Remarkable achievements require remarkable efforts

Today we did 50 minutes w/ some hills on 300 S & Center st. Total mileage 6.27 miles.

Tammy's Note: I think I am giving up! I have had it. I hate my IT band. Hate it. I really want to give up, but I won't. I am going to keep trying this week with everything that I am doing, and some new things. I going to still run the mileage, but not as fast. I am going to try to just coast and pace. But I am just so ticked! My total mileage was about 1.5 miles today.

Today we were supposed to do 25 minutes swimming and 25 minutes on the

bike. Well I got to the pool and realized my goggles were broken! so I

swam 3 laps. Tammy did 10 and we biked for 25 minutes.

Today Larry & I went to the track at the high school and ran some sprints. We did 1 mile where we jogged the curves and sprinted the straight parts. Then we ran a 400 sprint, but since it was raining we came home and drove to the gym and lifted some weights.

Tammy's Note: Well I didn't get to run today because Chad wanted to go swim with the Masters swim team. So I tried to run after dinner and that was a bad idea. I felt like I was going to puke the entire time. So I only did 1.25 miles and then lifted for about 15 more minutes.

Today Tammy & Merri swam for 25 and biked for 25. Tammy did 14 laps and I did 10. And we biked 7 miles.

Tammy's Note: Ok Merri kicked my butt on the bike. She is being nice and said she only did 7, but she did like 7.4 in 25 minutes. I was trying to keep up, but she kept raising the intensity and my legs couldn't handle it. I think it's because I have been dehydrated lately. Gotta drink more water!

So today we were going to do a 30 minute run. Merri was on a mission

and left all of us in the dust. Karen took the shorter route and I

thought I might catch her, but no chance. Merri did though. So the

total mileage was 3.8 miles. Nice day for a run, a little chilly

though. It's an hour later and I am still chilled.

To practice for Ragnar, the SFRR are running three different times today. I ran 25 minutes this morning (about 3.1) and Merri ran about 35 minutes (about 4.3 miles). Our neighbor, Larry, kept up with Merri this morning.

Then before eating lunch we went for another run. Merri, Wes and Larry ran again together (well, first time for Wes). They ran about 3.8 miles. Then I went out after we swapped kiddos and ran about 4.3 miles for 34 minutes. Man did that feel good!!! I was so excited. No knee/IT band pain, just my hip flexor and cramping in my calf. I was soooo excited. I spent about 10-15 minutes before the run just rubbing/rolling or massaging my leg on the side and front and Vwalah! All better. I am going to invest in a foam roller. Come Monday I am heading to the store. We'll see how I feel for the third run of the day.

Just as a side note. We are SOO excited to join our new members of the ragnar relay team. Chad, Merri and I had decided to race on a 12 man relay through the mountains for 180 miles with some other people, that we don't know. Well a couple days ago they e-mailed the entire group to say that we were three runners short because of dropouts. So we recruited our neighbors, Wes, Larry, and Brandon to come and run with us. Now we have one full van of just us locals! I am so excited! It is going to really be a blast.

Merri's Note: Wes and I also did a short 15 minute run at about 8:45ish. I had nothing left!!!