10 Weeks

I have 10 weeks till my 1/2 marathon. I'm currently 3 weeks post partum, ay yi yi, how am I gonna do it?! When I signed up for the race I assumed my baby would be 2 weeks early like my first child was...nope...So from my due date I had only 14 weeks of training, but my baby was late so subtract come days and here I am, 10 weeks till 1/2. So my fear of being prepared for my race has caused me to try getting out there earlier than I'd like to post partum. At 2 weeks pp, I biked for a bit on my spin bike at home. That went fine. Then yesterday I attempted running. I went on my trusted flat trail with two parks along it (key for a 2.5 year old), pulled out my new double BOB stroller and went for a run. It's been exactly 4 weeks since I last ran (that was at 39+ weeks pg). I did fairly well. I ran 1.66 miles of the 2 mile section of the trail. That run consisted of stopping often to put the pacifier back in the baby, pulling out snacks for the older child and walk breaks every so often to help my bladder situation that occurs post partum. Other than that I feel it was a success so I will keep it up.

It's all over...the pregnancy that is

My little guy decided this time around he'll be 2 days late! That's a long wait for me since my daughter was 13 days early. Labor was just as I remembered it and recovery has been about the same. I'm hoping to be out hitting the pavement at 4 weeks post partum but with the lack of sleep of taking care of two children it may be a bit harder to do. I have 12 weeks till the race, yikes! I think I can do it, it'll just not be my best time.

As for total mileage this year, I'm up to 76.16 miles ran, 213.84 left towards my goal this year. The total mileage ran while pregnant was 177.65. My last day ran was at 39 weeks, 4 days pg. 4 days before I went into labor, 5 days before I delivered.

Pregnancy and Running Update

I have 12 days till my due date. Today I went for a run but make it a quick one since my dr's appt yesterday said I had high blood pressure. I was assured by my doc that I don't need to change anything up but I figured I'd take it a little easier today.
My running talley thus far is 6.6 miles this month. 216.59 miles left for the year and 174.9 miles ran while pregnant.

Running while pg talley

Each month my miles are getting lesser and lesser. This month I was only able to do just under 10 miles. But I have been doing a lot of cross-training, swimming, elliptical and spin classes. My running talley for pregnancy is up to 168.3 miles of running since I found out I was pregnant. And for the year, 2009, 76.81 miles completed out of the 300 mile goal I set myself. My last run on Friday was a little painful, I started experiencing Braxton Hicks contractions before I headed to the gym. I never experienced those with my first child so I decided to continue my workout regardless. I had to stop runnning at just over a mile but finished up with elliptical. We'll see how my run tomorrow goes, I'll be happy if I can make it with even 1 mile runs up to my delivery date.

And I think I have dropped a little. I noticed my maternity support band is harder to put on now, the velcro is pulling so I believe my belly has dropped. I have an appointment with my dr later this week so I'll have to confirm with her but all things are pointing that the end is very near.

Waterproof Armband

I found this waterproof ipod case for swimmers. It looks really cool but even though it says not bulky the pictures on people's arms look pretty big. This is found at http://www.h2oaudio.com/. I have a waterproof case (don't know the manufacturer, it was a gift from a friend) but I'm really frightened to actually immerse my ipod in water. I don't want to have to buy a new one if anything happens. If anyone has any experience with this or any other waterproof ipod case I'm interested in feedback.

Only 2 more spin classes left

I agreed to teach spin class up until I went on maternity leave for my day job. This means only two more classes left! It's crazy to think that I'll be taking a break from teaching (4 weeks before ideally and 12 weeks after). Fortunately the YMCA has been generous and will keep my membership active so I do have the opportunity to use the gym while on leave. Thank god since I still need the treadmill or elliptical to get my workouts in. And on another bonus I can take my children to the daycare for free. Finding out that good news today makes me want to take the sub request for this Saturday morning. So maybe that'll make it 3 classes left.

More Music

Since I try to be a good spin instructor and keep up with music I'm constantly getting new music for my classes. Here are a few new songs I picked up for my playlists:
Kids/MGMT
Poker Face/Lady Gaga
Gives You Hell/The All-American Rejects
Single Ladies/Beyonce
75, Brazil Street/Nicola Fasano vs. Pat-Rich

There is one song I'm dying to have, I heard it on vacation in the Dominican Republic. I've tried searching for it but I can't seem to find it. I've heard an instructor in another class use the song but I'm busy teaching my class during hers so I can't ask her for it. The lyrics go something like "Si, si, si" the song is in Spanish. I hope someday I'll find the song. Anyone have ideas?

Amazing!

Check out this woman's blog. She ran the Boston Marathon 2 months after she gave birth! Talk about amazing! This gives me hope that I'll be fine in my 1/2 marathon 14 weeks after my due date.
http://nannersbread.blogspot.com/

Wicked

My hubby and I went and saw Wicked last night. What a wonderful show! But we do love going to see shows. I had read the book (4 years ago!) and mentioned to my hubby that I wanted Wicked tickets for Christmas. Hubby liked the show, though he mentioned he wanted to know more about the spell book. The book "Son of a Witch" is out, maybe that explains a little more. We had bought the cd to listen to before we went saw the show and loved that Kristin Chenoweth from the show Pushing Daisies had played Glinda on the NY broadway show. We were bummed she wasn't doing the SF show. The woman who played Elphaba (was an understudy Sunday night) was awesome!! I'll have to get her name from my program but her voice was amazing!! I totally recommend the show and encourage everyone to see it.

On another note, my daughter loves the cd too, we've been listening to it in the car for the past week.

Running hiatus ended

As I posted before I was experiencing pelvic pain after a run I did a couple of weeks ago. Well last week after doing a couple of elliptical days I decided to try running again. First day I did 5 min of running (rest of workout was elliptical) and I had no pain. Two days later I did 10 min of running (rest of workout elliptical) and still no pain. This week I'll do a 15 min and 20 min run and see how that goes.
Hopefully this means I can go back to my 30 min runs 2x a week again.