Tomorrow is Patriot's Day, and the running of the Boston Marathon!! My dear friend, IronMo, qualified yet again!! and will be taking the long bus ride to Hopkinton in the morning. It remains to be seen if she'll actually finish due to injuries, but I am sending many positive thoughts her way! Go Mo!
And since I don't have much else to report, I thought it was time for another "search string" post. The following are some of the most interesting search strings that led users to my blog. My comments are in parentheses:
-many variations of "running a marathon while breastfeeding" (which makes me laugh a little, thinking about actually nursing while running - I could never even master nursing while walking with the baby in a sling. I know that's not what they meant, but still, I can't shake the visual.)
-charlottesville 19 miler (must be a secret race I've never heard of)
-mama marathon (natch)
-older and fitter (yes I am!)
-breastfeeding friendly charlottesville (I guess it is, but I don't run with the lactivist crowd, so I'm not attuned to any injustices that may have been perpetrated recently)
-what to wear in 45 degree for a marathon (layers!)
-run like you stole something shirt (MUST HAVE THIS. Does it exist? I also want one of those "This IS my race pace" shirts that I keep seeing everywhere.)
-"running skirt" pee or peeing or urination or urinating (I wonder if this was a practical query or a pervy one)
Thanks, visitors! However you arrived, I'm happy to have an audience.
2 comments:
I came here via a "training for a half marathon and breastfeeding" search! It looks like you did it, so maybe I can too :) I ran a full marathon before I became pregnant and am interested in doing a half (the full requires more TIME in training than I have right now).
Go for it! It can be done. I learned very quickly that hydration and rest are a very big deal when running and nursing. I definitely didn't train as hard as I could/should have, but in the end I made it through a marathon injury-free, and maintained my breastfeeding relationship with my son throughout. Get a CamelBak and get out there. :)
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