Lindsey Vonn and Tiger Woods pretty much leave the race for records out of their relationship.
Even as the power couple chase after historic marks in their respective sports, the topic is rarely discussed.
"One of those unspoken things," Vonn said on Friday at a news conference to promote the upcoming World Cup race season.
"But it would be great if we would both break the records. That would be pretty significant."
The Olympic downhill champion needs three wins to match Austrian great Annemarie Moser-Proell's record of 62 World Cup race victories.
Vonn could possibly break the record this season as she returns to the slope after tearing her right anterior cruciate ligament in a crash last February.
Woods remains four victories away from tying Jack Nicklaus' mark of 18 major titles, a quest he will resume next April at the Masters.
"For me, I'm not really focused on (records) right now," said Vonn, who announced in March the couple was dating.
"I'm not expecting anything. I'm not expecting to be on the podium. I'm not expecting a win. I'm just going to go out there and seeing what I can do.
"If I continue to train the way I am, I think the results will be good. But I don't feel any pressure. I'm just having fun."
These days, there's no pain in her surgically repaired right knee, even after a demanding few days of training.
This week, she began downhill training at the US Ski Team's Speed Centre at Copper Mountain - and also squeezed in some super-G runs.
Vonn hardly even thinks about the knee anymore, but her doctor still makes her wear a brace, which could be the case all the way up to the Sochi Games in three months.
"I'm training as if I was 100 per cent healthy, which I am," Vonn said.
"My knee feels really good."
For advice on keeping that knee progressing, Vonn frequently consults Woods, who had major knee surgery a few years ago.
"He helped me through it, and was very supportive," said Vonn, who also tore her medial collateral ligament and fractured her tibial plateau in that wipeout at the world championships in Schladming, Austria.
"Someone that I could always lean on. That helped me significantly in my return to snow."
Vonn is set to return to competition in Beaver Creek at the end of the month.
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