Mandy's meanderings!

Definitely feeling a change in my body-it doesn't like running anymore.  I'll probably be sticking to walking from now on.  Today was doing whatever I felt like for a little bit for the entire time.

Squeezed in a little bit of a run today-and actually jogged most of it!  My stomach is going through some serious growing pains lately-I swear this little girl is trying to double in size every couple of days.  All I ever think about anymore is what I'm going to eat next.  It felt good to get some exercise in though.

Did .25 mile warm-up, jogged 2.25 miles with a couple of potty breaks, then did a .50 mile cool down.  Total time was 32:03.

It seems like my best runs are the days that getting started is the hardest.  I've been so tired lately that it feels twice as hard to get going with exercise.  Today I figured I would do a little bit of walking and that was it.  Once I got going, I found myself wanting to go faster and further.  It's interesting-jogging seems to hurt/bother me a lot less than walking does.

Did a .40 mile warm-up at 4.5 mph, jogged 2.6 miles at 5.8 to 5.9 mph (with a break to stretch out my calves), then did a .5 mile cool down a little slower than usual.  Total time was 38:12.  I really hope I can keep forcing myself to do something. I know it's helping me to get the stretching in.

I've been banished from running-25% by me, 75% by Adam.  Yesterday my legs and stomach were not nice to me and I started to spot just enough to call it spotting.  When Adam heard about it, he told me that he forbids me from running anymore.  The way my feet and calves have been feeling I didn't argue too much.  

Now I'm trying to figure out a way to keep some form of exercise in-I'm thinking something like water aerobics or stationary bike or something like that.  I might try walking once a week, but my feet just don't like me after a good run.  They felt like they were at least three times their normal size, but didn't really look swollen.  It's all very weird, but not worth doing anything that will hurt our itty bitty.  So we'll see what I get in over the next three months.