My first week back post-Grandma’s (and with a plan!) went really well! I was giddily happy to be following a plan again. Here’s a week’s recap for this almost-third trimester mama! Sunday the 10th: 6 miles at night with Nathan and Greta. It was my first run “back” – and boy, did I feel slow!…
Last year at this point I was at my lowest low. I’ve chosen not to remember much of what went on; I’m sure my therapist has something to say about that coping mechanism. Sometimes a story might pop up here or there, but I usually don’t ask for memories – and honestly, my own memory…
During these three down/off weeks, I wasn’t just lying around, despite my best efforts to do so. It’s actually been a little crazy! -Finished a T-shirt quilt for a graduating senior in Northfield I didn’t budget my time wisely and ended up scrambling every night for a week to finally deliver it at 11pm a…
I could NOT have been more excited to get an email from Jerry with THIS on Sunday: CHRISTMAS IN JULY!! I am so thankful to have Jerry continuing to coach me through this pregnancy!! Yeah, I know I’m 25+ weeks pregnant. I also know that I don’t have racing goals for the foreseeable future, and…
So many things about this marathon were way different than ANY marathon I’ve ever done. I guess 22 weeks of pregnancy does that to a race! First, the “interesting” things: – I tried on my large women’s TNC tank the week before the marathon… and it “fit” me as well as a sausage casing. Super….
6/6-6/12 – 37 total miles, with three days off Ug. After telling myself that I should try to start streaking during this pregnancy – because if I ran everyday then I was less likely to notice how much harder things were getting! – I decided to take Thursday off. My stomach still wasn’t feeling well…