Fast Running Mommy

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Location:

Provo,UT,USA

Member Since:

Aug 02, 1999

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

I ran the Top of Utah Marathon in 4:43 after having my third child the year before. 5 K in 24:19, 10 K in 53 minutes pregnant. Survived personal training from my lovable but slightly overbearing husband Sasha for more than 8 years!!

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break 23:45 in the 5k.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay thin and full of energy.

Not be an embarassment to my family full of world class athletes.

Personal:

Madly in love with Sasha. We have been married since 1996 and have been blessed with seven of the most adorable and talented children : Benjamin, Jennifer, Julia, and Joseph, Jacob, William and Stephen.

All of our children have run in at least one race, including Jacob and William who did it inside the womb. I enjoy various non-running activities such as: baking, sewing, playing organ, piano and flute, painting, and playing with our vivacious children.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Sat, Apr 12, 2008

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
4.25	0.00	4.25

I felt great at the start of this run. I don't know what happened on the last 2 and a half laps but I was dragging. We'll chock it up to being pregnant. I actually slept all night last night. No coughing!!! I'm going to have to put that cough in the top ten worst sicknesses (non baby related) I've ever experienced. It was AWFUL. Yet at the same time I'm grateful because none of my children got it so they weren't also waking me up....I'm VERY grateful for that. I'm also grateful in a weird way to have gotten sick because I hadn't been sick for more than a couple of days ...I think ever. It gave me more compassion for my husband and children who often get something that seems to last longer than I feel like nursing.

ugh...have to finish in the afternoon again. I don't mind except that I had some projects to work on..Sasha says he'll watch the kids so I can get something done...

Sasha took the kids for a drive and I finished my run...sort of...just didn't have the juice in me and was feeling kind of sick to my stomach. I decided that I needed the rest of my energy for the rest of the day. Got in another 1.75 instead of the 2.5 I wanted to.

Comments

From Brent on Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 19:29:58

Sarah, major commando points running while pregnant. 100 commando points.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rool sout

From Lybi on Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 19:32:50

Oh man, that sounds really hard running sick and pregnant AND sleep deprived (it adds up over time--you have a sleep debt). I agree with Brent's assignment of commando points.

From sarah on Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 20:11:38

Thanks guys..I'm not sick, just had an emotional weekend and was a little upset about the way some things went today...easy to bend me out of shape when there's a babe inside. I'm getting fat and thinking of changing my name to fatrunning mommy...I don't think Sasha will let me though. :)

From Maria on Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 15:50:22

Sarah, you're amazing for running while pregnant. You're running more miles pregnant than I am now, and I'm not pregnant. I hope you can keep it up as long as possible, but don't feel bad if you have to cut the run short.

From sarah on Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 09:24:54

Thanks Maria. I do get kind of stubborn about running when I'm pregnant. I don't want to let go. This morning I was contemplating runnning less because my time keeps getting slower. I don't want to be out there longer than I was when I wasn't pregnant. I'm glad you are running again and blogging. We missed you when you were gone.

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