Let’s face it: at this point, the gestating is more exciting than whatever running I’m doing. So you’ll be getting weekly updates on how that’s going as well as whatever exercise I’m managing to get. New this week: the belly got serious. It was sort of showing before, but this week I felt like I could just about watch it get bigger. I’m guessing it’s because the baby finally popped more » Read more

Finally – a week with running. Sort of. Between back and home and having enough energy to do something more than sit on the couch all day, I was able to get out for a good couple runs…. or what I’m calling runs these days. Yeah, it’s slow. And I walk up anything that even resembles a hill, which in my neighborhood means I’m walking for about half of the more » Read more

As I mentioned last week, I spent the week on vacation. Most of it was on a cruise ship, and we returned to Rome yesterday for a couple of extra days before flying back to Seattle tomorrow. Was there running? Nope. Partially because our luggage wasn’t actually on our flight to Italy, and by the time we got it on Tuesday afternoon any motivation I might have had to work out more » Read more

Y’all I did one thing and one thing only this week: go to a prenatal yoga class. I tried to run a few times, I really did. Unfortunately, it seems that I have been blessed with a condition called symphysis pubis dysfunction, and running even a step or two just flat out hurt. So I didn’t do it. I put an order in for a maternity SI support belt, which more » Read more

This has been a big, big week. Not only did I graduate from my physical therapy school program today (YAY!), but my husband and I also let some big news out into the wild: We’re having a baby in November. This is basically why my running has gone down to zero lately. For the first couple of months, I was so exhausted that all I did was sleep and work. more » Read more

Happy Mothers’ Day! While I still haven’t mastered running (or exercising at all) during the week, the good news is that this was the very. last. week of my very. last. internship. Now begins two months of relaxing and sleeping in studying for my licensing exam a the end of July. The good news is that I won’t have a daily work schedule to get in my way, so I more » Read more

Happy Cinco de Mayo! This year I celebrated not with margaritas and Coronas, but with (wait for it)… a run! You heard that right. Stacie, a fellow running blogger from Seattle, was kind enough to organize the Second Annual Miles & Margs meetup. A whole slew of my favorite Seattle-area running ladies met up in West Seattle, right next to the beach, and knocked out a few miles before celebrating more » Read more

Once again, my running added up to a big, fat goose egg this week. I am absolutely loving my internship as a school district PT, and working with the kids all day feels more like play than work, but it is wearing me out. Especially the 60 minute commute… each way. However, I’m starting to get the beginnings of my running mojo back. This weekend, I went down to Eugene more » Read more

Y’all, I really wish I had something to tell you. Anything. But I don’t. Between my internship and the commuting and the germs I keep picking up from all of the kids I’m working with, most of my days feel like an accomplishment when I can stay awake from the time I leave my house until I get home. Which means: another big fat zero week for me. Clearly I’m more » Read more

Just when I thought I was free of the preschool plague…. it came back! And in full force, too. Not satisfied to just clog my sinuses for a day or two, this one settled in my throat and kept me down for a day with a wicked sore throat and earache, in addition to the usual drippy nose. These kids. They’re adorable. They’re fun to work with. And they’re going to more » Read more