Welcome to my blog documenting running while pregnant. It's such an exciting and scary time of my life. I decided to write this blog because there's just not enough information on women running while pregnant. I hope that more women will share their experiences. Below, I chronicle the first half of my pregnancy. It's been a pretty simple one so far (knock on wood), and I haven't felt much different than how I usually do. I've read two books on running/exercising while pregnant that have been helpful: Exercising Through Your Pregnancy by James F. Clapp III MD and Catherine Cram MS and the Runner's World Guide to Running and Pregnancy by Chris Lundgren. Also, I talk with my doctors about my running paces and distances to make sure they are giving me the okay.
I document the paces and distances I run, but everyone is different and should run at her own comfort level. I've definitely cut back on my training. It's not a competition against anyone else or myself. I used to do 15-18 mile runs even if I wasn't training for a particular race, and a typical track workout while training for a half marathon or marathon was 6x1600m with one minute recovery or 2x3000m,2000m,1000m, all at faster paces than I run now. Some of my PR's are 3:04:36 for the marathon (VCM, May 26, 2013, horrible weather, by the way), 1:46:41 for 16 miles (Boston Prep, January 27, 2013), 1:24:03 for the half marathon (Green Stride October 21, 2012), and I was running 5ks in 18's and low 19's (not too much speed here). So now I'm going slower and shorter, but am still feeling great while running! Enjoy my blog, and please share your own stories about running while pregnant!
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