6.13.2009

Strong and Fast

No, it's not my last track workout, it's a heartbeat. And it's not my heartbeat, although mine is strong...

It's my baby's heartbeat.

Now the cat's out of the bag (or house and I know how hard it is to catch a cat that doesn't want to be caught.) Some of my faithful (unless you've given up on me) readers already knew.

So here's the real reason behind my 2:49:31 La Jolla finish. And my gallbladder attack, although that was probably going to happen sooner or later. And my 3 hour Laguna Hills 1/2, but I didn't really train for that one. I think the longest run I had after my gallbladder incident (leading up to the 3 hour race) was 5 miles.

I'm not completely blaming the bean for being slow. But (s)he is a great scapegoat. You'll all meet bean at the end of the year, or the beginning of next year. It was poor planning, getting preggers during the season, but it is Cali and there are races year round, so the complaining is over, for now.

So there will be less running, (more because of my tweaked knee earned during the 3 hour 1/2, then the pregnancy), and no bike riding (due to a mandate by my coach) but more swimming.

Maybe the first thing this bean will give me, other than a trip to the ER and a want to remove my gallbladder, is an appreciation for swimming.

5 comments:

Glenn Jones said...

CONGRATULATIONS! That is great news! Don't be a hermit and let us knwo how things are going!

Aka Alice said...

Hooray! Congratulations!

You're right, there are races year round here.

I swam all the time when I was preggers...toward the end you will completely appreciate that feeling of weighlessness.

Like Glenn said, keep us posted.

(And good seeing you at IronGirl...I guess AFC is out of the question huh?)

Al's CL Reviews said...

Congrats!

Tammy said...

Congrats again, Yas. This is fantastic news for you... and all of the races will still be there next year.

Strong and fast = perfect. :)

Mistyfied said...

Congrats surf sistah.