Introductory post

Hey everyone! Some of you may be wondering why are Josh and Laura so lame from Feb-May? Why are they constantly eating?  Why do they insist on running every day? What can possibly be important enough to distract Josh from his other hobbies? This blog will hopefully shed light on some of those questions.

Since around June 2012, Josh and Laura have been training for decathlons and heptathlons. We had both been toying with the idea for a few years and finally decided now was the time! I mean, what else are a former distance runner and former long jumper supposed to do in their late 20s? UC Davis Coach Dee, in her infamous wisdom, actually predicted that Josh had a decathlon in his future. Well, Coach Dee, you were right!

Lost and confused? Thinking to yourself Deca-what? Hepta-huh? Decathlon/heptathlons are a track and field event, also known as multis. During outdoor track season, men compete in the decathlon while women compete in the heptathlon. Individuals compete in 10 or 7 events over a 2 day period. (Yes, 10 and 7 events make up this one event.) Every meet is run the same. The order of events are as follows with events starting 30 minutes after the previous event ends:

	Decathalon	Heptathalon
Day 1	100 meters	100 meter hurdles
	Long jump	High jump
	Shot put	Shot put
	High jump	200 meters
	400 meters
Day 2	110 meter hurdles	Long jump
	Discus	Javelin
	Pole vault	800 meters
	Javelin
	1500 meters

Each event is scored on a log scale based on your time/distance/height. It doesn't matter how many people are competing. You don't get a point bonus for winning an event. How do you think you would score? Obviously, Josh has a lot more events to do than Laura which makes coming up with a training schedule pretty difficult. More on that in future posts though. 

The recurring question we get from people is "who do you train for?" People get really confused when we say "for myself." We compete under the team name "Horsecow". But we really don't have any team, coach, or other teammates; for the most part, we train with just the two of us. We are totally dependent on friends helping us when they can. (Thanks Morgan and Jon!!!) Josh has also joined a few pole vaulting clubs for safety, technical, and practical reasons. 

The goal is to post here weekly. Give you guys updates on our training, how competitions are going, what meets we plan to attend in the future, etc. We'll also be posting videos as well. We'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions. Also, if anyone is interested in training with us, we would always love the company! 

~Josh and Laura

Deuce and Deucebach