Fast Running Mommy

ran 12min pace..yay...typing one handed again

Well..I did it..first time for 2 miles. I could have of course done it the day after I had the baby except that I'm no dummy and give my uterus plenty of time to heal. It felt sooo good. My legs were not sore. That is one part about running pregnant that I won't miss....no more feeling like my legs are going to fall apart every time I step on them. I think I maintained a good pace again today. Hard to say because I didn't take the Garmin but I know the feel of 20 minute pace versus 12 and it was on the 12 end again. I'm so grateful to be able to move again. I did feel a  bit tired but pushed through it. I'm sleepy now and may take a catnap before facing the rest of the day.

(for instance..i'm rocking William in the bouncy seat as I type and his brother accidently dropped a book on his face...luckily it was a paperback...sigh....) 

I need to vent here a little. My run went terribly. I was so tired. And then to make matters worse I was EXHAUSTED the rest of the day. I didn't have a chance to rest until the afternoon. sigh....

I really want to get back to running at least 12 min mile pace but I just can't yet. I tried to this week and it wore me out...back to 16 or slower until my muscles are ready. I think until I'm sleeping better my body just can't run very well. Oh well...I'm happy ..I've got my baby and my kids and life is good. 

I'm so tired. I just think I need to make it through these next couple of weeks and I'll be okay...I don't know. I'm kind of confused what to do now because I want to run so I can find that balance of health that I need but I don't know how far and how slow I need to go to get enough but not exhaust myself. I may have to try going back to a mile a day until I'm able to sleep more. I don't have time to take long naps so if I can't get the sleep at night than I'm pretty much just going to be tired.  It was easy when I was pregnant. When I was feeling tired I ran slower. When I was feeling really tired I started cutting down the miles slowly. Now working back up is much trickier. 

William had to nurse from 7 to 10 straight last night...When he sounded like he was going to wake up again around 11 I grabbed my blankies and headed to the guest room downstairs. Sasha promised to take care of things and get me when he was tired.

Well...this morning my 6 year old Julia tells me that William woke her up this morning (around 4) and she had to wake her Daddy up because he was sleeping through it.

Great...so much for my  husband baby monitor.

I felt okay on the run. Still going slow. I try to start out at about 12 minute mile pace and then slow down when I get tired. I picked the pace back up at the end and felt like I could keep going. That is a very important feeling because I do need to keep going when I get inside.

William is going to be blessed tomorrow. I'm so excited to put him in his overalls and little white shirt from Kelli and take pictures. Of course I'm also excited to welcome him into the world with a name and blessing from the holy priesthood that his Daddy holds.