So here goes my first announcement to the worldwideweb (Facebook might come a little later...) that I'm preggo! Very excited for this little body I have inside me who is currently named Sweetpea, but that also means that I'm not actually running the marathon this year. I had reached a training distance of sixteen miles, fully knowing that I was pregnant and reading all the articles I could find on-line that supported my opinion that it was okay to run a marathon while pregnant. Sweetpea and I had some great, frigid runs together in North Park in the dead of winter and he (my opinion) even seemed to enjoy the thrill of speed workouts, but at my first doctor's appointment, I was informed that I should not run the marathon...or even the half. This news even came from a P.A. who is running her first marathon in Pittsburgh on May 2. Not sure if that made the news easier or harder to swallow.
I then went back and read all of the articles on the other side of the debate on whether or not you can run a marathon while pregnant...and, quite honestly, the articles on that side of the debate are much more medically sound. I'm okay with the decision at this point and know that it is best in the long run. The doctor said that it was totally fine to keep running, just to take it at a slower pace and not go for more than an hour. I've since broken that rule only once and only plan to break it one more time while I'm pregnant. I did the 8 mile option for Just a Short Run, attempting to pace myself at 10 minute miles and came in at exactly 1:19:56; you can't get much better than that!
And I'm proud to announce that I'll be joining the Cool Runnings Relay team and will be doing the first leg of the marathon relay!
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