European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                E the run 90 to 70 60 50 40 30 20 to i Ujiie in extol week Cril. I weekly mileage for Jeff & Laurie / Itin 1 highest Witk Una Colf eee in mlle May k5h 7i 1__ j i ? i Ai / of y i \ o i j ?. T y. I a. Or i to i 1 for june / j by August september week dates Jeffs weekly / Laurie s weekly j 77ii.v week s mileage has not yet been entered this was the week we were it \ Scotland. Be and try to Peak  jell Huff i up at five this morning and ran says Well go Homo and run alter work there when it s pouring Down rain or real cold in t always have the urge to leap out i he morning run is the toughest one Bui limes when we come Home nearly of work and instead of Ealing. We run or gone Homo and just Eaton cupper is most people do liver go to a party slight Iron work we Ydrun thai s the discipline to go to a tiring late and arc Iho first to leave have people Over Lod niger Iho  Iglo run full. So they come later when is begin to fall asleep on Iho Couch alter by sense it n time logo " d Ihms is that Iho workouts they have to t selves to Are usually Iho ones after y fool Besl running is such a personal we talk about our goals ambitions dreams. The Best conversations we be Ever had were while  Laurel Hull inner constantly testing  Laurel says always battling Lime " it does t do any Good to Point your linger and a Limo the clock when you re slow she says time a nun l care time us keeps on you can t Lake it Wilh your body cipher you work to get sharper in each race and try in Penk in a big one like Iho fran Lurl  Jeff says As the season goes on. You re Able to take More pain " to catches himself backs up. Not More pain More Effort when you re first into running you Ihrk of pain Bui alter running Lor so Long you Don t fool or measure it As pain but As Effort of sure pain comes Back and gels you sometimes lactic acid builds up in the Muscles and that hurls Bui you have to learn not to push yourself beyond the threshold of what your body can do. Except Maybo at the end of the race when you re really going for it " How do they avoid hitting Hal Scourge of Marathon runners the dreaded Wall the Wall. Jell noles precisely As if he were programming the right amount of sugar Inlo his blood is that period of chemical changeover taking place when your body stops burning readily available glucose in Iho bloodstream and starts burning stored fat. Usually about two hours Inlo a  you might feel Uller exhaustion for a while he says sort of like your Guys Are falling out. But Iho Brave somehow keep on going real Good runners Don i Hil the Wall that much you usually hit the Wall when you do something wrong Good no Nurs Don t usually think in terms of raw pain either Bui in terms of slowing Down thai s the worst pain and the worst  if slow is Low fast is a High Besl achieved when the running is Flor loss says Jeli. An almost dream float where the body is working in perfect sync a feeling you can run forever you Leol so Strong so  ii seems like Hal happens More when you re running  laughs Laurel Bui when it happens there s no work and no worries everything s just Good and clean another High that is so incredible is when you re running through a Beautiful Field or up a Beautiful Hill and suddenly there s this View Hal takes your breath away we Bolh like things like  once while running in the Woods in the dark ust behind Jeff she Hoard a terrible snorting us off Iho Trail. Wild boar Asil she were 10 Yards away from winning the olympics she charged ahead grabbed jell and practically carried him out of there i told you she was Slont says jell for a second i thought the boar had hold Olmo in a lifestyle where the legs have to to Strong the lungs clean and the head Clear As Iho starter s gun. The hulls say they Don t drink smoke eat junk glob or red meal carouse around at night or take pills and have no dependencies at All on anything except each other and running All they be got to show Loril Are disgustingly Good vibrations health and happiness not to mention a resting heart Rale in the Low 30s, less than half of what it takes to keep the average participant in the world Beer and Couch potato race breathing their goal now is making the 1992 olympic trials then maybe having a kid or two. Then to keep on running Al least into our 50s," says Jeff when Laurel and Jeff talk about highs. Iho one they Unble Shingle underline is the one that makes All the rest of it work for us you know Laurel says softly the greatest pleasure in our lives is just being together Jeff looks at her and murmurs  a Little Laler outside in their running gear they step off in that Sweel runner s stride logo her effortlessly burning up the Irack in the race they love. And the Wall does t stand a Chance Ombemi 1989 the stars and stripes Page 15