After a long break from training, and therefore blogging, I’m back at it. Or at least I hope to be for awhile. With the first trimester come and gone, I had hoped I would miracuously have tons of energy again and feel amazing. That’s how it happened last pregnancy so I just assumed it would again. We all know what happens when we assume…
Juniper and I have just returned from a three week trip to the east coast for a Polartec meeting and multiple family events. I started to feel better during the beginning of the trip and even managed to run four days in a row. As things got busier, I realized how easily I became exhausted and had to slow down a bit. I managed runs every few days throughout the rest of the trip, even one along a nice beach, and was getting excited to get home and back on track.
Now that we are back in Colorado and on our regular schedule, I have been able to get back to ‘training’ – running and riding at a much mellower pace than normal. For me, exercising while pregnant is about getting the endorphins going, being outside and having fun. It is not about staying in race shape, training and tapering, or endurance. I’ve enjoyed a peaceful evening mountain bike through the neighborhood and a couple two hour road rides with Juniper in tow culminating at the playground. It is hard for me to take it easy and enjoy these things while I’m training so it is a welcome change while I’m pregnant. I’m sure by the time I have this second wild one, I’ll be ready to get out for some hard training and racing again, but until then I’m going to try my best to relax and have fun.
