13.1 miles in 4:36:44 ...

29 weeks pregnant. I did it!

I may have exaggerated the bump here...

Once I stepped up to the start corral, I knew I was going to finish this thing. I'll write a longer (probably longer than many of you all want to read) race report later in the week. I just wanted to let all my peeps in blogland know that I did survive. I did finish. My mom hung in for the whole time, even bowing out at the end as they were checking for bibs at the finish line. My aunt did a 10K+, after thinking she wasn't going to get out of bed until long after the sun rose.

My Aunt, me and my Mom

(The clock time was 20 min faster than our actual start time.)

I didn't I registered the tux wearing firefighters (although maybe I should have studied them more closely and gotten a picture with one like my friend Louise). I didn't even take a look at my finisher's shirt until I got back to my parents house! (I got a marathon one instead of a 1/2 marathon one, I'm going to see if I can change.) I just wanted to get back to my mom, who didn't get any of the glory, not even a picture at the finish line.

We may have finished faster if we didn't stop to take so many pictures! I'll post more of those later, too.

28 weeks later

Profiles are not my favorite pictures, mostly because they spotlight my big ass. However I realize the impact of the belly would be lost in a full on frontal pic.

So far, so good. Still no real physical issues. I have had mental ones galore. Being a big girl once, my preggo weight is slowly creeping back up to my heaviest weight. That alone plays mind games. I know I'm going to lose a chunk of it when the bean is born. I know that more of it will come off as everything reduces back to "normal" size. And I'm going to breast feed for all I'm worth because A) I'm cheap and B) I heard it's a great calorie burner oh and it might be good for the bean. I'm still swimming and doing some (read very little) indoor cycling, but can't wait to get back to running.

Next Sunday I'm going to attempt to walk the Nike Women's Half Marathon. Wish me luck. I can't say my training was anything other than sporadic. I can't tell you that I'm confident I'm going to finish the whole race. I can tell you I'll figure out a way to get that damn necklace!

I'm Alive!

Yeah, I know. It's been almost a month since the last time I've posted anything.

Good news: Baby is doing fine. In fact, it's a male child. I should have known with all the melons I was craving...

Bad news: I stopped running again. The shortness of breath was getting to me and I was walking more than I was running.

I just got a new bathing suit, so I should be heading to the pool in the next few days. I did miss swimming. I know, check the date. Record it for posterity. I'm not sure that I ever thought I'd say that.

Well, have a great run/bike/swim everyone!