As my run pace slows weekly (it seems), I am wondering if I’ve seen the last of sub-8 minute miles for a while. I’ve been reading the Exercising Through Pregnancy book and it mentions increased blood volume in late first trimester can result in some impressive performances. I don’t know what Dr. Clapp’s talking about. I’m only 6 1/2 weeks along and already I’m adding 10-20 seconds per mile at similar efforts. It doesn’t concern me, because I’m not exactly gearing up for any races. I mean, racing? I don’t have the desire even if I did have the speed to back it up. Yikes.
Maybe I’ll magically get a little faster later in the process. Or maybe not. I guess everybody’s a little different. I should just count my lucky stars that I’m not constantly puking or anything. I hear of women going through that and ending up with weight loss instead of gain in the first trimester, but that sounds like a big price to pay for a few pounds that will just come off eventually.
I had a nice run today– 7.8 miles in a little over an hour. Nice and relaxed. Now I’m enjoying some warm ginger tea. The ginger, by the way, may actually help. I had a couple of ginger ale’s and some ginger crystal candies yesterday and didn’t have hardly any queasiness at all, which may be a spurious co-occurance, but I’ll keep testing it out and see what happens.
Holy crap Alicia! I have some catching up to do! I had a hunch you were trying to get preggers (something about “taking the year off from racing”
but apparently I haven’t been checking in here frequently enough… and apparently you do EVERYTHING quickly! (Swim, bike, run, get pregnant!)
Anyway, this was a very long-winded way of saying CONGRATULATIONS! I can’t wait to follow along during your pregnancy!
I kid you not… I got my best 5k time at 6 months preggo! I felt like junk till about 5 months with REALLY bad all-day-sickness, then all of a sudden I felt like I could run marathons with a basket ball in my belly! You will be a stud with a b-ball in your belly soon enough!
You are doing GREAT! Have fun with your pregnant season in life and take lots of photos! That is the only bummer… I wish I took more… like one at each month to show the growing stages…
Best to you!!!!
Oh, this makes me want to have another baby!!! Of course, I was as slow as molasses…because I was NOT allowed to run or workout after 11 weeks..HAHA! You are doing great, Alicia – have fun and I promise the speed will come back. I ate so many Entemmen (sp?) donuts that I tried not to throw up every day early on. HAHA…oh the memories.
) Post some belly pics, please! (well, when you are showing).