For an entire week now I've done absolutely nothing resembling exercise. Instead I've been felled by a combination of an appalling cold, intercontinental travel, and jetlag. On Tuesday I arrived in Boston after travelling for 24 hours starting on...Tuesday, so my Tuesday was 1.5 times the normal length. (Life hack for arid plane travel: if you wear one of those little face masks, it looks dorky, but you get your very own humidity and temperature-controlled pod for your nose and mouth. No more coughing fits, no more dry throat! The Japanese and Taiwanese are on to something.)
On Wednesday morning I even made it to a 'new and expectant mums' meetup group in our grad student housing community. ('When did you get here?' they asked. 'Last night,' I mumbled, and then was semi-conscious the rest of the day.) Actual thing someone said: cook a lot and freeze it before you deliver...or teach your husband to cook. I had to laugh; I think I'm already winning on that front. Not only does the husband cook, he has planned dinner for the week (it's my turn next week, and there will probably be curry).
Yesterday I hit the no-longer-dripping-but-now-merely-coughing-up-yellow-crap phase of the cold, and felt well enough to walk a grand total of 40 minutes - including 15 minutes to and from the gym. It's below freezing around here, so the outdoor walk was faster than the indoor one. Oh, and it took me till the end of my treadmill segment to figure out how fast 3.5 mph is in km per hour -- not fast, but it's what I needed.
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| Don't panic, US readers! This is in Celsius. |
I have 10 weeks to go and I'm not sure how much running there'll be for the rest of this pregnancy; until the temperature is consistently above freezing (ok, maybe quite a lot more above freezing), there might not be a whole lot more outdoor running. I need to acclimatise properly, and I am not running fast enough to get warm!
Today we're running a whole bunch of those moving-to-a-new-city-type errands, including getting a phone SIM card, some bank stuff, some transport stuff, and some visiting of potential childcare centres. I also want a Fitbit to see how many steps all this errand-running gets me...
Welcome to the US of A (and Fahrenheit and miles)!
ReplyDeleteEverything's bigger in America! (I had half a burrito for lunch.)
DeleteI think that 30 weeks pregnant is enough of an excuse to not run until after you've delivered. Just walking can be aerobic at that stage. Hope you acclimatise quickly.
ReplyDeleteI'm getting the hang of it!
DeleteWow, I definitely put you in the active pregnant woman category! I was only able to put in a few hikes and walks and that was it! Before you know it you will be sharing all your running mom experiences here :D Oh it makes a world of difference that your hubby can cook! You can nap while he cooks...provided baby is napping too haha. You know what, don't worry if you're not running just sleep as much while you still can! LOL! All the best and take care.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I don't feel like I need to be setting some kind of example for anyone else - it's really about what each of us is comfortable doing while pregnant, and what each person's unique health situation is.
DeleteOh and believe me, there has been A LOT of sleeping going on this past couple of weeks! :)
Yay! Welcome to our fine country! Hopefully it will warm up soon.
ReplyDeleteFunny that you had that issue with converting miles to km, because I was doing the opposite yesterday at the track. I had changed my Garmin to km so I could do 400 m intervals, but then I couldn't tell what the pace should be because I was thinking about minutes/mile, not per km. Oops!
Ha! But 400m intervals are easy - they're roughly a quarter-mile. It's 1Ks that screw with your head...
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