Michelle's Running Blog

I went to bed later then I wanted to last night and then woke up at 5:00 thinking it was time to get up.  I went back to sleep for an hour but it just doesn't count the same.  I am going to be tired this evening.

The run went fine, not great but fine.  The last couple of runs my ankles hurt at the beginning about 2 miles, then they feel better.  Any suggestions for what to do?  I don't know if I need to stretch them more, or if it is just because of pregnancy with weight gain and loose ligaments.  Mostly I am just glad to get the run finished today.

I don't know what is up with my sleep lately but I keep waking up too early.  This morning I was up at 4:40 and the alarm doesn't go off until 6:00, but I couldn't go back to sleep.  I was worried my run would be difficult.  But it wasn't, it was an awesome run! 

Yesterday I decided to try on some of my maternity clothes.  I am not terribly skinny but I am smaller than I have been in the past.  I was shocked to see how huge some of my clothes were.  There is no way I can wear most of my pants, even at 9 months pregnant, they will still be clown like on me.  This is a good problem but now I will need a new maternity wardrobe.  Better then actually fitting into the giant pants.

This morning I feel great. Yesterday I worked like a crazy lady cleaning my house. It is spotless from top to bottom which I love! Consequentlly, I slept really good last night. My run felt easy and went by quickly. It is the start of a great day.

During the run I saw a friend of mine out walk/jogging her dog. She was going up a hill(glenneagles). It was nice motivation to run up the hill and try and catch her. I finally caught her at the very top. She ran up some of the hill and I mean ran. She is starting to run a bit more and doesn't understand slow down and keep going. She runs fast for a minute or two and then can't run anymore so she'll walk. It was funny to chase her up the hill and not be able to catch her as fast as I wanted to. But good motivation to run faster.

I've spent the morning bathing kids, and doing last minute packing.  We are off to visit my family in Utah for a week!  Yeah, except for the 8 hour drive today.

Very sick.  I couldn't keep anything down and didn't even think about running.  I took a nap instead.  Luckly it was a one day bug.