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