catherine's running efforts

When it's warm(er) outside and I see people running it makes me really really really want to run. So after my week-long hiatus from the gym during which I tried to catch up on grading and work stuff (I'm still behind, but less so now), I did a little running (alternated with walking). It's probably been 2 weeks since I ran and a week since I did anything at all, but it went pretty well. I wore the belly belt thing and had minimal jiggling and I'm pretty sure no tightness, and Baby was all sorts of active for the rest of the evening. I'm going to try to work back up to...I don't know, but more than a mile. 

And, weirdly, I'm excited to go swimming again (thanks probably to Bonnie and my swimmer brother). 

The heart thing is going better. I had a follow-up appointment on Monday and they said it looked like the medicine is helping, and I have another appointment in two weeks (the day before our next ultrasound). I also have to wear a monitor for 30 days (21 days left!) and send recordings throughout the day, and so far there hasn't been anything that's led anyone to tell me to go back to the hospital.

I was mad sore in the pelvisal region after my tiny run on Thursday. Probably because I hadn't run in awhile. But it really felt like I had been riding a bike. You know...the pain on the bones, almost. I tried again today and felt the soreness come back, and I didn't want to do it anymore. It just doesn't feel good. So I'm not going to be one of those cool people who runs through her pregnancy. I'm probably going to get uber fat. I won't run a marathon this year, I'm not going to make my goal of running more miles this year than I did last year, I'll be super slow when I start running again, I'll lose my awesome leg muscles, and oh, did I say that I'm probably going to be so fat? 

After the gym I bought a maternity swim suit and some chocolates. At least I like swimming now. And I got faster once...sometime probably I can do it again.