Hi Ladies,
Are there any runners out there? I have completed quite a few half marathons and one full marathon. I do 10Ks and long runs regularly. The past year I've been hanging out around 5 or 6 miles. I got pregnant right after I registered for my most recent half marathon in August, I will be 4 months at that time. I have not been able to chat with my OB yet since I won't see her for another month and I've been on a training schedule since the mileage is low. If I haven't felt good I've just cut my run to a walk or skipped it. Anyone have experience trying to maintain a training schedule while newly pregnant? I'm not opposed to walk/running or if I really don't feel up to it I'm not opposed to bowing out but I'd love to hear form someone who maybe had a similar situation?
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I did but I had to really slow it down. My half was nothing like I had envisioned before finding out that I was pg but if I wanted to complete it, I knew I had to be smart about it and take care of my baby. I think you are fine to continue with your training program (as long as you are having a normal pregnancy) but you need to do what you have been doing and listen to your body and slow down when needed. I also think that it matters where you are in your training, like at the beginning or towards the end in mileage.
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Similar situation. I was supposed to run a half marathon in the beignning of May when I was a little over 20 weeks. I ended up not running it. The main reason was because I was so sick and tired during the first trimester just getting through the work day was tough for me so I had no energy to keep up my running. I basically took about 12 weeks off until around week 16 when I started feeling better. I am now 25 weeks and still running (its starting to become a run/walk because my bladder can't handle much more bouncing) but I never got my mileage back up to be able to run a half marathon while pregnant. I have run a few 5ks at a jogging pace once I started running again. With that said, if I hadn't felt bad during the first trimester and had the energy to keep up my running, I would have run the half marathon. I am an avid runner and before having to take about 12 weeks off from exhaustion, I was running around 30 miles/week. Hope that helps!!