Remarkable achievements require remarkable efforts

Today merri and I did 3.1 miles. I did it in 24:54. I was really trying hard at the end to be under 25 minutes! I did make it too. Merri was 23 something. We also did the Runner's World runner's workout for some weight lifting. Man are we weak! Time to work on our lifting.

ALSO just as a side note to all those interested. Merri and I were in the lottery for the St. George Marathon and we DID NOT get in! SAD!!! So we are going to be changing our running schedules and our race schedule to be able to get faster on the short stuff. Good thing because I don't know if my knees would make it through the marathon training schedule.

So I think Tammy is on the injured list. I let her fill you in on the

details there. All I know was that she was cursing and swearing and

punching the treadmill. :) Today we were supposed to do 6-400's. I did

2 400's, an 800 and then a mile. And I ran my last mile in 5:40. Pretty

darn impressive if you ask me. :)

Today we hit the Orem pool again to swim. We did 16 lengths on a 25 m pool. Go us! Merri was smoking through that water. The water did not know what hit it. Triathlon here we come. I'll let Merri fill you in on how she really felt. After we did 2 miles on the bike in 7:30. We were sweating out our Cucumber Melon lotion, dang we smell good! Lovin it.

Merri's Note: Ok I'll be the first to admit it...I am COMPETITIVE! So when I am not good at something right off the bat I don't like it. But I am going to work on this. I had goggles today and that made things SO much better. I now need to focus on my breathing.

Today was a 45 minute tempo run. Tammy is having issues w/ her IT band so she biked. And I ran 4.5 miles in 35 minutes and then slowed down and hit 5 miles at 39 minutes and called it quits. I have a running class tonight in Orem, so I thought I'd save some energy. ;)

Today again was SUPPOSED to be 6 miles fast, but since when I have I

followed the schedule? I warmed up for about .4 miles. Then I ran 4

miles in 38:55. Changed my shoes went to the bathroom and ran a 6:15

mile. Then i ran a slow .6 mile. Total miles 6, just not all of it was

FAST!!!

So the Wasatch Back relay team emailed us saying we were having a group

run on Saturday in Provo canyon, and only one other person besides

Tammy and I were there. But it was fun to run outside and not on a

treadmill. The wind was cold and Tammy's knee was hurting so those were

the 2 problems. I think we ran 1 hr and 15 minutes, but we didn't

actually ran that whole time. We stopped for water and for a break so I

am not even sure on our mileage. I would guess maybe 7 or so miles?

What do you think Tammy????