Did I Mention...

That Joe and I are running a half marathon in June? It's the Covered Bridges race in Vermont. I'm ridiculously excited about the course. Gorgeous time of year, pastoral bridge covered road and (the bonus) mostly downhill.

Joe signed us up for a half as my Christmas present. I've been wanting to run this race for the last six years, but I've either been pregnant or closed out (this year's race closed out in less than 15 minutes!) The idea that I'm going to run 13 miles in 18 weeks is almost laughable right now; especially since I haven't run since March (hello, March 2012) and my total combined distance last year was 28 miles.



I joined the gym again since it is an arctic tundra outside and we tested out the gym daycare waters again. The kids did great this time. What a difference a year makes. Hopefully they continue to do well and I can do some of my training runs with them in tow.



I'm working on getting a sitter on Sundays beginning in March for when we start our longer runs. Something that is almost harder to do than the training itself. And I'm going to pick up a single jogger (I'm thinking a BOB Rev this time? This one has my name all over it...) so we can take Lola with us and just leave the twinkies at home, this way we don't kill one of our precious babysitters by leaving all three.



Here's our training plan for anyone that may be interested. It's part Couch to 5K, part Hal Higdon Novice 2.

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I ran my last half in 2:19 and walked through the water stations. I'm hoping to break 2:10 this time. Well, that's a lie. I'd like to break 2 flat, but I think I should give myself a break and make realistic goals for once. So I'll be happy with 2:10 and I'll be over the moon if I get to 2 flat.

Running and Twins

My RE gave me the all clear to go back to my normal exercise routine - running, spinning, modified yoga/pilates, and the stairmaster (my personal fav). I signed up for spinning yesterday and ended up leaving work early and rushing to the RE's office for an emergency ultrasound after realizing I was bleeding. Turned out to be a subchorionic hemmhorage and both babies are fine, but I quickly realized that for me to have peace of mind I am going to need to modify my old life a bit more than I initially thought.

Starting with my running goal which I am dropping from 500 miles this year, to 300 miles. Which is totally doable. It amounts to about 17 miles a week from now until October and then no more running for the rest of the year. Let's see if I can manage this. My morning sickness, knock on wood, has seemed to dissipate enough for me to get my butt moving again.

And I'm canceling all of my races for the rest of the year. Running as fast as I can, sometimes long distances, in the summer heat, just seems like a bad idea. Maybe it would be okay, but why put this much pressure on myself? 

Lastly, I am deleting all of my fitness goals for the year. I'm a little disappointed because once I set a goal I like to meet it, but overall I think this is what's best. My new goal is keeping these munchkins healthy and cooking for as long as possible. 

Now I just have to find something else to fill all of the sidebars on my blog :)

Back to Life

I ran today for the first time since two days after ET. I feel alive again. I mean really alive. It doesn't hurt that I was able to keep up an 8:30 pace for most of the run either :)

I am just past 10% of my running goal for the year, which is truly sad. But with the IVFs, the miscarriage and the fear of being pregnant, I *think* I have a good excuse. I would really like to run through this entire pregnancy. We'll see how that goes. If anything my goal will just have to be tweaked a bit.

For now, I am feeling very happy and very ready to lace up again tomorrow.