Monday, August 29, 2016

8/29

4 hot and sweaty ones down on the Gulf Coast this morning! Run/walk intervals...i was periodically joined by extended family so I would walk with them for a couple minutes before running again (I was running up and down the a quarter-mile long road our rental house is on since there's no sidewalk along the main super-busy road). We are right on the beach, so I thought about running there, but I was worried about a fishhook like the one my friend picked up running on the beach a couple weeks ago. Maybe later in the week I will give it a try. Hoping this morning's run helps with the swelling in my right foot--still hasn't recovered from the drive down!

Friday, August 26, 2016

8/26

7.2 at 10:57...pseudo-speedwork with HMP intervals and FF last mile. Packing up to head to Florida at 2 AM tomorrow, so who knows what I will be able to run next week! This is it for me this week; 30 total with 25.4 running and 4.6 walking.

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

8/24

8k trail race got cancelled due to weather (torrential rain all day and tornado sirens going off 20 minutes before the race start), so I ended up running 10k on roads/trails with my husband. Go figure that there was nary a drop of rain while we were running but absolutely INSANE humidity--seriously hard to breathe! Nice to get outside with him but definitely more contractions with variations in terrain as opposed to the TM--I did a minute or two of walking on some of the bigger hills and still ended up with pretty regular contractions the last couple of miles (Neil was teasing me because when he asked how close together they were I answered in mileage rather than minutes. Hah!). Walked .6 to cool down and make sure that everything calmed down with the baby. :-)

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

8/23; 35 weeks

5 easy for me today--another packed day so this was all I had time to run. Will try to fit in some walking later today. Walked another 2.5 miles last night for a total of 10 yesterday; planning to do an 8k trail race tomorrow so I'll probably take it a little easier today.

Monday, August 22, 2016

8/22

7 easy (TM) and .5 walking (outside). Really beautiful weather today--hoping to pick up some bonus miles later tonight walking or biking with my kids, depending on the homework situation.

Saturday, August 20, 2016

8/20

5 easy today--felt SO nauseated the whole time and got a mouthful of stomach acid about twice a mile! Had time to go longer but just really didn't feel good. Walked .7 to cool down. 34 total this week, 24 running and 10 walking. I don't see that balance changing much in the next couple of weeks--getting to the point where running is pretty difficult.

Friday, August 19, 2016

8/19

7 today; first 5 easy and last 2 more tempo-ish working up to HMP, back down, and up again. Half a mile walking to cool down.

Yesterday was SRD; 1.5 walking.

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

8/17; 34 weeks

6 somewhere between easy and aerobic with HMP and FF last mile. Walked a mile to cool down.

Yesterday didn't have enough time all day to run and shower, but I DID have little 10-15 minute chunks randomly scattered throughout the day as long as I didn't have to shower afterwards! Walked 6 miles throughout the course of the day/evening, plus early AM yoga.

Enough of a workout yesterday that I won't count it as a rest day, since I'm going to divide walking and running miles for the week. I haven't been tracking my walking miles for the last few months, even though I usually walk a bit to cool down, but I think I will start tracking them now since I may need to shift the running/walking balance for the last few weeks until delivery.

Monday, August 15, 2016

8/15

6 easy with FF last mile, walked 1/3 to cool down. Very tired today and this run was not at all enjoyable. TM started going nuts the last few minutes and randomly dropping speed over and over via the digital display; eventually buttons became nonresponsive and I had to stop, wipe everything down, and start again for the last 1/3 mile. Really hoping that issue doesn't repeat again--I think it was just from sweat on the screen.

Saturday, August 13, 2016

8/13

6 easy with FF last mile, half-mile walking to cool down. Had to stop at 3 miles to take some anti-acids and water--nausea and heartburn have been SO bad the last couple of weeks and I just couldn't deal with it today. TBH every day I wonder if I can actually make it through the run--definitely feeling the effects of late pregnancy and tired doesn't even begin to describe it. Will just keep going while I can!

30 for the week, 60 for the month

Friday, August 12, 2016

8/12

SRD yesterday; normal yoga. Crazy busy day with tons of meetings for kids--I spent a solid hour driving to and from the middle school 3 times and had another 2 meetings at the elementary school.

Today--easy 6 with FF last mile--felt very easy today which was a nice change. Rewatched the trials for the last couple of miles and it's amazing how easy it was to speed up with that playing on my screen! :-) My mom was visiting so I'm glad I managed to fit this in.

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

8/10

6 easy with FF last mile +.3 walking to cool down. First couple of miles were really hard--my legs were just dead and I was super nauseated. Stopped at 2 and stretched out my calves; seemed to help a lot. Now off to our local waterpark for the evening--promised my kids I would take them before school started.

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

8/9; 33 weeks

6 easy today + mile walking to cool down. Had a lot of pain yesterday in my hip flexors after no cooldown or stretching thanks to the drama-filled end to my run, so really focused on that today. So dang tired these days thanks to the baby making it impossible to sleep more than a couple of hours...7 weeks to go.

Friday, August 5, 2016

8/5

6 today--easy for the first couple of miles and then picked up the pace progressively to finish at HMP. Wasn't planning to run a harder one today but had to stop quite a few times in the first 3 miles for kids and was frustrated enough that I just wanted to run faster and get it over and done.

4 easy yesterday and then pool. My legs were so dead--wore my compression socks the rest of the day which helped a lot.
Now driving to MI to meet up with friends for the weekend at the lake, so this is it for me running-wise this week--first time I've run 5 consecutively in quite awhile!

30 for the week/month.

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

8/3

6 at 10:28/mile (aerobic pace with 14 min. total of HMP intervals). Nice to actually feel like I'm getting a workout again; we'll see how the leg feels later. Off to the pool for some XT.

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

8/2; 32 weeks

6 easy earlier today--another one where I wanted to go longer but didn't have the time! Literally had 8 minutes post-run to take a shower (icy cold!) and get out the door in time.

Had pretty regular contractions every mile or so, which is always fun. (Not.) But thanks to my previous pregnancies, I know that there is absolutely nothing I can do to start labor on my own short of a Pitocin drip, so...contractions were less noticeable after the first mile when I adjusted the belt position.

Eight weeks to go!

Monday, August 1, 2016

8/1

Had some major issues with pain at the stress fx site after the race Wednesday--probably all of the leaping over logs and running up concrete stairs. Took normal SRD Thursday (yoga and swimming), then Friday pretty much rested on the couch as much as possible--felt AWFUL. Dizzy and tons of contractions. Saturday mowed the lawn, did yardwork, but no running--18.2 for the week and 114.2 for the month. Normal SRD Sunday.

8 easy today; felt pretty good. Wanted to push the pace but didn't, wanted to get in another couple of miles but ran out of time. No leg pain!