Wednesday, June 29, 2016

6/29

5 very easy, about 30 seconds/mile slower than normal easy pace. First mile at normal easy pace and then had to take it down to stave off cramping. But at least I didn't have to walk today! Not sure if I will run again this week or if I will give myself a couple of days off--spending Friday and Sat in Chicago and hosting a big party tomorrow, so it's kind of a busy weekend with lots of on-the-go time so I won't be able to relax if I start feeling crummy. We'll see. 

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

6/28 pt 2; 27 weeks

Last post update: biked 8.8 with kids tonight. Cramps super bad on the big uphill and I decided to walk it--it was bad enough that I could barely walk. Tapered off but definitely did not feel good second half of the ride (maybe exacerbated by the fact that we biked to Dairy Queen and I split a Blizzard with Neil?).

6/28

5 very easy today. The best I can say is that my run followed the exact pattern that all my other runs did at this point in pregnancy--darn cramps were back to haunt me. But at least I know why--did some research last night through my old logs and it looks like it's the round ligament causing all the pain; it herniated when I was pregnant with my 3rd (had to have emergency surgery to fix it, I'll let you imagine how fun that was with no anesthesia). Doesn't hurt when I'm not pregnant but right around now it really comes back to haunt me for a few weeks. Hopefully it will stop in 3ish weeks as it's done in the past, but with my last couple babies I just gritted my teeth and ran through it when I could and walked when I couldn't so that's my plan now as well.

Anyway, got 2.2 before the cramping was too bad; ran/walked for a few minutes, then had to walk half a mile before it stopped and I could run very slowly again from 3.1-5. Gradually got speed back up to my normal easy pace for the last third of a mile.

Monday, June 27, 2016

6/27

10 miles today--kind of an interesting run. I wanted to do a faster one today, so I did my standard aerobic pace w/ HMP intervals. At 5.3 I had to stop to help my kids with something and then my mom called to discuss what time I'm meeting her in Chicago this weekend--she is always SUPER busy and hard to get in touch with, so I pretty much had to take the call. Long story short, it took 10:35 before I could start running again, which was just long enough for some wicked cramps when I started back up (from reading my running logs from previous pregnancies this is always an issue right at this point). Tried to breathe through them, couldn't, stopped & walked, started again at a much much slower pace (slower even than my easy pace)--after about 1.5 miles they were finally gone and so I slowly worked my way back up until I was at a normal pace again about 7.5 miles in. I'd been planning to run 8 but since I'd just barely started feeling good again I ran to 9...stopped at 9 for 2 seconds & figured I might as well finish out the 10. Avg pace 10:35, last mile 9:48. Pretty happy with that at 27 weeks. :-)

Saturday, June 25, 2016

6/25

4 easy on the TM; off to the pool for the rest of the day.

30.2 for the week; 82.2 for the month

Friday, June 24, 2016

6/24

SRD yesterday; 30 minutes prenatal yoga and 2 hrs swimming with the kiddos.

7 easy with 1-minute HMP intervals today on the TM--so hot! Very soggy shoes.

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

6/22

6 easy with HMP intervals on the TM--so miserably hot! I was dripping sweat so much that it was hard to see. Took a couple of water/bathroom breaks just to cool off and get my HR down. Realized about five minutes before I was done that I was wearing the same tank I'd worn for my last two unbearably hot runs--think that one is out of the rotation. Just doesn't seem breathable! Kind of sad that it took me that long to connect the dots...I blame runner brain. 

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

6/21; 26 weeks

6.2  on TM this morning; 10:27 mile. Last couple of miles by far the fastest; had to stop at 2.1 and 2.7 for kids and had some wicked stomach cramps when I started back up again. Once those were gone I just pushed it to finish ASAP. Hard to find a good time to run now that my 3-yr-old isn't napping and my husband is leaving for work before the kids or I am awake and then going back to work after dinner. Oh well--it is what it is and I'll just be glad for the miles I can get.

Monday, June 20, 2016

6/20

7 on the TM; first 3.5 easy and progression for second 3.5. 2:35 faster for the second half. Not loving this heat at all; I have an old injury that makes my right leg & foot swell like crazy during pregnancy whenever it's too hot, and it's swollen enough now that it's really hurting! Running usually helps so I'm hoping it feels better tonight.

Saturday, June 18, 2016

6/18

3 easy + 2 walking. I was pretty tired today (mowed the lawn and did a lot of yard work before running) so I decided that I should stick with my 30 miles/week limit and not push it even though I had time to do so.

30 for the week; 52 for the month. 

Friday, June 17, 2016

6/17

7 on the TM @ aerobic pace with HMP intervals; avg pace 10:28/mile. Started out with 1-minute intervals but then boosted until I was running at HMP from the 10-interval until mileage clicked over to the next full mile (by the end of my run this meant about 3:20/interval). Generally a pretty good run! Definitely more tired than I was earlier in the week, so I will do an easy run tomorrow, but this has been a very strong week.

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

6/15

7 on the TM; easy pace with 1-minute HMP every 10. Definitely felt harder than yesterday since this was my 3rd day in a row and I didn't get done until 10:30 PM! Neil got home from basketball just as I finished running so we had a nice breezy cool-down mile walking around our neighborhood...I finally found a time when it was enjoyable to be outside today!

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

6/14; 25 weeks

6 easy on the TM. More stops than I'd like thanks to kids--1.5, 2.6, and 5. For some reason they were all super grumpy today and not inclined to do their own thing while I ran. But the 2.6 stop was thanks to a huge rush of stomach acid in my throat--I really hate it when that happens as pregnancy advances.

Monday, June 13, 2016

6/13

Another 7 for me this morning--must be the magic number here today! TM again (big surprise). 8 seconds faster than Saturday. Felt great the whole time.

Saturday, June 11, 2016

6/11

7 today on the TM; first half at aerobic pace and second half at HMP. Had planned to do my LR yesterday and an easy run today, but I think I caught a weird fever-only bug two of my kids had last week...I was super dizzy in the morning, about passed out making jam, and by 2 PM couldn't even stand up. Didn't run, drank tons of water, went to bed early and felt fine this morning. Didn't want to push it too much with my run today so I ran it semi-conservatively for the first half (37:38) to make sure I was okay and then pushed the second half (35:10), which, go figure, felt 1000x times better than the first! Not much of a LR but I'll take it at this point! And until this weather cools down it's all TM for me...blah, but I just don't want to risk overheating.

22 for me this week

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

6/8

Another 5 on the TM today--feel like a broken record! Since I'm planning a SRD tomorrow I pushed it today with some intervals--2 minutes at HMP and 3 minutes halfway between easy & aerobic pace. Comfortably hard but kind of depressing how this pace felt hard. This is always the point where I really wish it was possible to devise a training schedule for the next few months rather than just saying, "Well, I'll run what I can." Avg pace 10:21/mile. Interval paces 5.5 for the 3-minutes and 6, 6.1 for the 2-minutes. 

6/7; 24 weeks

5 at easy pace with some HMP 1-minute intervals every 10 minutes just to keep things interesting. 20 minutes yoga to finish. Also got 11 hours of sleep last night which is AWESOME since I averaged 4 hrs/night the last 2 weeks on vacation! Faster than Monday by a minute or so.

Monday, June 6, 2016

6/6 playing catch-up

Well, running w as interesting the last few weeks. I got in a lot more cross-training and hiking than actual running...it's just SO dang hard to fit it in on vacation with all the driving and minimal sleep. Most of the time we were accommodating someone else's schedule which also made it really hard to fit in runs.

Saturday after my 5 I drove to Iowa and spent Saturday and Sunday night there with our dear friends. Walked about 2 miles Sunday. Drove to Denver Monday, drove to Utah Tuesday and ran 5 m up the canyon. Altitude wasn't too bad but I felt like I was working SO hard and the uphill was murderous--I was FLYING on the way back and I think my last mile was 8:48?

Wednesday I got up at 6 am and did 4 on the TM. We spent the whole day at Thanksgiving Point. I was so dead tired by the end of the day and my ankle hurt like crazy. Thursday we went to Salt Lake and it was again super-exhausting. No run. Friday was an awful day--Neil's flight got delayed 3 times, then cancelled, and it was really stressful--he was supposed to get in that night. I ended up with 5 at the hottest part of the day and it was just miserable--one of those runs where my mouth filled with stomach acid and I just felt like crap. Saturday I'd planned to do my LR, but without Neil there I ended up walking all over BYU campus with the kids, then drove to Salt Lake, picked him up, and we hiked about 2.5 miles way up AF canyon with the kids. It was magical and helped me to get in a better frame of mind for dinner with the in-laws. Sunday was church and more in-laws (both were super late nights and I was exhausted). Monday I'd planned to run, but then the guys left to play basketball at 6 and didn't get back until almost 9, which burned my running time, so we hiked 4 miles and then I ran a horrible awful miserable 2 miles on the TM when we got back and walked another. It was seriously the worst run I've had in ages--I was just so tired. Nathan woke up SO many times every single night and I didn't get more than 4 hrs of sleep the whole trip (best night was in Iowa when he woke up 14 times, and then I had to drive 10 hrs to Denver the next day).

So that finished out May with 97 miles, which was kind of a huge bummer.

Tuesday we drove to Idaho and went out on the lake. I couldn't ski (pregnant) so I held Nathan and cheered for everyone else. Wednesday we drove to Yellowstone and hiked a bit that evening. Hiked more on Thursday, including a gorgeous venture to Mystic Falls. Hiked more Friday, then drove to Rapid City Saturday and home on Sunday (long long day--15 hrs in the car and got to bed at 4 am after unpacking while dealing with super cranky kids who were refusing sleep).

5 mile progression run today that felt pretty good. Started at easy pace and gradually worked up to HMP. Total was 54 minutes at 10:48/mile (so much slower than my slowest run in Utah, but oh well!). Walked .5 m to cool down.