Today We Start Again. . . .

Today is a good day. . . We started to train again for a half marathon. . . We still haven't picked one yet, that should happen later today. . .But none the less we are back to training again after too long. . . . It has only been a few weeks for Lisa (since she arrived home from Jump School), however for me (Daniel) it has been much much longer. . . .

Today's run was a quick 3 miles around the neighborhood. . . It actually was one of our fastest 3 miles that we've run together. . . I guess we have the United Stated Army to thank for that. . . :-)

Not bad, 9:15 second miles. . . now we only need to knock 2+ minutes off of that and sustain it for an additional 10 miles. . .

Can you say Crazy??

We will start our training program on December 30th.... Right now it looks a bit crazy but we are currently running 4-5 days a week and going to the gym 3 days a week so we will have built up to this crazy schedule! :) Looks like a lot of fun to me! :)

Tuesday December 30
Gym/Legs
Wednesday December 31
3 Mile Run
Thursday January 1
5x400
Gym/Shoulders
Friday January 2
3 Mile Run
Saturday January 3
Gym/Chest
Sunday January 4
3 Mile Run
Monday January 5
5 Mile Run
Tuesday January 6
Gym/Legs
Wednesday January 7
3 Mile Run
Thursday January 8
30 Minute Tempo
Gym/Shoulders
Friday January 9
3 Mile Run
Saturday January 10
Gym/Chest
Sunday January 11
3 Mile Pace
Monday January 12
6 Mile Run
Tuesday January 13
Gym/Legs
Wednesday January 14
3.5 Mile Run
Thursday January 15
6x400
Gym/Shoulders
Friday January 16
3 Mile Run
Saturday January 17
Rest or Easy Run
Gym/Shoulders
Sunday January 18
Rest
Monday January 19
5k Race
Tuesday January 20
Gym/Legs
Wednesday January 21
3.5 Mile Run
Thursday January 22
35 Minute Tempo
Gym/Shoulders
Friday January 23
3 Mile Run
Saturday January 24
Gym/Chest
Sunday January 25
3 Mile Run
Monday January 26
7 Mile Run
Tuesday January 27
Gym/Legs
Wednesday January 28
4 Mile Run
Thursday January 29
7x400
Gym/Shoulders
Friday January 30
3 Mile Run
Saturday January 31
Gym/Chest
Sunday February 1
3 Mile Pace
Monday February 2
8 Mile Run
Tuesday February 3
Gym/Legs
Wednesday February 4
4 Mile Run
Thursday February 5
40 Minute Tempo
Gym/Shoulders
Friday February 6
3 Mile Run
Saturday February 7
Rest or Easy Run
Gym/Chest
Sunday February 8
Rest
Monday February 9
10k Race
Tuesday February 10
Gym/Legs
Wednesday February 11
4.5 Mile Run
Thursday February 12
8x400
Gym/Shoulders
Friday February 13
3 Mile Run
Saturday February 14
Gym/Chest
Sunday February 15
4 Mile Pace
Monday February 16
9 Mile Run
Tuesday February 17
Gym/Legs
Wednesday February 18
4.5 Mile Run
Thursday February 19
40 Minute Tempo
Gym/Shoulders
Friday February 20
3 Mile Run
Saturday February 21
Gym/Chest
Sunday February 22
5 Mile Pace
Monday February 23
10 Mile Run
Tuesday February 24
Gym/Legs
Wednesday February 25
5 Mile Run
Thursday February 26
9x400
Gym/Shoulders
Friday February 27
3 Mile Run
Saturday February 28
Rest or Easy Run
Gym/Chest
Sunday March 1
Rest
Monday March 2
15k Race
Tuesday March 3
Gym/Legs
Wednesday March 4
5 Mile Run
Thursday March 5
45 Minute Tempo
Gym/Shoulders
Friday March 6
3 Mile Run
Saturday March 7
Gym/Chest
Sunday March 8
5 Mile Pace
Monday March 9
11 Mile Run
Tuesday March 10
Gym/Legs
Wednesday March 11
5 Mile Run
Thursday March 12
10x400
Gym/Shoulders
Friday March 13
Rest
Saturday March 14
3 Mile Pace
Gym/Chest
Sunday March 15
12 Mile Run
Monday March 16
Tuesday March 17
30 Minute Tempo
Gym/Legs
Wednesday March 18
3 Mile Run
Thursday March 19
Rest
Gym/Shoulders
Friday March 20
Rest
Saturday March 21
Moab Half Marathon
Sunday March 22
Rest
Monday March 23
12 Mile Run
Tuesday March 24
Gym/Legs
Wednesday March 25
4 Mile Run
Thursday March 26
9 Mile Run
Gym/Shoulders
Friday March 27
4 Mile Run
Saturday March 28
Gym/Chest
Sunday March 29
9 Mile Pace
Monday March 30
19 Mile Run
Tuesday March 31
Gym/Legs
Wednesday April 1
5 Mile Run
Thursday April 2
10 Mile Run
Gym/Shoulders
Friday April 3
5 Mile Run
Saturday April 4
Gym/Chest
Sunday April 5
10 Mile Run
Monday April 6
20 Mile Run
Tuesday April 7
Gym/Legs
Wednesday April 8
5 Mile Run
Thursday April 9
6 Mile Run
Gym/Shoulders
Friday April 10
5 Mile Run
Saturday April 11
Gym/Chest
Sunday April 12
6 Mile Pace
Monday April 13
12 Mile Run
Tuesday April 14
Gym/Legs
Wednesday April 15
5 Mile Run
Thursday April 16
10 Mile Run
Gym/Shoulders
Friday April 17
5 Mile Run
Saturday April 18
Gym/Chest
Sunday April 19
10 Mile Pace
Monday April 20
20 Mile Run
Tuesday April 21
Gym/Legs
Wednesday April 22
5 Mile Run
Thursday April 23
6 Mile Run
Gym/Shoulders
Friday April 24
5 Mile Run
Saturday April 25
Gym/Chest
Sunday April 26
6 Mile Run
Monday April 27
12 Mile Run
Tuesday April 28
Gym/Legs
Wednesday April 29
5 Mile Run
Thursday April 30
10 Mile Run
Gym/Shoulders
Friday May 1
5 Mile Run
Saturday May 2
Gym/Chest
Sunday May 3
10 Mile Pace
Monday May 4
20 Mile Run
Tuesday May5
Gym/Legs
Wednesday May 6
15 Mile Run
Thursday May 7
8 Mile Run
Gym/Shoulders
Friday May 8
5 Mile Run
Saturday May 9
Gym/Chest
Sunday May 10
4 Mile Pace
Monday May 11
12 Mile Run
Tuesday May 12
Gym/Legs
Wednesday May 13

4 Mile Run

Thursday May 14
6 Mile Run
Gym/Shoulders
Friday May 15
4 Mile Run
Saturday May 16
Gym/Chest
Sunday May 17
4 Mile Run
Monday May 18
8 Mile Run
Tuesday May 19
Gym/Legs
Wednesday May 20
3 Mile Run
Thursday May 21
4 Mile Run
Gym/Shoulders
Friday May 22
Saturday May 23
Gym/Chest
Sunday May 24
2 Mile Run
Monday May 25
LA Marathon!!

St. George Marathon

Just wanted to take a moment and say that I have been thinking about the runners of the St. George marathon that ran today! I am a little disappointed that we did not make it, but I really believe it was the right thing to do for us. :) We will be adding to our running journal again soon, and making it a regular occurrence!

3 Miles

We got up yesterday morning to run 8 miles and for some reason neither of us could make it out of the neighborhood! We ended up going about a mile in about 14 min! LOL. It is really discouraging that days like that exist. Especially when we are behind on our training. But I know they do and I just get to let it go! lol. Today we did not have a lot of time to run but we did get in three miles at the gym. Daniel's time was 29:48 and mine was 31:48. The movie today was Ferris Bueler's Day Off. At least it was a comedy! I also found out today that Christina is not going to run St. George anymore and my parents are probably not coming down. It makes me sad but I suppose I will get over it. :) I am really looking forward to the vacation with Daniel!

6 Miles

We ran six miles on the treadmill today. The farthest either of us have run on a treadmill. :) The Cinema room at Gold's Gym does make it bearable though. Today we watched about an hour of The Great Debaters, which is a movie we have wanted to see. :) Although from today's experience, I think they should stick to comedies instead of tear jerkers! :) We did not record our exact time but we were roughly at 65 Min! :) Not too shabby for the treadmill.

Gotta Love the Treadmill

We did not get up early enough to beat the heat today. We went to the gym and ran on the treadmill. Gold's Gym does have one bonus though, you can run in the dark in front of a big movie screen. Something to take your mind off of the boring treadmill! LOL. As you can see from the results Daniel had the better time... He is such a good push for me!

Lisa's Results

Daniels's results

We're Back!

4 Miles
40:55
Split 19:41/21:14

We took about six weeks off of running to allow Daniel time to heal from his surgery. It felt really good to get out there and run! Although Daniel was the one recovering, he kicked my butt.... I could barely keep up with him. LOL. With just over 7 weeks ahead of us before the St. George Marathon we have our work cut out for us! But I am excited that we get to take this journey together.