Training Day #1 (Nora)

Well, we did it! Sarah and I went to the Y this morning and did our 3 mile run on the treadmills. Not without a little bit of a set back though... My phone likes to stop working every once in a while. It doesn't turn off, it just stops running... the time will stop and you can't call anyone and no one can call you. So, in the "middle of the night" or so I thought, the doorbell rang at my house. I looked at my clock and it said 2:38 a.m. So, I wasn't going to answer the door because I figured someone had the wrong house or it was someone for one of my roommates. Well, it was really 5:30 and thankfully Miranda knew that I was supposed to workout with my sister this morning so she answered the door. Sarah opened my door and said "Let's go!!" I looked at my phone and figured out that it was broken... So we were about 15 minutes late but we still did it! I'm SO glad I decided to have Sarah come pick me up because I wouldn't have woken up from my alarm, obviously, if she wasn't here!

So anyway, we both ran the 3 miles on the treadmills and did really well. Sarah was kicking BUTT at the end because every minute she would increase the speed and she was cruising the last couple of minutes. It was awesome! After that, we did some abs and left because Mitch has to leave for work between 7-7:30. It took me 35-40 minutes and Sarah 40-45 minutes to run the three miles with a little walking warmup included in that. Pretty good for the first day I'd say!

After the workout I went to Schnucks and bought some healthy food... good cereal, fruits, some healthy choice deli turkey and healthy choice wheat bread and english muffins... stuff like that. Then I went to Kohls to return the shoes that me and Sarah bought last night... that brings my next topic. I was excited and telling Tyler all about the half-marathon and how excited I was. Last night, Sarah and I went to Kohls and got some REALLY nice Nike Reax running shoes. They were SO light that it felt like you weren't wearing shoes at all! It has the "shox" on the heels so that it gives you a spring in your step and everything. We were totally excited. We also went to Target and got some good running shirts and sarah got some underwear ,too! THANKS MOM!!!When I told Tyler I got Nike Reax he said, "No way, you don't want those." What?! I was so mad because we were so excited. He went on to talk about how Nike shoes may look cute and feel good at first but they won't hold up with longer distance running and I needed to get something more substantial like Saucony, Asic, or New Balance. Whatever, so I called Sarah and told her and we decided he probably knew more about good long distance running shoes than we did so we gave in. I returned the shoes this morning and I am going to order Saucony Grid Cohesion shoes from Zappos.com. Here is the link, Sarah if you want to look at these. They are what Tyler suggested because they lasted him through his marathons, training, Plebe year, and such... his favorite and best suggestion. They are $55 with free overnight shipping.. pretty good deal and cheaper than our Nikes were. Anyway, here is the link if anyone wants to look at them! I'm so excited to have this goal in mind and getting ready for it is fun too! Love you guys!