Exercise and pregnancy

I'm a promoter of keeping up with your workouts while pg. (Note: Remember to talk with your dr first especially if you're having complications with your pg.) My first pg I worked out 5-6 days a week all the way up to the day before I delivered. This pg I'm trying the same thing. I teach spin classes twice a week and I'm trying to run 3-5 days a week.

My goal this year for running is to reach 500 miles. As of today I'm at 468.87 miles, I have 31.13 miles to run by Dec. 31st to meet my goal. I've set up a plan to reach the goal excluding major holidays. I'll post on Dec. 31st if I made it.

That said, my cardio endurance has reduced drastically and rather quickly. It was almost as if I found out I was pg and all endurance went down the drain. My running slowed to 1-1.5 min/mile slower. I don't go for longer than 3 mile runs. It's sad but at least I'm still moving.

I think all the working out has paid off. As of a couple of days ago I've only gained 4lbs so far in this pg and I'm still wearing my regular clothes. Granted the pants I used to wear with belts I don't have to wear belts with but it's still non-maternity. I'm hoping to hold out till 2nd trimester for maternity clothes. And since I only have 4 more days till 2nd tri I think I'm doing good.

It's been a while and I have news!

I looked and my last post was Oct. 13th. There are several reasons why I haven't posted in over two months.
1. November was super busy. It was my daughter's birthday, we went on vacation to the Dominican Republic for a week and my brother got married.
2. I have been keeping a secret. I found out on Oct. 20th that I'm expecting baby #2. I've been slowly leaking out the secret but I still have some major parties to inform. Mainly my parents (we tell them on Christmas eve) and work.
Other than that everything's been fine and I'm chugging along. I've actually discovered two close friends are pregnant too. One a college friend who is 1 week ahead of me and the other is my neighbor who is 2.5 weeks behind me. My maternity leave is going to be so much fun!

Shopping for Jeans

Oh the dreaded phrase, jean shopping. I HATE shopping for jeans. I have "athletic" thighs which means I have to buy jeans a size larger and belt the waist or go for the wide "bell" leg types. My jeans I own I've had for years, before I was pregnant which was 3 years ago. Okay, I did break down and buy a pair of skinny jeans but as for that I have pretty much the same pair of jeans.
So the most amazing thing has happened. The economy goes down and my jean spending goes up. I have found 3 new pairs of jeans this year, well in the past 4 months. I'm so happy, now that luck is on my side I need to stop buying jeans. Hopefully my luck will help me find some bargain sweaters now.

Voila, I'm Martha Stewart

We've had issues with our tub. It's slippery and has no coating on it. It's totally not worth reglazing the tub, it's super old. But in the meantime to keep our daughter from not slipping in the tub we've been trying everything.
1. We tried the stickers you put on the bottom. Those lasted all of 1 shower.
2. We tried a long rubber mat with suction cups on the bottom. But the suction cups didn't really stick so it looked like she was riding a magic carpet as she bathed. Plus the mat stained, no matter washing it in the washing machine (was machine washable), bleaching it, scrubbing it with Comet, it looked brown not white.
3. We bought little suction cup rubber duckies but like #2 the suctions don't stick.
4. I don't remember who suggested this but I tried it this weekend. The kitchen sink liner, those rubber mats you put at the bottom of your sink to prevent glass from breaking. I found one at the $ store so I figured I'd give it a try. It's awesome, it didn't float up! It's still in the same place. I'm going to buy another so we have somewhat full coverage of the tub. And the best part it's only $1. So I can throw it out if it get's grimey. Not like the $13 I spent on the magic carpet mat, or $8 for the rubber duckies or $5 for the bath stickers.
Hooray for a solution! I'll keep you posted in a couple of months if it stains or has any issues.

What's in a name?

I named my daughter a unique name but for the most part we call her by her nickname. Her nickname is pretty unique too. Just before we decided to name her, I saw an actress with her name (nickname, no one has her real name). And then last week I was at Borders, I picked up a book, main character has her nickname. Today I pick up a book from the library, same name as nickname. Crazy! After all the books I've read (745 according to my goodreads list) it's only now that I'm coming across that name. So great, now my daughter has a trendy nickname. I guess I'll have to call her by her real name more often now.

Caltrain

This week I've attempted to take Caltrain to work again. It's been 2 years since I've commuted on the train. I stopped when I had my daughter. I just didn't see how I could drop her off at daycare and still ride the train. What made me change my mind? It's the stupid back to school traffic. My commute is only about 11 miles and it normally takes 20 minutes (no traffic) but now it's jumped to 30-40 min. Sucky! So I'm trying it this month to see how it works. I drive to my daughter's daycare, drop her off then drive to the station to take the train. It's a little backtracking but so far so good.
It makes me feel good riding the train again. I feel like I live in a big city, I feel like I'm helping the environment. Hopefully I can keep it up for a while. Of course, I decide to do this train thing when it's getting into winter.

My two favorite sports products right now

I've always had a stick of Body Glide that I used in triathlons for the swim portion but it wasn't until recently when my running partner mentioned using it for blisters on my toes in running and other parts of the body I was experiencing chaffing. I have to say that ever since her rec, I use it several times a week. I love it!

The next item is my Garmin 205. I love the GPS on it. I love that it tells me my speed/distance etc. I haven't even begun to use it's potential in training and I'm already happy. I use it biking and running. I just wish it was waterproof so I could do my full triathlon using it, I mean it claims multi-sport, wth. Anyways, maybe in a future model they'll fix that.

And now for what I want next. I call myself a camel. I can make it very far in races without drinking water but my hubby doesn't like that so he's worked with me on incorporating water in my workouts. So my new want is the fuel belt. I don't know how comfortable it would be but I definitely want to try one out. I've had the water bottle fanny pack looking item but as I ran it would bounce and was very irritating. I think with the water bottles spread out along the belt perhaps there won't be as much bouncing.

Sore and tired

I completed the San Jose Rock n Roll 1/2 Marathon. I have a new PR of just slightly over 2 hours, beating my last PR by 2 minutes. I was hoping for under 2 hours but just didn't have it in me to get there. My running partner got food poisoning so I ended up running with her husband A. It was good to have someone setting a pace for me or I don't know what I would've finished at. When I first got the phone call at 7am I thought to myself, I haven't run by myself in a race (tri's excluded) in years. I've always had a friend or my husband with me. But A came through and helped me pace myself for the first 9+ miles. Then I started to fade so I told him to take off. He finished in just under 2 hours. If only I could have kept up with him I may have achieved my goal. Oh well, guess next time.

Tapering Week

This is my week to taper for the San Jose RnR. I had my last long run on Saturday with A and her DH A. It was a good run, I'm feeling good on our time and that we'll be able to set a PR for this race. I'll do one more run this week along with the two spin classes I teach and then rest up for Sunday.

Reason 16783 to love your Library

Children's story time. Our library has evening hours for pajama story time. I love it! We've gone two weeks in a row. Last night was a show instead of story-time. It was the Happy Birds show! It was very entertaining and M had a ton of fun.

Dominican Republic Here We Come!

We book it, it's set. Our vacation is planned. Beach vaca here we come!

Coworker Etiquette

Dear co-irker,
We have an open office. Do you mind not blasting your music? Or even better, ask if I want to even listen to your music? What's even worse is when you turn on your music and leave for long periods of time subjecting me and our other coworkers to your music. Can't you use your headphones? I know you have them. I've seen you use them. What makes you decide one day not to use it? Sometimes I'm peacefully listening to my book on cd or listening to music with my headphones on. I hate to be disturbed by your annoying music.
Please be respectful of your office-mates.
Thanks,
Woman right across from you

Travel Woes

I know out of all the woes this would be the best to have but it's giving me a headache. We were planning on going to the Philippines with my parents in February 2008, vacation was cancelled and moved to Feb. 2009. But in August we find out my parents are cancelling the 2009 trip too so the hubs and I decide to plan for our own vacation.

Our first idea was a Greece Cruise in October. But then hubby's work made it that he had a business trip in the middle of Oct. And with planning it around M's birthday we decided for the two weeks before Nov. would be a great time.

Unfortunately the places we would like to go Nov is not a good time. We wanted Brazil but decided didn't want to do the visa stuff this time around. So Argentina/Uraguay came into discussion. But like a lot of South America, traveling between destination spots would be difficult. Picture 2 hour ferry + 2 hour bus ride with a toddler. Not our idea of vacation.

Then came Ireland. Too cold.

Then Honduras which was a really big possibility. We even had an itinerary planned out. But it's on the cusp of the rainy and dry season so we scrapped that place.

Then came Mexico, I suggested we just do a short vacation (long weekend) and move our big vacation to Jan or Feb and still do Honduras.

Then came Dominican Republic. I don't know if this place will stick just yet but the clock is ticking and we need to figure out something soon.

The best recovery after a long run

a swim. I know it's weird but Saturdays I do my long run and Sunday morning I go for a swim. I haven't had any aches or pains and I feel I recover much quicker when I do that. Plus there is nothing like being in the pool. :)

An Introduction

My name is tri-reader. I'm a wife, a mother, a full-time employee, an athlete, a friend, a reader...well you get the point. I decided to start a blog to spill my random thoughts.