Saturday, September 24, 2016

9/24

4.5 running + .5 walking to cool down. Did some intervals to warm up--3 running, 2 walking (x2), then 4:30 running, 2 walking, then ran the rest with 1-minute fartlek intervals for the last 1.5 miles. Bathroom stop at 3 miles.

30.75 for the week, 18 running and 12.75 walking.

90.6 for the month, 926 for the pregnancy.

Friday, September 23, 2016

9/23

4.25 walking trying to regularize contractions and somehow end this...on day 4 of regular contractions and bleeding with no baby. Feel like death and so exhausted that I don't know how I will get through labor.

Thursday, September 22, 2016

9/22

4 running, .5 walking, another mile walking last night. Easy pace with FF last mile and one 2-minute walking break at 2 miles thanks to a really bad contraction (ran through it but my stomach just did not stop cramping for the next 4 minutes until I walked it out!). Had pretty hard contractions the last 2 days, so my mom came into town, and everything stopped as soon as she got here. ARGH.

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

9/21

3 walking this morning with Nate in stroller, another 2.5 walking last night a few hours after my run during the older kids' piano lessons. I have a whole bunch of those "early labor" signs so who knows, could be today, could be 2 more weeks. Regardless, last night I was having so many contractions and I was so dang tired and totally NOT wanting to have a baby with that level of exhaustion that I decided today needed to be an easier day just in case!

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

9/20; 39 weeks

5 miles; last mile did alternating 1-minute fartleks. Walked a mile to cool down.

Monday, September 19, 2016

9/19

Ugh really dreading running! 4.5 on TM today. First .5 was miserable until the swelling in my ankle went down enough to flex easily (stopped at half-mile mark to stretch out again and that helped a lot). Stopped at 3 for water.

Sunday, September 18, 2016

9/18

SRD for me today--I was really hoping to pick some miles up yesterday but we had one of the busiest days we've had in months, and by 10 PM when I finally had a chance to run I was totally exhausted--went to bed and was asleep 15 minutes later.

28.1 for me this week with 21.1 of those running--5 more running miles than last week! Every run is SO freakin' hard now and the nerve pain/swelling in my legs is really bad--the sooner this baby comes the better!!! During my last pregnancy I only managed to run 4 miles between 38 & 39 weeks bc of the nerve pain so I just keep reminding myself that as crappy as it feels I'm doing a lot better this time around than I was last time!

59.85 for the month; 895.25 for this pregnancy.

Friday, September 16, 2016

9/16

4 "easy" for me today on the TM and a total crazy-end-of-pregnancy run. I ran half a mile and then had an uncontrollable urge to go take everything out of my bathroom cabinets, wipe them down, and then reorganize everything...so I did that and then ran the remaining 3.5. Yes, I completely realize how insane this sounds. :-)

Thursday, September 15, 2016

9/15

4 miles on TM; hoping to have time to walk later, but it's another busy day. Started out at slow warm-up and ended at HMP -20. Wish I'd had time to run longer. ETA: walked a mile with the boys in the woods after picking Luke up.

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

9/14

3.1 walking. Trying to take it a little easier since my pelvis was pretty achy yesterday!

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

9/13

5.1 running with Nathan in the jogging stroller, .4 walking, 30 minutes of yoga. We ran a ridiculously hilly route bc I let him choose and my hips now hurt sooo bad...don't like to think about what they would feel like if I hadn't done yoga first! In hindsight this really was too much for today but my only chance for a run today was with Nate this morning...was only planning 3 but he really wanted to go look at ducks (which required the extra 2 miles) and in the moment I was feeling good enough to agree.

Monday, September 12, 2016

9/12

8 running, 1 walking, some serious stretching afterwards. Not gonna lie, I felt like garbage when I started my run at 8:30 PM and didn't know if I'd even be able to get a mile...took a 2-minute walking break at .5 and stretched out again, then dropped my pace quite a bit and ran consistently the rest of the time with water/bathroom breaks every couple of miles. Avg pace 11:35 which meant no contractions/nerve pain, so probably a good pace to hang out at for the next couple of weeks.

Sunday, September 11, 2016

Saturday, September 10, 2016

4.25 walking--had planned to run but nerve pain bad enough that I kept tripping.

16 running this week; 15.75 walking. Definitely on the taper towards delivery track...

Friday, September 9, 2016

9/9

Yoga + 3 walking. Nerve pain really really bad today.

YTD: 862.9

Thursday, September 8, 2016

9/8

Pretty craptastic day--a huge mess at work thanks to a very sexist student that has required a lot of going back and forth with the dept chair and the Dean of Students. Run got pushed back over and over and then interrupted repeatedly with urgent emails. Plus I was just super uncomfortable the whole time--didn't sleep well and hurting.

4 easy running; 2 walking

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

9/7

Decided I needed an easier day, so walked 3 very brisk miles with DS in the stroller (holy crap is it hot out there!!) and then did half an hour of yoga. Hopefully this helps some of my aches and pains!

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

9/6; 37 weeks

4 running and 3 walking (2.5 early outside this morning with Nate in the stroller and .5 after my run on the TM). Not gonna lie, today's run was pretty miserable. I think the baby was just not in a great position--had to stop at .5, 1, and 2.7 to go to the bathroom. Didn't sleep well last night bc my hip flexors were pretty achy after yesterday's run--I didn't take the time to stretch out thoroughly afterwards and boy did I pay for it!

Monday, September 5, 2016

9/5

8 miles with HMP intervals and .5 walking to cool down. Right around 10:59/mile. Pretty tired by the end.

36 weeks catchup

Last week we were in Florida and it was SO HOT so I didn't run much (also I did not want to go into labor).

Monday: 4 miles running/walking (whenever the contractions got really bad), then swam for the next 11 hours
Tuesday: moved to a different beach house bc of a huge string of health issues with the first, so no time for running. Also crazy leg pain after all the time in scuba flippers the day before. Lots more swimming.
Wednesday: more swimming. All day swimming.
Thursday: 9 m bike ride + swimming
Friday: 5 m bike ride, lots of contractions, lots of swimming.
Saturday: drove home. Feverish and also lots of contractions.

And that was my week.