Michelle's Running Blog

Today was a nice slow run.  I woke up three minutes before my alarm went off so that made it easier to get up.  I prefer waking up on my own rather then being wakened by buzzing.  My run was pretty uneventful, a good run not much else to say.

I saw Carolyn twice on my run this morning and my friend Ali once.  It was kind of fun to pass people I know.  I passed Carolyn when she had about 4 miles left and then also when she had  2.5 miles. 

I also learned a lesson this morning.  I have to run with some belly support.  My pregnant belly isn't that big yet but when I run it hurts when I don't have something to give it a little extra support.  The two pants I usually wear have thicker, tighter waist bands that give me support.  Today I ran in new pants that are low waist and pretty loose.  Not such a good idea.  I seriously contemplated walking home through a short cut at mile 1 but thought I better keep trying to see if the pain would go away.  After a mile of debating run/walk, finish/quit, I realized it was pretty warm out and I was wearing a jacket so I took my jacket off and tied it tightly around my waist.  It helped a ton.  The rest of the run was bearable pain.

I bought a lightweight support band last week but it was dirty this morning.  I need to be more faithful at washing it or just wear it dirty.

This morning my husband had to leave for work at 6:30 so I just got 2 miles in but then I came home and rode the bike for 30 minutes as well.  I usually don't run on Wednesdays but I think I want to add a Wednesday run in and then only run 6 miles on Saturday.  Then I will still get at least 20 miles in each week but won't have really long hard runs.  The only bad part is getting up early Mon-Thur, I am not good at early mornings.

My neighbor and running buddy has been out of town this week but she got back yesterday.  It was fun to have someone to talk to this morning, but I also enjoy being alone and listening to music.  She wasn't on board with adding a Wednesday run because she doesn't want to wake up early 4 days in a row.  So I guess I will get one day a week with alone running and conversation the other days.  I think it is a good way to break it up.

The run today felt great.  It was a little cooler then yesterday but still very pleasant compared to a month ago!  

I almost forgot until Carolyn called to ask.  I had my ultrasound yesterday, it's a boy!  The baby looks healthy and everything is going well.  It is exciting to know the gender, the baby seems more real and I look forward to a new son. 

Today was an easy 6 miles.  Our Easter bunny comes on Saturday morning so I wanted to be home early for Easter festivities.  It was nice to go for a run and be home at 8:20 before all our kids were up.  

I was thinking today that I felt like a little bit of a slacker for only running 6 miles on a Saturday "long run".  Then I realized how humorous that was because a little over a year ago I had only ran 6 miles maybe 3 times.  I have been running for many years but only 3 miles for exercise and fitness.  It has only been the last year that I have increased mileage and gotten a bit better at running.  I am glad that I feel like a bit of a slacker for "only" running 6.