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Tell me stories of being pregnant and racing/running.
We are thinking about trying for #3 soon. There are 3 halfs that I want to do: 7/14, Aug and Sept. If I were to get pg I might opt out of the Aug one because it starts at 8 and it was really hot last year the last few miles. The other two are canyon ones that are pretty cool.
I ran until two weeks before I had my son 3yrs ago. It was mostly 3-6 miles 3xweek. No really long runs.
Re: Tell me stories of being pregnant and racing/running.
I kept up with long runs during my last pregnancy, and was able to complete a half in the early 3rd trimester. It was really fun, and the crowd and other runners were very supportive. They even let me cut in line for the bathroom. I kind of felt bad, since I didn't have a time goal, but I took them up on it since I realllly had to go, lol. I had some bad Braxton Hicks during that race, so I made it my last double digit run. I also ran a couple 5k's which were easier on the bladder
2012 Goal: working towards pre-pregnancy speed!
04/15 KI Metric Marathon/16.3 m (2:05:55, 7:43 pace)
05/06 Frederick 13.1 (1:41:09)
11/04 NYCM
Boy/girl twins born at 37w1d and 37w2d
I just did a 1/2 at almost 16 weeks pregnant and for the most part was ok. Training was absolutely great - I found out I was pregnant at the start of week 2 of my training. I never missed a single training run, long or during the week. I think it really helped me with the 1st tri exhaustion and not have much m/s at all.
However, now I can tell that carrying the extra weight and my body doing what it needs to for pregnancy are making running more of a challenge for me. I was considering doing a 1/2 in another 7 weeks (so about 24 weeks pregnant) but I think I'm going to pass and just do some 5 &10ks throughout the summer instead.
If the 1/2s were closer and not very expensive, I'd probably be fine do them for a few more weeks, but knowing I'm not going to get a PR, I can't really justify the price and travel time.
and it sucks getting slower