Shamrock Half Marathon at 10 weeks

Yesterday I ran my sixth half marathon, but my first one pregnant. I was nervous about how it was going to go considering I hadn't trained as well as I would have liked. I basically only ran a few days a week for 6 or 7 miles at a time. For normal half marathon training I do a minimum of 3 runs a week. One run devoted to speed, one ~5 mile run, and than a distance run that increases 1 mile a week, until the last week when I run up to 11.

I've been sick since Thursday. Just with a cough, but it's kept me up a few nights and I was trying to stay as hydrated as possible and hoping this would help me get better.


It was nice to be in good enough shape to finish a half marathon 10 weeks pregnant, feel great at the finish and still have a halfway decent time. This was my first "race" running with my heart rate monitor, so I was very aware of my heart rate at all times. My average heart rate for the race was 155. I tried to keep it under 160 which wasn't too hard, except when my competitive nature kept coming back and trying to tell me to go faster. Luckily I was as good as I could be, and made sure to slow it down, stay hydrated and keep smiling. My cough didn't bother me too much during the race, but was pretty bad afterward.

I finished with an official time of 2:03:47, which was my 4th fastest time out of the 6, that sounds better than 3rd to worse. I was hoping to run under 2 hours but I had to take a bathroom break halfway through the race and it was much warmer than I was prepared for, so I didn't push it.

Still smiling!

After the race I felt good and was pretty hungry so I ate all the snacks they gave us, cookies, pretzels, a banana, granola bar and Irish Stew. By running the race you get 4 Yuengling beers, so Sean was excited to be able to have ALL of my beers.

I slept in the car ride home and got to bed early so I can hopefully get rid of this stupid cough.

No other changes with the pregnancy, other than what I've mentioned before. I'm still feeling pretty good, boobs may be getting bigger and I may be getting "thicker" in my middle. I think I may be peeing more too, but it's hard to tell since I pee so much as it is. I may just be drinking more water, and therefore having to use the bathroom more frequently.

On the way to the race packet pickup on Saturday I couldn't hold my bladder any longer and made Sean pull off so I could run into a hotel and use their bathroom. Sean jokes about me having to wear diapers on long road trips, but I may have to keep some in the car just in case.

Just another 2 1/2 weeks until the first ultrasound and than we can start telling family. I'm excited to share.