My first race while pregnant with baby #2!
I announced my pregnancy at this race to most of my friends and made it public on social media. It was a fun way to do it, but it was a hard secret to keep for 10 weeks! Thanks to Sarah Marie Design Studio for the fun shirt!
I had very little expectations going into this race. My purpose for this race was to announce the pregnancy and push the pace a little and see what my 14 week pregnant body could do. My easy runs at a 9:00+ pace left me breathless, so I just wanted to get out there, enjoy the race atmosphere and maybe run below a 7 minute/mile pace, which I did!
My splits were actually pretty consistent, and I surprisingly had negative splits–too bad I can’t do that when I’m not pregnant.
Mile 1 – 6:45
Mile 2 – 6:42
Mile 3 – 6:37
My Garmin watch had me at 21:03 (which was the same as my chip time), but I guess I didn’t run the tangents well enough, so ended up running 3.16 miles, which gave me an average pace of 6:39 for that distance.
I felt decent during the race–still very out of breath, but I knew it was only a 5K, so I figured I could hang on for 3 miles. I passed a few women towards the end of the race, which is always a bit of a confidence boost.
Craig signed me up for the race and added a nice nickname of “the Snail” to my registration page. Ha! I was happy to place 14th for the women and 3rd in my age group in what is always quite a competitive field.
I’m hoping to be able to do a handful more races this summer, but I also know that there’s a lot that’s out of my control during this time of my life, so I just have to take it week by week and day by day.
