It's been forever, but I'm a big blabbermouth so I've stayed off the blog in order to keep myself reigned in.
It's official, this runner is running for two!
I've actually been running for 2 since mid-March... but only now are we going public. I'm 16 and a 1/2 weeks along and so far things are going well. The biggest surprise is that my running paces slowed significantly w/in the first 6 weeks. I slowed from 9ish min/miles to 11 min/miles in no time. More recently, I've learned that though I can run in 100 degree weather when I'm pregnant, and I can run pregnant in cooler temps, I CANNOT run in higher temps while pregnant. Heck, I can't even walk more than two miles at a time at 7 am in the morning!
These days I'm spending most of my workout time at the gym. I've been having cramping and knee issues and staying mainly on the ellipticals and stair machines as a result. But today I did my first running workout in 2-3 weeks. I'm back, baby!
... sort of. 3.5 miles of running with walk breaks every mile. Took me 40 min, but damn those were a hard 40 min. One of the side effects of pregnancy is a faster metabolism and a higher heart rate - so running at an 11:15 mile pace pushes my heart rate up to 165/170, where previously my HR was at that point when I was doing 9:30-9:15 minute miles.
So the new name of the game is "adjusting expectations". My goal is to run at least three times a week. Once, and if, that feels comfortable, I'll up it to four. I'm taking this as my starting point. If I can keep these paces, I'm happy. If I can get faster, I'm happy too. When I get slower, I'll be happy about that b/c I'll still be running.
So look forward to generally running and workout updates, but they'll be pretty pregnancy-related for the next while.
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