I was scheduled to have a C-section on Friday, July 1st, but baby had other plans. My water broke at 4am on June 30th, and we welcomed a baby girl into the world at 2:45pm. We decided not to find out whether baby was a boy or girl, but we were guessing a boy after…
In some ways my due date is so near… in other ways, so far away! I’m happy that I have been able to run so late into this pregnancy. Continuing to work with Meghan, my coach, has helped as she has kept me consistent, even when I didn’t really want to be. At the end…
5 more weeks down, now just 5 to go! Week 29: 39.2 miles, 3 days off. Long run of 11 miles which included some fartlek work with Claire, one of my high school athletes, and Nate pushing the stroller. From the beginning of the workout, I could only see Claire’s back! They circled back to…
Week 12 (63.2 miles, no days off): 10 miles with 2 mile threshold, then 8x200m fast: averaged 7:04 for the 2 miles. Two other workouts for the week were 8×15 sec hill sprints inside a 9 miler and a long run of 15 miles. Week 13 (58.8 miles, no days off): Nate left for a…
I’ll recap my training through the first 12 weeks of this pregnancy. Running has changed dramatically for me this time! Weeks 1-4: 93.6, 65.9, 57.3, 56 It’s interesting to read some of the log comments I made in weeks 3&4 (very beginning of pregnancy). Week 3: Legs not snappy, cut run from 8 miles to…
To say TCM didn’t go as I expected or hoped is an understatement. I was really proud of the training build-up going into the race. While not remarkable, it was solid, and that was what I was hoping for after a really rocky winter and spring. I often felt slower than I had been the…