5/21

5 muddy trail miles this morning; consequently, my splits were all over the place (10:35, 13:09, 10:12, 11:18, 9:00). Legs felt pretty heavy; this was definitely my hardest run of the week, thanks to accumulated fatigue, and I'm looking forward to some rest! Pushed myself pretty darn hard the last mile since I was hungry and tired, but when I got home my kids and DH were just setting out on a bike ride, so I turned around and biked another 3.7 with them. Good cool-down, I guess? 30.3 for the week; 80.4 for the month. Headed to kids' piano recital, then hitting the road.

5/20

5 easy on the TM. A little stiff at the beginning, but worked out pretty quickly.

5/19

SRD yesterday; yoga and walking with kids. Also lots of general craziness--it was NOT restful.

10.3 this morning--first 9.3 were a trails link-up that I LOVED but took much longer than I'd anticipated--I'd run 2 of the trails before but the third was so twisty that I seriously got dizzy and nauseated (it was nuts. Just imagine that you run for two feet and then turn sideways to get between two trees, and then immediately turn around and run for four feet in the opposite direction before immediately turning around and running for three feet before doubling back again--repeat for 2 miles. I was blown away by how many miles of trail they fit into such a small space, but they maximized every inch!). Loved the trail overall but I may wait to do it again when I'm not pregnant. 

smile emoticon Anyway, it was muddy enough that I had to walk a few times (started to lose my shoe so I figured I needed to slow down), which added to the darn steep mud-covered hills meant that my average pace was 11:38/mile and I was like, oh crap, running out of time to get my kids from their playdate--so I took a shortcut home through lots of brambles, ran as fast as I could, picked up my kids, then ended up running the last mile up and down my street while I bribed my kids with Popsicles to hang out on the front lawn waiting for me (at least that mile was a little faster--9:13 and my legs were SO heavy!). I really wanted to get to 10--obsessive much? I have a lot to learn about trails timing as compared to road timing--I just always forget how much slower it is on the trails!

Anyway, it was a good kicked-my-butt run and I saw a blue heron, two coyotes, and a deer, so I felt like a semi-legit trail runner. wink emoticon

5/17; 21 weeks

Long long day! Started my run about 9 and I was already dragging, but managed to get 5 miles on the TM. Mostly easy pace + 1 minute at MP every 10 minutes just to increase turnover (and remind myself that the easy pace really WAS easy, hah!).
Definitely feeling more pregnant/heavy/tired/achy.

5/16

5 on TM; so many interruptions that I had to finish the last .5 after picking kids up from school. Not a fun run.

5/14

5 this morning--had to wear tights, SS, LS, and jacket. Stupid Indiana. Windy and real-feel of 31 + some sprinkling rain. Sad to say, I took my oldest two along on bikes and was not sufficiently sympathetic to their complaining 3 miles in when they decided they didn't want to move anymore--not very fun for anyone involved. Took a shortcut (carrying their bikes) to get them home at mile 4 and then ran a much faster last mile. 10:16 overall; 25 for the week, 50.1 for the month.

5/13

5 easy on the TM