| 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 | | 42.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.80 | 49.20 |
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| Nike Vomeros 4 White Blue Miles: 42.40 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 28.00 | Nap Time: 1.00 | Total Sleep Time: 29.00 | Weight: 0.00 | Calories: 0.00 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 15.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.80 |
| PUKE FEST Oh Dear, I did an okay long run, I ate last night, we went to a friends house and I didnt have any wine...... I got up early this morning, and ate what I always eat before my long runs 3 hours before a good breakfast.I took energy gels and water, which Paul carried with my backpack! My aim was to just get a long slow run in, I started off great and got better till mile 10, I had stopped at about 9.5 miles for 1 min to take a gel and some water on board I am not sure what went wrong???? any suggestions please as I ate well the night before got enough sleep, ate well 3 hrs before, and took a gel with water, 2mins later I was puking up pretty bad and it wasnt what I had eaten just water and yellow watery puke, which I have had it happen before and I know it means my stomach is empty, now It was really cold out and the water was really cold so Im not sure if it was that hitting my stomach I dont know but I Puked up every couple of mins for 2 miles, then I had nothing left and just borked allot but kept going it wasnt nice at all.... I dont think I had hit the wall as I was able to keep a good pace still, my gel was in date ????? urghhh I am okay now, I have had something to eat and drink and some sugary drink as I felt my sugar was low :-)
My splits
Summary 02:01:34 15.80 07:50 1,722
1 00:07:48 1.00 08:48 00:08 116
2 00:07:37 1.00 07:37 06:40 111
3 00:07:42 1.00 07:42 07:15 112
4 00:07:41 1.00 07:41 07:11 112
5 00:07:32 1.00 07:32 06:08 112
6 00:07:38 1.00 07:38 06:07 112
7 00:07:16 1.00 07:16 06:04 111
8 00:07:15 1.00 07:15 06:23 110
9 00:07:37 1.00 07:37 06:45 112
10 00:08:37 1.00 08:37 07:31 107
11 00:08:00 1.00 08:00 07:27 111
12 00:07:50 1.00 07:50 06:41 109
13 00:07:36 1.00 07:36 04:02 111
14 00:07:32 1.00 07:32 06:50 110
15 00:07:38 1.00 07:38 06:26 111
16 00:06:07 0.80 10:08 06:46 55
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| Nike Vomeros 4 White Blue Miles: 15.80 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.60 |
| 10 mins xtrainer level 6 HR 116bpm. easy run in the horrible drizzle rain and damp cold dull dark weather :( 7.6 miles 1hr 2 mins route 5.6 miles off road, through the sand dunes and trails 10 Mins warm down xtrainer level 6 h/r 121bpm. Current: Rain
Wind: NW at 21 km/h
Humidity: 95% |
| Nike Vomeros 4 White Blue Miles: 7.60 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 10.00 |
| Happy and Un-happy Bunny! 10 mins xtrainer level 6 h/r 116bmp nice as I was rather buzzing knowing I had been ok fully fuelled my self and it all stayed in....no stomach upsets and I ate some fresh mashed spuds for my mid-morning snack, just to make sure.... so I go back to I am buzzing MILE REPS, I even had the so weird rash I get when Im all a bit too excited/race mode/nervous LOL. so 3 mile warm up off road, trails and sand and mud and sand ;) road, for the mile reps, with a 4 min rest Coaches orders :) - 5.49 mins jog to start of next mile, (I have set 1 mile runs in suburbia he he)
- 5.35 mins Nice I raced a cyclist whom was not impressed and picked the pace up somewhat so I did as I was feeling really gooooood :-) Happy Bunny me thinks so.
- 5.45 mins I set off at 5.20 pace knowing this was my last rep, thought Id go for it, I'm gonna cross the railway crossing yay no trains, and I was zooming along the road not path, cyclist again but I was deffo gonna take this one as she was going really slow, and bang a dumb BLEEP BLEEP BLEEP driver pulls out of Formby Golf Club, nearly running me and the cyclist down, I had to stop, I went round the rear end of the bloody car (sorry Sasha) I slapped the rear end of the car to make them notice me, I was so not impressed they didnt retaliate omg let them retaliate I had to put the brakes on big time and I felt my hammy, but I carried on it was gonna be at least another 5.35 min mile I was ISSED I tell you.........
Formby Golf club driver I will remember you and I will mow you down in my big black huge car, I will....... NO HAPPY BUNNY HERE! were was Burt When I needed him hey hey I tell ya LOL Rant over, no stupid driver stupid stupid huh phhhhhht :-( Ok 4 miles warm down mostly off road sand dunes, mud sand trails oh what fun with a sore hamstring! Ice bath on getting home and another one just now I am shrivveled frozen person. But it doesnt feel too bad now, I am hoping I can get my easy run done tomorrow and it will be fine. Its not a pull as I wouldnt have been able to finnish the rep off. :-) Best I have run since August. Now for Gossip, aparently rumours going around, due to an article in the local newspaper the local football (soccer) star Stevie Gerrard has got security around his house with big dogs, and people (he lives a few roads from us) and apparently everyone in Formby is talking about it, and the fact his wife is running around with a bodyguard now LMAO ha ha ha apparently they saw me and my hubby running down the road last Sunday on my long run, and thought I was a WAG and Paul a body guard, and this person was saying everyone's talking about it apparently, I said omg were did you see her running etc, they said, and I replied what was she wearing they said exactly what I was wearing I was wearing my white cap yes I looked like Maddonna running thinking back with a buff around my neck so yeah I was trying to stay warm not hide my face LOL I didnt tell them I just replied with how vein having a bodyguard with you LOL .... So glad they didnt see me puking near the middle of my run on Sunday imagine the gossipers then :-O
So Sammy is a happy bunny for her times but then a not so happy bunny for golf drivers :-)
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| Nike Vomeros 4 White Blue Miles: 10.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 1.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 0.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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I am not injured I am playing it safe, no run today and the weather was proper pants so I decided not to run. Hammy still a bit tight but not injured as I am racing Sat I have decided to swop my rest day to today. then I thought nahhhh I will go run down that car, not with my 4x4 but I am not gonna stop this time I will just run into it check it out someone caught me on camera tooo LOL and My ass only cost 15c LMAO 
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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 |
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Last night my head hit the pillow and my eyes were out LoL I love it when that happens:) okay, 10 mins xtrainer, I gave it a blast up and down form level 6 - 9 and messed about with the speed, to see if my hammy would react well I didnt so off out for a very cold run. It was still damp cold, my bones are rattling urghh, but the sun was out which was nice. cycle shorts, t shirt and long sleeve top over the t shirt, with a Buff neck warmer and gloves yes I feel the cold brrrrr Current: Partly Cloudy
Wind: N at 10 mph
Humidity: 70% My car said 4C so not sure which is right but it felt cold especially with the northerly wind brrrr. 9 miles easy and I held back allot, I felt quite frisky and the hammy is okay, I could feel it in the 1st few miles and the last few, but I think it was the cold getting to my joints LOL 10 mins xtrainer level 6 warm down.
Stretch and foam ouchie roller ouchie. And off to my physio now yay NOT its gonna hurt. :-) Oh and I am a capricorn heres my traits LOL Capricorn Positive TraitsVery resourceful but cautious. Tends to be very disciplined, reserved and cool under fire. Demonstrate a real ability to overcome most hardships that get in the way of pursuing ones ambition.
Practical and prudent
Ambitious and disciplined
Patient and careful
Humorous and reserved
| Capricorn Negative TraitsHas a tendency to be selfish which portrays a Capricorn as being unfeeling and calculating. Because of these traits Capricorns look for ways to soften their rigid emotions and tendencies to not show sensitivity toward others.
Pessimistic and fatalistic
Miserly and grudging |
Yep that bit about pursuing my ambition then being selfish yeah I agree, my running is one of the most important things in my life :-)
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| Nike Vomeros 4 White Blue Miles: 9.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 0.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No training, I have the start of a very sore throat, and its race day tomorrow, hey ho ! :-( |
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Mid-lancs xcountry league (3.8 Miles) 00:25:11, Place overall: 6 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.80 | 6.80 |
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I had the start of a sore throat yesterday, although it was allot worse this morning, I couldnt decide whether to run or not, so took lots of pain killers, and anti-inflams, Lemsip max and the such prob drugged up the eye balls, ate something and wait and see. The race wasnt until the afternoon, I went with my Husband Paul to look at a job as he wasnt got allot of work in at the moment . . I felt ok, but a bit of a fluffy head eh! with all the drugs LOL. I decided to run, so we set off, and the further we got into the journey the worse the weather seemed, allot of snow and -3C. The traffic was awful, so a long journey in the end. I arrived with 20 mins to the start, ouch! I warmed up. 1.5 miles. I ran with long sleeves and gloves. Not much warning at the start of the race, just off you go, and a whistle Bizaar, took me by surprise, I set off ok pace, didnt hammer it as I knew it wouldnt be a good idea feeling under the weather. Did about as good as my last xcountry, so I was a bit annoyed but thats life, you have to take the good with the bad eh! I had better expectations due to my training recently and felt I had let Paul and Dylan down in a way as he puts up and helps allot with all my training, takes me to races supports me and now even looks after me when I am feeling really ill sat on the sofa urghhh :-(
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 42.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.80 | 49.20 |
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| Nike Vomeros 4 White Blue Miles: 42.40 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 28.00 | Nap Time: 1.00 | Total Sleep Time: 29.00 | Weight: 0.00 | Calories: 0.00 | |
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