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. 

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.

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. :-)

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

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.

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.