post-run

I finished the yesterday's 10K in just under an hour, which puts my race pace at pretty much a 10-minute mile!

During the entire race, I tried to make sure my heart rate stayed under 170 bpm and tried to remain mindful of being too stressed or feeling too strained. At points, Christina was ahead of me and I didn't try to catch up. Anyway, I wouldn't have been able to even if I had tried (that girl can run!)...!

Today, I'm relieved that there is no spotting -- I think I would have worried that the run had an adverse effect if I did spot.

I'm also noticing today (and yesterday) that my jeans are already snug in the belly. Is it water retention? Is it more blood flow? Am I further along than we thought (though I keep replaying this possibility and don't see the logic of it given the timing of my LMP)??

Tom and I read the entry in the Pregnancy Journal for Day 45 and discovered that today little zyggy has nipples! Oh, my! What a weird think to develop now, huh? Also, 2 little zyggies can apparently fit inside a 2-liter bottle cap.

Anyway, I walked to work today -- am realizing that it seems to be taking quite a bit of energy to walk these days -- and picked up a vegan Peach Pleasure Jamba Juice before heading in to work. I got it with a femme boost. I thought this would be a good idea until I read the nutrional panel for the boost.

The femme boost provides 100% USRDA for iron. I'm hoping that this iron, coupled with the iron from the pre-natal vitamin, doesn't constitute "too much." Jamba Juice's site has a warning that says accidental overdoses of iron is "the leading cause of fatal poisoning" in children under 6. I don't know yet how this affects babies....