I love burpees

I planned on still keep speedwork out of the training this week, but wanted to start on the miles again.  I had decided that i was going to up my miles for a couple of months so that I could do well at st george (high miles have worked for me in the past).  At this point im having a hard time holding myself back - but i know i needed to recover from the marathon.I do have a half marathon in 3 weeks and wanted to get the legs moving again.

I ran to cholla creek and back at 10 am...and it was HOT, HOT, HOT today. no more running after 7 am. - average 7:53 - legs are feeling good

spent the day with my boys since jim was out of town.  We did our own FHE - dinner, temple, and fiesta fun.  I love my little guys!  They are such amazing little spirits.

the boys fell asleep in the car on the ride home, so i put them in bed an ran 2 more miles on the tread.  Then i went to bed earlier than normal and go a great night's sleep!

taught core fushion in the a.m.

I knew i'd have to run on the treadmill again today and was dreading it.  I wanted to do 8 or 9, but only got 7 in due to time.  I tried to speed up my legs a little and run low 7s for a while.  I had the most insane experience today.  I was in the middle of my run and I had an insane desire to go grab a nice fat cheeseburger right then and there.  at one point I  had to jump off to help my little guy use the potty.  I ended up grabbing a pack of fruit snacks, a pack of gu chomps,  a piece of bread, and a granola bar (400 calories or so).  and then i finished my run!  I couldn't believe how hungry i was.

I jumped in on our zumba party that night.  So fun!  One thing i noticed though was that my belly was sticking out more than normal.  I had been soooo strict with my food, and had even taken my shakeology which always flattens out my belly.  So I was kind of frustrated.  My weight was about the same - 117-118, so i couldn't figure it out.

Well I went to sleep that night and woke up at 3 am.  I could not go back to sleep at allcause of something on my mind!  So after an hour and a half, i got in the car and drove to wal mart.  Strangely i was the only customer in there:) well i picked up some milk, band aids, and a pregnancy test.  I was late that month, and had been extra tired.  Post marathon symptoms could have been the cause of it too, but i was positive i was right.  And i was!  While driving home, i experienced a whole gammit of emotions - I was extremely happy of course - This had just come earlier than we had planned.  but also disappointed that my racing season was over after all that training.  I was relieved to know that my last marathon felt like it did because of the pregnancy (your average heart rate goes up right away - when every workout starts feeling really hard like that, i usually know i've got a bun in the oven)

This pregnancy is already different cause i usually get extremely sick right from the get go.  I have had few symptoms aside from being tired...and needing to pee more:)  So I'm hoping for an easy one this time - it sure makes it go by faster. 

I never did get back to sleep last night and I was tired!  I was also starting to feel a bit sick - I had jinxed myself after saying that last night.  Thankfully I'm figuring out that if i stuff my face all day, i feel fine (oh dear).  I'm starting out a tad bit underweight, so my body is trying to fatten me up.

I didn't get outside to run til 10, and it was a scorcher already!  I was very paranoid about running pregnant in the heat, so i doused myself with ice water every 5 min or so and only ran 5.   It definitely was a slow, recovery run today.

i subbed kari's zumba at night, and could tell that my body was extra tired.  zumba is usually pretty easy for me, but i was definitely getting a workout.

i list marathon pace miles right now, but my miles were only 7 min miles.  I'm making sure to watch my breathing and body heat to make sure i'm not over-exerting. I'm already signed up for the star valley half in 2 weeks, so i'm hoping to maintain some sort of decent pregnancy pace when i run it.  I'll do it with absolutely no pressure to win though!  I'll run for fun (what is that again:))   Strangely my body felt great today, and i didn't feel any different.  I did have to eat right before i ran, and then eat a granola bar and chomps in the middle. 

Can i just say that being able to eat more is seriously the best part!  My hubby raised his eyebrows at the amount of pasta on my dish last night:)  Only runners/ exercisers can do it though without gaining 50 lbs!  I still keep it really healthy though.

Sasha needs to add a pregnancy tracker on here:)  I'm almost 5 weeks along.  Due feb 24.

That was the hardest 13 i've done in a while. I ran to la verkin and back through cholla, so it wasn't easy. I'm surprised how bad it was today though. I had to bring food with me to eat during the run, and i still ran out of energy. The biggest thing was my knees - they were so bad by the end of the run! I've never tried to maintain these distances pregnant, so i guess i'm seeing that my body can't handle it very well. I don't know if i'll do that half marathon now either....