A breath of fresh air

I went with my parents to the Y.  I ran about 2.5 miles on a treadmill and then spent 10 minutes on the eliptical machine.  Eight of those minutes I got to hang out with my mom.  She was on the machine next to me.  I lifted, too--shoulders and triceps.

This run was tough.  I stopped to walk off a bad side ache.  I felt very slow.

I had a blast.  My husband, Lars, and dad also participated in the race.  Lars was going to "run" the whole race with me.  After the first mile, I finally convinced him to take off.  (He was much happier running faster.)  I only know my first split--11:19.  I didn't want to run that slow, so I picked up the pace.  I did have another side ache during the first mile, but I "ran" through it.  I was very happy that I could run the whole race especially being so sick the week before.

That afternoon, I played basketball and soccer with the family.  (My brothers and their families were in town, too).  I over did it a bit.  Lars reminded me that we didn't want to have the baby that afternoon, so I sat down and took it easy the rest of the day and weekend.

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I'm signing off for a while.

My husband and I are pleased to announce that our family of 3 will become a family of 5 this spring. Our ultrasound yesterday (December 8th) revealed not one, but two healthy, identical twin boys.  I plan on continuing to exercise (water aerobics?), but this race was my last run for this pregnancy.  I hope to deliver the babies as close to their due date (April 12th) as possible.