17th August 2011
According to a recent scan, I am 10 weeks + 3 days pregnant. Although my first trimester isn’t over I’ve been looking forward to the 2nd trimester (the so-called ‘honeymoon of pregnancy’) for some time. I guess that’s the same for most women – the first trimester can be an anxious time, and unpleasant pregnancy symptoms seem to reach a peak between weeks 6 and 10.
Although I’ve continued to run, it hasn’t been easy. All my runs seem hard – no matter how easy I try to make them. I get particularly breathless going up anything that remotely resembles a hill and my legs feel that they have been borrowed from somebody else. My (very) sore chest is a huge (literally) inconvenience when it comes to running, and despite the scales telling me otherwise, I feel much heavier than normal. Getting out for a run hasn’t been easy either. To say I’m exhausted is an understatement, so it’s very tempting to put my feet up after work and do nothing. So far, that hasn’t happened, but I have substituted my long run with a long bike ride. My weekly mileage has dropped from 45 miles to about 30 (in a good week), and my easy paced runs (i.e. all of them) are 7.45 – 8 min mile pace, (although I’ve stopped wearing a watch to take the pressure off!) I did manage a sub 34 min 5 miles at 7 weeks, but that was all downhill. Actually, it’s been quite literally downhill since then.
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