74 days to go and still running

Well, Tom and I successfully ran the SJ Merc 10K this past weekend. At a pace of 12:29, we barely broke a sweat and the baby remained relatively still! Of course, I still felt the bladder pressure at about mile 4, so we had to take a 5-ish minute break to wait for the porta potty. I never thought the sight of a porta potty would bring me such joy!

In any event, I've kinda decided that it's probably in the baby's best interest if I made this last 10K my last run until delivery day. I'll probably still train on the treadmill and maintain 2 or 3 mile runs there, but I'm unlikely to participate in any other events until after the baby is born and I've recovered.

Of course, I keep getting these flyers and emails about various past runs I've done and loved (the Nisene Marks half marathon, the Santa Cruz half marathon, in particular)...but I'm forsaking them this year for certain...!

As for pregnancy these days, the belly is definitely big and rotund and, at this point, even my maternity shirts don't close up over my tum tum...on cold days like today, the draft goes right up under the lip of my shirts!

Not too long ago, I started experiencing this sensation of having "bruised ribs" (how I described it to Tom...) and just 2 nights ago, he read in the Pregnancy Journal about how women can actually get bruised from the strength of the baby's kicks!

Well, who knows what really goes on in there...all I know is that my right side is a little sore there.

The baby's kicking is also more and more visible -- my belly wiggles and jiggles at some of the stronger kicks. Freaky.

Anyway, tomorrow is my last monthly doctor's appointment. From then on out, I see the doc every 2 weeks...