Simon nominated me for age grouper of the week, on IM Talk (podcast). Obviously listen to the whole show!, but i'm mentioned at about 28 1/2 minutes.
http://www.imtalk.me/Podcast.html
Friday, 30 October 2009
Sunday, 25 October 2009
Beachy Head Marathon.
Yesterday was the Beachy Head Marathon. Described as the toughest uk marathon, taking place on the sussex downs, starting and finishing in Eastbourne. Knowing quite a few runners, I thought I'd do my weekend bike ride and do some supporting at the same time. On hearing the weather forecast I had second thoughts, but stuck to by promise and headed out for a ride - jersey pockets stuffed with gels. Managed to watch the start, you couldn't even see the top of the first hill for the mist.
Unfortunately I only take a few pictures, the weather was rubbish (very wet and misty) and I was getting cold every time i stopped.
Unfortunately I only take a few pictures, the weather was rubbish (very wet and misty) and I was getting cold every time i stopped.
Completely managed to miss Helyn, (King of the mountains) at all but the junction with the road 5 mins in!
Last year having watched i fancied entering. This year watching - not a chance! but having said that never say never, if Kona doesn't happen i might be looking for a back up.
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Photo update of our van conversion
Update on the progress so far! We still have lots to do. Next job is the celling vent and then we can line and insulate the roof.
Simon has made the sink unit it will go under the window.
There will be storage along the rest of the wall.
Looking foward we need to get proper foam cut for the bed cut to size and covers made, but for our trip away in the summer we just had a matteress topper, cut and stiched by me (surprising my blanket stitch! is still holding it together)
Thursday, 1 October 2009
Check out my Tri 247 Column
http://www.tri247.com/article_5955_Columnist%3A+Sarah+Lovelock.html?region_id=&category=
Tri247 are pleased to announce that they have a new columnist, and thankfully she's female! With so many men on our books it was about time to add an another interesting lady - to help add to the feminine flair to our columnist page.
Sarah, who when she's not working as a physiotherapist (there's an interesting story in her debut column about how physiotherapists deal with their injuries - it's an interesting one!) is an athlete with a mission; to get back to Kona in 2010.
Not one to do things by half, in 2005 Sarah raced her first triathlon, not a nice little sprint distance, but the Vitruvian Middle Distance. In 2007 she raced Ironman Florida, her first Ironman event and finished in a highly commendable time of 10:35:39 - a time which qualified her for the 2008 Ironman World Championships.
The road hasn't always been easy, but now with the motivation of watching this year's event from the sidelines and a new coach onboard, Sarah is raring to go and is looking forward to returning to Kona in 2010 - this time hopefully with her body well and truly intact.
To read Sarah's first ever Tri247 column click here.
Kona 2010
Posted by: Sarah Lovelock
Posted on: Thursday 1st October 2009
When Tri247's deputy editor, Annie Emmerson replied to inform me that I was welcome to join their team of columnists, initially I was excited (this did include a moment of dancing around the room like a crazy person!), then the panic set in. With the racing season now coming to an end, what would I write about?
2010 for me is going to be all about qualifying for the Hawaii Ironman World Championships again. Being an NHS Physiotherapist, with limited holiday and money (more importantly), I'm going to have one shot - Ironman Nice. I was fortunate enough to qualify for the 2008 Ironman World Championships at Ironman Florida in 2007, my first attempt at the Ironman distance. Unfortunately my race last year didn't go at all to plan. I'd had a solid 2008 season both in terms of training and racing, but two weeks before flying out to Hawaii I developed shin pain. The Physiotherapist in me suspected it was something slightly more sinister than tendonitis, but the athlete in me hoped that with rest, all would be good by race day. But it was not, I hadn't been able to run for three weeks and had definitely started to develop a 'pain avoiding' limp. However, I was in Hawaii and wasn't about to not try to finish (the thought of not starting never cross my mind).
Entering the water on race morning was the most awesome feeling. Just that alone makes me want to get back there. The swim (my least favourite discipline) flew by, and I soon found myself being yanked out of the water and up onto the pier.
The bike started well but by mile 80, my shin had become sore and despite painkillers I couldn't really push powerfully through my right leg. Ever hopeful, I started the run optimistically and physically feeling really strong (except for the pain!). Trotting out of T2 I was running on adrenaline, but I guess by mile three I was starting to hurt. Coming back through town before heading out onto the Queen K, my boyfriend Simon was waiting, by this point I was hobbling/running and had a pain stricken face. Over the next three miles it got worse, to the point my leg was giving way every time I landed and it became quicker and safer to walk. I cried a bit, actually a lot! But as the race went on and it started to get dark I found new strength and inspiration from everyone else out on the course and I started to enjoy the experience again.
I crossed the finish line in 12:21. Way off what I'd hoped and disappointed, but having hobbled the last half of the marathon felt proud that I'd survived a tough day.
Returning to the UK, Dr Nick Webborn at SportsWise, Eastbourne scanned my leg and confirmed what I already really knew - that I had a nasty proximal tibia stress fracture and was lucky it had not fractured completely. Since coming back a friend has commented that a physiotherapist who attempts to run (let alone do a marathon) on what she suspects is a stress fracture should be struck off. Luckily for me the Health Professionals Council has not heard and I'm still happily employed. Even better, I have recovered and am back training and racing. But now I have to go back!
One year on and with this year's World Championships less than two weeks away, I'm getting goose bumps just thinking about the pre race tension at the pier. All the nervous energy building up. The big island of Hawaii is such an awesome place.
My return to training and racing this year has been helped along by my new coach Sarah Coope of Bodyworks XTC (before Chrissie, she was the highest placed Brit in Kona, with third in 1991), and being able to train with other super talented and dedicated Bodyworks XTC athletes, swimming under the ever watchful eyes of Glenn Cook. I've also been very fortunate to have had fantastic ongoing support from The Tri Store in Eastbourne and Martin Bramfoot / DJM Products the UK distributors of Zoot.
I finished off this year with a return to ironman distance racing, in the form of the UK's 'The Big Woody'. I finished as first women and fifth overall. Proving to myself that I'd recovered fully from injury and putting the nasty little demons that creep out when you have an injury, that make you doubt yourself, back locked away deep at the back of my brain.
So I'm already looking forward to 2010, looking forward to logging the winter miles and building on my triathlon experiences (my first tri was at the end of 2005), and more importantly getting even faster! So my column will be writing about getting back to Kona. Keep your fingers and toes crossed for me.
Happy Training
Sarah
Tri247 are pleased to announce that they have a new columnist, and thankfully she's female! With so many men on our books it was about time to add an another interesting lady - to help add to the feminine flair to our columnist page.
Sarah, who when she's not working as a physiotherapist (there's an interesting story in her debut column about how physiotherapists deal with their injuries - it's an interesting one!) is an athlete with a mission; to get back to Kona in 2010.
Not one to do things by half, in 2005 Sarah raced her first triathlon, not a nice little sprint distance, but the Vitruvian Middle Distance. In 2007 she raced Ironman Florida, her first Ironman event and finished in a highly commendable time of 10:35:39 - a time which qualified her for the 2008 Ironman World Championships.
The road hasn't always been easy, but now with the motivation of watching this year's event from the sidelines and a new coach onboard, Sarah is raring to go and is looking forward to returning to Kona in 2010 - this time hopefully with her body well and truly intact.
To read Sarah's first ever Tri247 column click here.
Kona 2010
Posted by: Sarah Lovelock
Posted on: Thursday 1st October 2009
When Tri247's deputy editor, Annie Emmerson replied to inform me that I was welcome to join their team of columnists, initially I was excited (this did include a moment of dancing around the room like a crazy person!), then the panic set in. With the racing season now coming to an end, what would I write about?
2010 for me is going to be all about qualifying for the Hawaii Ironman World Championships again. Being an NHS Physiotherapist, with limited holiday and money (more importantly), I'm going to have one shot - Ironman Nice. I was fortunate enough to qualify for the 2008 Ironman World Championships at Ironman Florida in 2007, my first attempt at the Ironman distance. Unfortunately my race last year didn't go at all to plan. I'd had a solid 2008 season both in terms of training and racing, but two weeks before flying out to Hawaii I developed shin pain. The Physiotherapist in me suspected it was something slightly more sinister than tendonitis, but the athlete in me hoped that with rest, all would be good by race day. But it was not, I hadn't been able to run for three weeks and had definitely started to develop a 'pain avoiding' limp. However, I was in Hawaii and wasn't about to not try to finish (the thought of not starting never cross my mind).
Entering the water on race morning was the most awesome feeling. Just that alone makes me want to get back there. The swim (my least favourite discipline) flew by, and I soon found myself being yanked out of the water and up onto the pier.
The bike started well but by mile 80, my shin had become sore and despite painkillers I couldn't really push powerfully through my right leg. Ever hopeful, I started the run optimistically and physically feeling really strong (except for the pain!). Trotting out of T2 I was running on adrenaline, but I guess by mile three I was starting to hurt. Coming back through town before heading out onto the Queen K, my boyfriend Simon was waiting, by this point I was hobbling/running and had a pain stricken face. Over the next three miles it got worse, to the point my leg was giving way every time I landed and it became quicker and safer to walk. I cried a bit, actually a lot! But as the race went on and it started to get dark I found new strength and inspiration from everyone else out on the course and I started to enjoy the experience again.
I crossed the finish line in 12:21. Way off what I'd hoped and disappointed, but having hobbled the last half of the marathon felt proud that I'd survived a tough day.
Returning to the UK, Dr Nick Webborn at SportsWise, Eastbourne scanned my leg and confirmed what I already really knew - that I had a nasty proximal tibia stress fracture and was lucky it had not fractured completely. Since coming back a friend has commented that a physiotherapist who attempts to run (let alone do a marathon) on what she suspects is a stress fracture should be struck off. Luckily for me the Health Professionals Council has not heard and I'm still happily employed. Even better, I have recovered and am back training and racing. But now I have to go back!
One year on and with this year's World Championships less than two weeks away, I'm getting goose bumps just thinking about the pre race tension at the pier. All the nervous energy building up. The big island of Hawaii is such an awesome place.
My return to training and racing this year has been helped along by my new coach Sarah Coope of Bodyworks XTC (before Chrissie, she was the highest placed Brit in Kona, with third in 1991), and being able to train with other super talented and dedicated Bodyworks XTC athletes, swimming under the ever watchful eyes of Glenn Cook. I've also been very fortunate to have had fantastic ongoing support from The Tri Store in Eastbourne and Martin Bramfoot / DJM Products the UK distributors of Zoot.
I finished off this year with a return to ironman distance racing, in the form of the UK's 'The Big Woody'. I finished as first women and fifth overall. Proving to myself that I'd recovered fully from injury and putting the nasty little demons that creep out when you have an injury, that make you doubt yourself, back locked away deep at the back of my brain.
So I'm already looking forward to 2010, looking forward to logging the winter miles and building on my triathlon experiences (my first tri was at the end of 2005), and more importantly getting even faster! So my column will be writing about getting back to Kona. Keep your fingers and toes crossed for me.
Happy Training
Sarah
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