Six Things Saturday

1. Last Saturday Rich and I drove to Savannah for the Race For Preservation 10K/5K, we were signed up for the 5K. It was chilly, and none of my pants/tights/long sleeved tops fit very well so I had to wear Rich's big fleece over my gear to hide the fact that my tights kept rolling down and my top kept riding up. Not the most comfortable thing to run in, but it worked. It was very poorly marked and actually ended up being 3.5 miles for the 5K. The mile markers I saw were 1, 2, 2, 5, 6, then the finish line, wtf? Rich had the Garmin, and according to him it was a grand total of 3.5 miles, so yeah...confusing. But it was the longest/furthest I had run in a couple months and it felt like a great, albeit painful, accomplishment. Afterwards I wasn't feeling Lucy move much so I convinced myself that I had deprived her of oxygen and harmed her, my rational mind knew this wasn't how things worked but the bigger non-rational part freaked out a little. In actuality, the 45 minutes of jogging probably just lulled her to sleep since of course my body's priority is to make sure she is fully oxygenated and letting me have what's leftover. That didn't stop me from poking and jiggling my belly the whole 2 hour drive back to Charleston trying to get her moving though. All is well and she's moving up a storm every day.

2. I've been looking at some races for post-baby and I think the plan is to start training for the Little Rock Marathon in the fall (to run it March 2011) and to run the Memphis Marathon's half marathon next December as a training run. I'm really looking forward to getting back out for some long runs. I miss the anticipation, planning, actual running, and feeling of accomplishment afterward that you just can't get with walks/short jogs/gym workouts. Just cross your fingers for me that Lucy likes her jogging stroller and is content to ride while I run!

3. I'm at work right now, and am working 7 days straight from yesterday through next Thursday. So not psyched about that.

4. While I like purple, it's not necessarily my favorite color (that would probably be blue) but I just noticed that I have a purple phone, purple purse and purple umbrella all with me. I look like Barney, and I think it's time for a new purse. Although I'm holding off because the diaper bag I got is really cute and looks purse-like so I'm thinking it'll do double duty as Lucy's bag and my purse. Moms, do you carry a diaper bag and purse or just one bag?

5. Next Saturday I'll be in Arkansas for our baby shower and I'm so excited to see some friends and family that I haven't seen in a long time. I'm going to try to find a cute dress to wear since I'm not loving anything I have right now. I need something that maximizes the baby belly and minimizes the butt/hips/backfat/armfat...wish me luck.

Have a great weekend, and good luck to all you peeps racing this weekend...get some PRs!