January 17, 2016

What I love most about pregnancy running & Training Summary: 1/11/2016-1/17/2016

I have a confession to make: I love pregnancy running! Granted, I’m only 13 weeks along and still look and feel just like I did before I got pregnant (for the most part). I’m sure I’ll develop more of a love-hate relationship with running when I’m sporting a large baby belly but right now I’m loving it.

What I love the most about pregnancy running is that its really forced me to listen to my body. All the pressure that I used to feel about fitting in all my runs and nailing my workouts is completely gone. For example, this week I planned on doing my long run on Saturday morning before brunch with my small group. After a late night dropping Henri off at the airport Friday night I was so tired I couldn’t get out of bed until 8am. Instead of beating myself up over it like I probably would have in the past I opted for an easy 45 minutes on the bike, which was all I had time for. And you know what, I still ate all of the tasty brunch foods!

I wish it hadn’t taken getting pregnant for me to learn to be so kind and forgiving to myself and my body, but I’m just glad to have learned it now.

Here’s a look at my training from this past week!

Training Summary: 1/11/2016-1/17/2016

Monday: 5 miles @ 7:39 pace + 10 minutes of plyos (will share this workout soon)

Tuesday: [AM] 60 minutes spin + 25 minutes weights [PM] 90 minute walk

Wednesday: 5 mile workout [1.5 mile warm-up, 4x 400m (5:40/5:44/5:44/5:38 pace) + 2x 200m (5:40/5:35 pace), 1.5 mile cool-down] 7:39 average pace