30 yesterday too. I hope Im recovered for tomorrows session and I havnet risked it too much. oh and the kitchen isnt finnished tops still need to go on cooker hob, tv still needs sorting, and floor preperation still needs doing, oh I still havent got a wash machine or my dishwasher, or sink, just the cooker is working so I christened it with some lovely Cumberland sausages..... gotta have my sausage baps :-) 
WILD and WINDY :)
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| Nike Vomeros 4 White Blue Miles: 7.54 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 1.40 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 10.40 |
| Session day. 10 mins xtrainer level 5 H/R 118bpm Weather for Liverpool, UK - | Fri
8°C | 6°C Current: Rain
Wind: SE at 24 km/h
Humidity: 87% |
Okay it didnt rain, and hardly a breeze so all good, crispy cool and the sun was out. 2.8 miles warm up off road, trails with sand and lots of mud yay short rest stretching approx 3mins I was rareing to go, but still remembering that the last 2 days were not easy runs, although not session but still my legs will be heavy :-( - mile 1 5.51 mins
- mile 2 5.53
- mile 3 5.55
Okay I had 3 mins recovery either jogging or jogging and stretching my legs felt tight, my calves were ok at the time but now they're really sore. Hammy tight and sore. It has been a long time since I have done mile reps, so I am made up with my virgin mile reps run..... I wont lie I found it incredibly hard like Chris M says BLOODY mile reps :-O
They are hard really hard, gut wrenching but I didnt feel like vomiting I felt tired but it was deffo the legs holding me back, so a race and no easy runs isnt great to do 1st mile reps after along lay off since my Injury in training for Berlin Marathon which was in August which is nearly 5 months ago ! I took it easy on the way back but hit the sand dunes to try gain strength from them 4.4 miles back 1st mile 10.29mins sand dunes really big ones 2nd mile 9.41mins more big sand dunes 3rd mile 7.48mins hitting the muddy trails picking the pace up 4th mile 7.34mins again picked the pace up allot on muddy trails and sandy trails 0.4 2.43mins thats 7.27 pace on the road easing off. Good session all in all, and got decent miles in. No bunnies, no seagulls, and thankfully no lamp posts.......but I saw some high school kids along the muddy trails on the way back, some of them started to walk, I nearly shouted at them to get their butts going but thought best keep my mouth shut LOL..... oh and no I did miss out on my car space some one else visiting the gym stole it naught people naughty naughty ;-) |
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| (-; Rest Day ;-) "If your not sure you are running or jogging, you need to go faster" Pearl Izumi
"runners are wild, joggers are runners domesticated" Pearl Izumi
"Runners sometimes Jog! but joggers never RUN" Pearl Izumi
Runners (Definition)= who knows what mother nature will throw at us next? and it doesnt really matter. The point is, while the domesticated masses are taking refuge in their homes, desperately tuned into the weather station, runners will be out doing what runners always do- Running. It takes more than heat waves, gale force winds or arctic temps to keep runners at bay. They will deftly sidestep fallen tree limbs and downed power lines and gladly endure blizzards and driving rain-storms to keep their daily run intact. Citizens-at-large will generally find this shocking behaviour. EXTREME, somehow, but to runners its simply business as usual! by Pearl Izumi ADVERTISING! Not done much today but sort out kitchen plumbers etc I watched Dylans football team get beat they didnt play to their best at all but hey ho thats life at least they sort of had fun. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 43.90 | 1.40 | 1.54 | 3.00 | 49.84 |
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