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Treadmill is fixed again, as of this morning!!!  Hurray, hurray, hurray.  After the day where I ran around the house, I just gave up and went to aerobics the next Friday and Monday.  On Wednesday, I ran on my parents' treadmill (long hot run of death in the extra-warm basement).  Friday Neil and I went running outside together--very cold and icy and snowy.  And on Tuesday, Neil and I ran together again, except we were both really tired (since Isaac woke up every half-hour all night), so we probably walked 1/3 of the time.  It was nice to just hold hands and wander around the lake instead of racing against the blustery wind.

Today, back on the treadmill for my standard four miles.  I saw my mom's personal trainer on Monday and she gave me some great info about knowing when I actually would need to STOP running due to the pregnancy (basically if my knees start aching from my hips pulling my knees out of alignment). So at 21 weeks, still running the 4, but it's not feeling very fast.  Today I ran it in just over 37 minutes, but I'm at a frustrating point where I don't have enough air to run really fast, but when I slow it down to a comfortable-to-breathe pace, my legs get more tired because it's easier for me to run faster rather than slower.  Anyone else experience that?  I actually start getting leg cramps around 10-minute miles, whereas if I speed up to 9-minute miles, my legs feel great, but the breathing is not so happy (normally I wouldn't worry about this at all, but with the pregnancy I'm trying not to overheat or generally overdo it).  I don't know if I'll be able to keep up with the 4 for the next 19 weeks, or if I'll have to cut down to 3 or even 2, but right now my plan is to try to keep it here as long as possible. 

So--21 weeks pregnant, 4 miles, about 9:20/mile