News and articles from Running Training Plan
…….a serious challenge for the pelvic floor!
I’m 34 weeks pregnant now and can’t run for more than a mile without I need the loo! Sometimes I really do need to go, but often it’s a ‘false alarm’ and just an unpleasant sensation. It’s actually the biggest hindrance to my running these days I think. I don’t run fast enough to get out of breath,
20th January 2012 – 33 weeks pregnant
Well I’m still running…..in a fashion!! Somewhere around the 29 week mark, it was like somebody flicked a switch and running became REALLY hard. I really noticed it on a regular 10k run one Saturday afternoon. It wasn’t that I was getting breathless, and it wasn’t even that my bump was uncomfortable. It was my little old legs –
Actually – it suddenly got hard at 24 weeks! Running up any hint of a hill has been hard throughout my pregnancy, but at 23 weeks and 4 days I’m ashamed to say that I had to have ‘a breather’ 1/2 way up Ghyll Road – one of the many hills near my home. I’d normally take that one in my stride. I redeemed myself slightly when I had a reasonable run at Brighton 10k
Running during pregnancy isn’t everyone’s ‘cup of tea’! When I became pregnant for the first time, the question “Can I still run?” was one of the first questions I asked my GP. He knew that I ran regularly and told me that “of course” I could still run, providing I listened to my body and focused on maintaining fitness rather than getting fitter. I
4th November 2011
This week has been hard. After a week off work for half term, a week back at work tested my resolve. I’ve been denied my daily afternoon nap and running has been restricted to evenings which, due to daylight saving, are currently dark, damp, and miserable in the UK. It’s hard to drag myself outside for a run if I’m having to go solo, but much easier if I have
…….but not necessarily when running!
25th September 2011
Well, it’s been almost 3 weeks since the CVS test. We had the preliminary results in less than 48 hours. My heart stopped beating, I’m sure, when the phone finally rang at 4:30pm on 7th September. I’d been waiting for the call all day, but suddenly I didn’t want to take it. I could hardly breath as Alison,