Laps of the lake.....

I met Pete and Bernie this morning at the park for a plod. The rest had a 4 lap time trial and I was thankful to be able to cruise around. I went for a walk last night and surprisingly felt a bit stiff in the hips this morning. It was such a perfect morning and we finished with one lap of the lake as evryone whizzed by. The nausea from yesterday has settled thankfully. It seems to go away after I either run or walk....so I need to keep reminding myself to keep active. Once I clocked up my 5km I stopped and stood with Sean and yelled at Ray each time he ran past....quite fun!!

Botany Bolt....or crawl

I have decided to blog my experiences over the next 28 weeks on the road to becoming a mum. Initially I was not keen and then I thought it was a great way to record how I am feeling and what I have been up too. It might be incredibly boring for anyone poping in, but I am sure this will all feel like blur to me come December so it will be fun to look back on the whole thing.

Yesterday was the Botany Bolt.... a 4km cross country run put on by Randwick Botany Harriers. Ray and I headed out to support Sean. I have been running 5kms 4 times week over the past 8 weeks but I was feeling a little self concious about running in a timed event. Thankfully Bernie agreed to escort me and the little one around the course. Now I will admit to completely avoiding anything that resembles a hill over the last 8 weeks....well because I can :-) So the mountain in the middle of Mutch park was a bit of a shock! Once the gun went off Bernie and I were left at the back of the pack to do the Sweeping duties. We chatted the whole way....to make sure I did not over do it and the winning male came in just as we had done our first lap. On the second lap Cindy yelled out to smile as she took a photo.... great just what you want!! We finished in about 25 mins and it felt great!

Two more days until the end of the first trimester...yeah! One down...three to go! I am hanging out for the energy levels to return and I can say good bye to the exhaustion!

A new goal........

I thought I would dust off the old blog and drop by and give a bit of an update. The question every one keeps asking me is what is my next goal after 6ft? I managed to bask in 6ft recovery for a while, then claim a few niggles were holding me back well then I think it became plainly obvious. I have a goal picked out and have approximately 28 more weeks to get my self organised and ready to toe the line. Ray and I are pregnant and are due to extend our little family on about the 12th December 2007. So for obvious reasons have cut down on the running and have refocused on a new and exciting adventure. I have been running 4 or 5 days a week and am keepin my runs to no longer than 5kms. I am also running at snail pace....because I can :-) It is actually quite refreshing to just run for the feeling rather than times/paces/distances. I am planning to run while I feel comfortable and I will stop when my body gives me the nod. It has been a good time to explore other interests and spend some time supporting Ray as he has done for me for the past 4 years! So I am going to be support staff for the next little while.....but I will be back :-)

So there you go....questions answered! I will by no means bore you all by blogging for the next 28 weeks. Although with all the cazy hormones it may make for an interesting read :-) I do believe Ray can add "lion tamer" to his resume :-)

So see you all out on there....cheering for the next little while and then hopefully whizzing by with a pram.