Yesterday's long run was 9 miles, and it blew a$$. A warm front had come in, causing 7 a.m to be 87 degrees with high humidity and dew point. I walked a lot of what was supposed to be a run, my legs felt like led due to making the mistake of putting my legs through some strength training Wednesday morning - Team 13 picked a route where the parking lot had NO restrooms, and no restrooms along the route at all, so I ran 3 miles with a full bladder and bowels until Jamie and I went .30 miles off the route to a gas station. The run was miserable, I walked a lot of it with fear of miscarrying and if it wasn't for Jamie staying with me, I probably would have quite half way and went home.
All this made me begin to question on whether or not I should keep training for the Half in October, since I am only 5 weeks away from it but it just seems like these long runs are getting more difficult. I had discussed this with my husband and he helped me overcome some of my fears, stating how amazed he is that I am still doing this and how much he wants me to do the Half, because quite a few women who find out they are pregnant immediately stop their running, even ones that have been running for years. So after talking and thinking, I will take things slowly and I definitely won't expect to run all of the Half. But I am going to go through with it, I just hope this heat wave is over d*mn it.
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