Fast Running Mommy

Got up a bit late and then had to stop because we had the plumber over this morning.

Feeling a little drained from Joseph deciding he wasn't a baby anymore and wanting to wear big boy pants. I was relieved however when he put his diaper back on after his bath. I wasn't ready for potty training quite yet. I need warm spring days where he's outside most of the time and grandma in town so she can help out a bit. Grandma is coming in two weeks. I'll be ready next time.

I'll finish my run this afternoon in warmer weather.

Finished up..felt fairly good. Sometimes when I run in the afternoon and pregnant my legs hurt a little bit more than normal.

Sasha's going to post a party invite for all local bloggers but I'm going to get a start on it here for anybody reading this. Lybi and James are coming up with their whole family from Arizona for her to run her first half marathon. She's running the Provo one and I know most people will be at Striders. I think it would be a shame for her to come all the way up here and not see her blogger friends.

Blogger Open House

Pachev Residence

339 N 1120 W

Sunday April 6th 7-9

Light refreshments will be served

Please RSVP 788-4608

Whole family is welcome

I think now that the morning sickness is gone I'm starting to be able to notice that I am pretty tired at times like I was with other pregnancies. Sometimes I just have to sit or lay down..then after 30 minutes or an hour (sometimes less) I feel better. Okay...so maybe I'm crazy to be throwing a party this Sunday but I not planning on cooking anything for it so it should be fine. I'm still trying to decide the menu...fresh fruit, nachos, cookies for the kids, juice...I think it will be easy and fun.  

Had a rough night so I only did 2 today. 

Had a hard time getting up this morning. I slept okay but was still pretty tuckered from the sleepless night before.

I will try to get some more miles in this afternoon...but I'm not optimistic...when I have extra counts against me that's when I have to say okay..I'm pregnant...take a break.

I do however agree more and more as the years go on with Sasha's thinking. Taking a break doesn't always makes things easier. In the long run if you take enough breaks you get out of shape. I am grateful that I didn't take very many breaks before I got pregnant this time. 5 a day really has given me a fairly strong body. So when I'm pregnant and tired running 2 is a break for me.

I have a funny story I like to tell about when I was pregnant with Joseph. I only ran 2 miles that day so I'd have the energy to mow the law later. I came home from my run and started mowing..then the Compassionate service leader walked by. I turned the mower off and told her (with my big pregnant belly protuding) that I'd only run 2 miles so I had the energy to do it and that was okay. She gawked a bit and went on her merry way. 2 minutes later the Relief Society president walked by. This time I just kept the mower running, smiled and waved.

I finished all 5. I'm proud of myself. I was sick and tired still but I did it. I feel great now actually. I'm excited to see Lybi.

I haven't had a lot of RSVP's for the open house/party. Please come if you want to see Lybi even if you haven't called ahead.  

I think I should start putting all my miles as fast...I certainly am running for two. 

I do enjoy a slow pace though. I've asked some of the girls that run fast why they push themselves. I think it was Josse who said, " I just like to go fast."

I actually don't. I like going slow and enjoy getting a workout without killing myself off.   

I think I need to smell about 2 or 3 whole Ragnar teams worth of smelly yucky socks for how late we stayed up last night. Sasha made the mistake of opening a can of worms with me. I'm a funny chick. If he washes dishes I take it as a personal insult and he better get out of the kitchen...I'm getting better. He asked me how he could show more appreciation...i don't know why but that was just asking for me to think of all the times he hasn't...he's fine but human. 

Soo...after falling asleep at a terrible hour I woke up about an hour later and started in with the coughing bit again. Oh....I think I'll be better by Thursday or Friday but this has been one of those super annoying sicknesses that makes you soooo grateful for your health.  Needless to say I slept in. My Bishop who is also our plumber called to see how it went this weekend having 1 operating bathroom with 12 people in the house.  I told him it didnt' bother me. I was raised in a family of 6 kids with one bathroom for the kids (my parents had a nice master bedroom which we were not allowed to use) Sasha on the other hand, although can go in the woods, is very private at home and not into bathroom sharing......hmmmmm...strange creature.

My run was harder. I have a hard time running in the day when I'm already a bit tired. Just seems my pregnant legs wear out a bit faster than non pregnant.  I had a great time this weekend hosting Lybi and James. Our kids are bored and amazingly enough taking care of my own family seems harder.  

I still wish I could have made Lybi a birthday cake. I had secret plans to surprise her with one. Man...if I had known it was her birthday today, last night would sooooo have been a surprise birthday party. Everyone wish her a happy one. :) 

I slept in to make up for the other night and only got in 2.5. I will do the other half this afternoon. Benjamin is in the doghouse right now. What kid doesn't like making homemade playdough with his Mom...my kid...he was complaining about it and after being sleep deprived for almost a week now because of this cursed cough I was none too pleased.

Benjamin decided he liked play dough after we made it and happily played for an hour...thank heaven.

I finished my run in the afternoon with the girls.  

Got all five in this morning....my nervous system is still a little out of whack from the loss of sleep but I got them in and have had a fairly nice day. I met a lady at the library who was interested in healthy recipes...sent her to my portion of the website. 

Did 1.5 in the morning and 3.5 in the afternoon. i felt dead in the morning but better this afternoon. I gotta rush to the library..my kids have activities there on Thursday. later

3 in the morning. I felt so good on this run. I think my cold is just about licked. 2 in the afternoon. I need to figure out a schedule with Sasha and his many partners that helps me get 3-4 runs a week all in the morning. It's breaking up my afternoon too much to do my runs then. I don't mind running in the afternoon sometimes but seems like it's been every day lately. Part of that was because I was sick and up in the middle of the night for the last week and a half so I had to sleep in. We'll figure something out. 

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.  

I got all 5 in but I couldn't beat the 11:30 girl today...sigh. I think that cough knocked something out of me that I may not get back. I'm thinking of cutting down to 4 a day. I don't want to be out exercising for longer than I was before I got pregnant....doesn't make sense somehow. 

Did all 5 this morning. I felt better than yesterday so I think I'll stick with 5 a day for now. I just hope I can beat the 11 minute mile girl again soon. I don't like running slower than 11 right now because I'm not that far along. I have to try and hang onto what I have and not get too slow or lazy. 

5 on the trail...amazing run...for a pregnant lady that is. I warmed up for oh...a long 2.5 and then I felt great. I averaged almost 10 minute mile pace the last 2.5...felt so good to get those endorphins. yay.

All five in the morning then. I'm feeling so much better I'm almost scared to breathe and break the spell...no cough...no morning sickness..I'm eating like a normal person again and I ran 52:45...great time again. 

I made sugar strawberries this morning to put on top of breakfast and Jacob is upstairs screaming for me to put an 8th serving of strawberries on top of his untouched oats.  

52:32 I actually kind of pushed it a little at the end...wanted to beat my time yesterday. I wouldn't really overdo. Mostly I just listen for signs of distress in the general stomach area and if things feel okay there I'm good to go...and if I don't really feel like I'm working too hard. I obviously won't be doing any tempo runs but it was okay to play a mild game of beat the clock. 

Joseph has decided he's a baby again this morning...after three great days of potty training he thinks he needs a break.   

You would think that I would feel bad about not running that last .10 but I really gave it all I've got and that's just all there was. I may be off a little and actually ran all 5 because my Garmin stopped...but I don't think so. I had to stop and walk what normally is the last 100 meters of my run...I was just done. Sometimes that happens when I'm pregnant and it's okay. I should have run this morning but I stayed up late. I can never go to bed when Sasha isn't there. He did great on his race..be sure to read his report. :)

My mother in law is in town. She can watch the kids for small amounts of time. I can't leave them later in the day to run....but if I get up early enough I can get my run done all the trail before most of them wake up. She's an awesome grandma just not used to so much commotion as we have at our house...I'm not used to it either but I'm still in charge of it....the darlings. :):)

I tried going much slower today to see if I'm not so tired during the days. I've getting drowsy while driving across town. I feel great on my runs but seems like it's taking a little too much out of me. ran 11-12 minute mile pace and it even felt hard at the end...I feel much better today however...

The baby and I ran a break neck speed of 11 minute mile pace. It felt really really easy. My plan is for the next few weeks,months, years only run what feels easy so I don't crash my car. Actually I really just need to get a thyroid test done. Drowsy driving for me isn't so much that I'm running hard but that there's something funny going on in my body.

Sasha probably wrote about the police car driving ON the trail this morning and the funny happenings around the two railroad bridges. The saga continued when I saw a perfectly normal idiot standing on the railroad track..just standing there waiting for a train to come and kill him and probably derail the train and kill many innocent people and cows. Weird.    

ran easy and didn't feel too tired today

We are going to St George today..maybe just thinking about it is making me more tired than I was yesterday. Since I don't have to drive...Sasha is awesome at driving long distances without tiring. I can sleep in the car. 

2 in Steve and Kendra's swanky neighborhood. Got a kick out of running pass several houses for sale that made Steve's house look very affordable. One was for $1,000,000 and it was on 2 acres of land and had a house maybe 4,000 square feet or so.  The one next door had about 100 palm trees planted in a paradisical setting with a industrial type playground for the kids and a house that had to be about 10,000 square feet.  It was on 5 acres and didn't have a price listed...It was very pretty to look at as I ran past. 

1 mile at home...no palm trees or paradisical settings but my neighbors in the trailer park had a cool sprinkler..does that count. :) 

Ran slow and easy..getting used to having to run slower. I'm going into have my thyroid levels checked to see if there's something amiss there and because I need to when I'm pregnant. 

I ran 5 on the trail...it will be hard to go back to running around the block when Sasha's mom is gone. Got to see Sasha and make sure he wasn't torturing Josse and Michelle too much. I'm going to the doctor today. Do you think he'll guess I'm pregnant with my 6th? I get a big kick out of telling people and then watching their expressions as they ask me "How old are you?" ..old enough and married for almost 12 years. I think running just must keep me young.

Even though technically I walked about 100 meters of this run I'm counting all five simply because I'm pregnant and I can. My eyes are tired today...I was crying over everything yesterday...I had to run late because I had crazy things to do in the morning that had to be done first thing...the wind was TERRIBLE...and from all directions. I just couldn't stand it on the way back so I stopped to walk for a bit to deal with being tired and pregnant and in horrible wind.

I wrote a story. It's called Rose. I had a dream about a girl with a terrible burn on her face who grew all sorts of beautiful flowers. I wrote it all down when I was on our trip to St. George. I just have one more paragraph to write and then I'll be done with my first short story ever...My friend Sarah Barlow has been inspiring me to write. She is into poetry and writing novels. I love telling stories to my kids and have made up an entire series of stories that I tell to them on special occasions(meaning mommy's not too tired or creatively drained that day ) In these stories there are some little kids that have stumbled on a special golden ball that can take them anywhere in the world...or anywhere they can imagine(my kids get to decide sometimes where we go and we've been to appliance world, paper world...you get the idea). Once they are in this place they have to find a forest and sing a special song to see if any of the trees are talking trees. (we used to walk past a tree every day and I would pretend it could talk for my kids). If they find a talking tree then they get to hear a story. The little girl writes them down and the little boy illustrates them. They take the stories home and share them with the children of the world.

It's been a great way to teach my kids about creative thinking, geography, history..mostly I just make up crazy stories though to make them laugh..or make me laugh..it's fun.