glidergirl

• 5.25 miles, 5th south loop

I love my Garmin!  Set it to beep at me every .75 miles then .25 miles so I could pick it up for a total of 5 x 400 meters....like the workout I've been doing on the treadmill.  It helped me pick up the pace overall and it felt like a good workout.  There are a few "hills" (hahaha) in there which kind of wear me out (doesn't take much), but otherwise, the pickups were around marathon pace.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/146630811

• 5.25 miles, 5th south loop

• 5.25 miles, 5th south loop

Tried out my Hattori's again, I love those things!  My running mechanics are so much better in them.  Felt like I was gliding...which is saying a lot right now for my ~160 pound self! ;)

• 5 miles, treadmill

.75 at 5.5mph/.25 at 7.0mph for 4 miles with last mile at 5.5mph 

10:30 pace 

• 5 miles on the treadmill at our hotel while James was sleeping :)  (he has the uncanny ability to sleep 2-3 hours longer than me)
• 3.5 miles of walking!!

We went on a vacation...it was so fun!  It was James' birthday on Sunday.  I picked him up from work on Thursday with the car all packed and just started driving south, he had no idea. :)  He figured it out pretty fast.  We got into Las Vegas at about midnight on Thursday night.

Today we had a yummy salmon dinner on the patio at a nice restaurant and went to the Blue Man group (and walked around A LOT).  What a great show! So entertaining!

• 1.5 miles on the treadmill
• more walking!

I was pretty hammered after yesterday!  I have been having what feels like a strained muscle or ligament between my right hip and pelvis.  It was hurting more than normal all day Friday and then during my run Saturday, so I cut my planned 3-5 miles short.

Today we walked around again and went to the Jabbawockeez.  We also had free vouchers for restaurants so we went to a really nice steakhouse.  The waiter was NOT pleased to have us at his table since we didn't drink lots of wine, gamble, eat a lot of food and desserts...etc.  Hahaha, it was funny!  We saw the bus boy more than him.  He was also very offended when I asked "what comes with the steaks?"  Apparently, when you eat at $60+ per plate restaurants, "everything on the menu is ala carte...Ma'am."  (making it $80+ per person) Well excuse me!   

We were beat by the time we got back to our hotel around midnight.  We used the rest of our vouchers for a breakfast buffet at "Le Village Buffet" at the Paris Hotel the next morning before driving home.  It was so yummy!  Made to order crepes and omeletes, food everywhere and the hotel looks like you're walking in a Paris village (with a blue sky, clouds, trees and everything). 

It was a lot of fun, but we both agree...we're Las Vegas'd out for a very long time!  You can only stand so much smoke and junk for so long.  Now we're back to reality and wish we could still be gone somewhere. :) 

Bought a maternity band today.  I'm just going to hold off on cardio until I can get it in the mail because the ligaments are still pretty sore/tender to touch.  In the meantime, I'm enjoying the extra energy from not exercising and not being as tired at work at 4am....and....I feel like I'm getting squishier by the minute! ;)  Hahaha...except for my belly, that's nice and tight from the s t r e t c h i n g.  She is getting big and moving my whole stomach now and gets the hiccups everyday.  I'm loving every minute of it and I wish she would move all day!  Makes the extra pudgy packs I'm finding all over my body totally worth it. :)  3 months left! 

I find myself getting more and more nervous at how long it's going to take to get back to normal running and a normal weight, especially with a new baby, so I'm trying to just relax and remember that I'll just need to go at my own pace and keep a good balance with everything and enjoy it!  I guess it's not like I'm missing out on any big 1st place award checks or anything. =0) 

Needed to get outside for fresh air and exercise, did 3.6 miles of walking (with about 1.5 miles of running).  Ligaments hurt later in the night, so I'll for sure just be taking it easy for a few days.  Guess I had to be sure it really was hurt...haha. :)  Not being able to run right now is coming as somewhat of a relief, unlike the deep depression during injuries in the past!  I need more energy to get some things done on my days off work, so it's working out well. 

• 2 mile trial run at the gym with the belly band, seemed to work well.  Hoping to go for a nice run outside tomorrow!  Maybe 3 miles or so, we'll see.

• 2 easy miles to the gym with the band
• weightlifting
• waddled 2 miles home
• fantasized the whole starving way home about all the yummy, fattening things I wanted to eat (don't worry, I just stuck to healty tuna fish when I got home :) )

update: ligament started hurting after about 1.5 miles of running.  So I'll either just run 2 miles at a time and see what happens or find another form of exercise until further notice. =0)  

**I think it may be this (the round ligament - on the right side at the bottom...usually only when I run or walk around all day, though, so that's good):

http://www.fitsugar.com/Pregnancy-Round-Ligament-Pain-8199221

• 30 minutes elliptical & weightlifting at the gym with my sister AND my mom

After several days of no exercising, my ligament has finally healed!  The 2 miles of joy I got from running last time was NOT worth the painful and incapacitaded pelvic girdle the rest of that night.  OUCH.  So...I'm nervous to try running at all for the next 2.5 months. 

Felt good to exercise again tonight...it really helps my lower back feel better and stronger, along with all the other great benefits.

• 45 mins elliptical
• weightlifting