Monday, May 30, 2011

5/30

A little tired when I started off, so I started at 10/mile and ran at that for two minutes, then another 3 minutes at 9:49/mile, then the next couple of miles at 9:31/mile, then up to 9:13/mile.  Then the treadmill stopped completely dead at 3.8 miles:  display still going, but nothing from the motor.  Hoping this is easily fixable...the weather is such that I can run outside if need be, but things are so unpredictable right now going around the schedules of all 4 kids and Neil's lab time that it's a definite luxury to be able to run at home during naptime.  Please, treadmill, be fixable!!

Friday, May 27, 2011

5/27

I suppose I felt like I needed to make up for earlier in the week.  Ragged intervals (increasingly longer and faster) up to a 9:13/mile, which I ran at the very end after I finished the 5K (sidenote:  so glad my 5K is finally back under 30 minutes).  Hoping I don't have a recurrence of the issues earlier in the week after this run (excessive bleeding, so fun.  I'm looking forward to being able to push myself really hard again without worrying about things like this). 

STATS:  4.1 miles; 9:31/mile

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

oops

No running today, per the doctor's orders.  I'm supposed to check back in on Friday and we'll go from there.  Part of me is really bummed about this, and the part of me that is exhausted is relieved.  I'm not very good at giving myself a break unless specifically ordered to do so for good reason.  So I'll take my iron pills, rest a little more than I would normally, and hope that things get better soon. 

Monday, May 23, 2011

5/23

I'm trying to come up with a plan and I think I'm going to focus on interval training until I get my speed back up.  I'm looking for a 10K to run in the fall (much as I'd love to do a half-marathon I don't think I can swing it with a baby nursing every couple of hours, but we'll see how he does this summer--plus everyone we traded with for long runs is moving in the next couple of months) to motivate myself--and to lose those baby pounds (which means I should find a decent scale somewhere; mine isn't super-accurate but I think I have about eight pounds to lose to get back to my pre-baby weight). 

Intervals today:  3 minutes at 9:31/mile and 2 minutes at 9:49/mile.  Starting off slowly, but I don't want to burn out and I'd like to add in a 4th day of running as well...we'll see how things go.

STATS:  4 miles; overall pace about 9:38/mile (stopped once at 1 mile mark to check on Luke, then ran the remaining 3)

Friday, May 20, 2011

5/20

Hopefully next week I'll be able to get back into the groove of running on specific days; this week it's just been crazy what with all the follow-up appointments. 

Ran 4.2 miles today; stopped at 2.2 to answer the phone.  My pace varied between 10/mile and 8:49/mile; average pace was 9:38.  I ran the fastest at the very end--that 8:49 was the last three minutes.  Good to know I could still do that at the end, but it means I probably need to be running faster throughout--I just don't know how hard to push right now.  This is the earliest I've ever started running post-baby, so I'm sort of fumbling my way through it.

STATS:  4.2 miles; avg. pace 9:38

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

first post-baby run

I've been feeling really jittery over having gone without running for so long--this is the longest I've gone in years, literally.  My last run was a week ago yesterday.

I was pretty excited to run without the baby!  I ran pretty hard today too (not hard if you're training for something, but hard considering I just gave birth five days ago), so I didn't run as far as I might have otherwise.  I started out at 10:00/mile and gradually worked up to 9:13/mile (overall pace was 9:45).  I ran most of it straight through (had to stop 2 minutes in to adjust workout gear and then at 3.3 because I was seized by sudden irrational fear that Luke had stopped breathing, so I ran to go check on him and then ran back).

STATS:  4 miles; 9:45/mile

Monday, May 9, 2011

5 miles, 3 days to go

I never got a chance to run again last week--it was SO busy.  Lots of walking and yoga, but no time where I was able to fit in the time to get sweaty, shower, and recuperate.

I ran 5 miles this afternoon at 10:54/mile...slow and steady.  I had tons of energy, surprisingly--I felt like I could have gone a lot longer.  As a matter of fact, I stopped at four and started walking to cool down, and I still felt all jittery, so I started running again (I would have kept running after the 5-mile mark, but I ran out of time).  Stopped at 1.5 & 3.5 for water.

Honestly, if this doesn't start labor, I don't know what to do next.  Five miles, kid!  Be born already!!

STATS:  5 miles; 10:54/mile +1.4 miles walking

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

another day, another run

Three miles tonight--I was so tired when I started, so I was going slow (10:54/mile) and then gradually picked it up to 9:13/mile mid-run, then gradually back down to 9:50/mile (average pace for the whole three was about 9:48/mile).  Water breaks at 1.2 & 2.2 miles (although that second was somewhat of a heart rate break too, since I was running the 9:13 pace and it started to feel not so good after a couple of minutes).  I did get a couple of pretty decent contractions, but they disappeared as soon as I stopped running--of course!

Nine days until my (theoretical) due date!

Monday, May 2, 2011

changing it up

I've been going back and forth on whether I run or walk...today I chose walking, mostly because running hurts so much afterwards (for about eight hours, which is why I've been running at night) that I've started to worry about going into labor and then having this horrible back pain to deal with.  And there are SO many things that I'm cramming into these last few days/weeks that it's hard to find a time where I can have that 8-hour recovery window!  I may be able to squeeze in a couple of miles tomorrow...we'll see. 

STATS:  5.2 miles walking @ 15:46/mile