Time to say goodbye...to distance running that is.

My apologies for the lack of posts, but nothing really exciting happened last weekend.

Normally when you finish a marathon or half marathon you receive a lovely finisher's medal, but for Nike, we received a cute little necklace from Tiffany's served to us by fireman dressed in tuxes.

So yesterday was the last of races that I will be doing until baby comes out. It will also be the last time I do any sort of distance running. I most likely would not have gone through with the Nike Women's Marathon because the long distance can be pretty taxing on my body, but I knew that it was for a good cause.

I was going to do a run/walk interval again and it was working out really well for 2 miles until I started to feel sharp pains near my uterus. After that, I decided to walk for the entire race. This task was not easy at all. Not only is the distance and hills exhausting, but my joints were all in so much pain. Everything hurt at mile 3 and continued to well...today (I am still limping around) I thought I was really good at hiding the pain, but I guess not because it seemed that everyone we came across asked if I was doing ok and if I needed anything like ice or food. The way they all looked at me was priceless because they had a worried look as if I was about to pass out. :(


The course was beautiful, despite the hills, wind, cold and rain. I wore my Baby on Board sign as usual and got a lot of praise for being out there. I heard the usual "Go Momma" and "Congratulations" and "How adorable, God Bless You", but my favorite line was "Girl, you better be taking care of yourself ok?"

I did see a few other pregnant folks out there, one was as thin as a rail and had the energy that I used to....that's because she was only 2 months along. Yup, I remember when I was only 2 months along and passing people left and right at the 10k....funny what 6 more weeks can do to you.

I am grateful for so many Team in Training folks out there on the side lines encouraging and cheering us on. I am so grateful for my friend Hillary who walked the entire race with me because when you're in good company, you can accomplish anything.  And I am so grateful for the bountiful porta potties at the numerous stops. No seriously, I am because I had to use them a total of 6 times during the race....thank you again pregnancy for this wonderful ability. I used to be able to do full marathons with only using the rest rooms once.

Let me introduce you to Bob.

So the Bob Revolution, which is a very nice jogging stroller, is the first baby product that we purchased. Yes, even though I will be cutting back my mileage doesn't mean that I am giving up on running altogether. Once this baby comes out, I will be ready to start marathon training again.