On Thanksgiving Day, Thing 2 was 15 weeks and 1 day and I ran the longest distance I’ve run since her birth. I took about a one year hiatus from running while I was pregnant with her, so I’ll have to admit that getting back into running has been tough. I’m older, I guess, and heavier, too!
It was definitely much easier getting back into running after having Thing 1(my first run back was when he was about 6 or 7 weeks old, but I was back to running a 9-minute mile after only 3 weeks and already logged a 10-mile run when he was only about 14 weeks old!)
In any event, I did a bit better than I’d expected. My training runs (about 3x a week) have been fairly short, none of them exceeding 4.5 miles, and I’ve felt like I’ve been running them pretty slowly.
As a result, I was surprised that I was at a constant 9:42 pace during the turkey trot–that’s a little faster than the 10-minute miles I thought I’ve been running. Of course, the course was pretty flat!
In any case, here are my stats:
Overall: 1747 out of 3237
606 out of 1558 women
74 out of 188 in my age group (F 40-44)
Age/Grade: 52.16%
Chip Time: 1:00:15
I felt great afterwards, so I’m hoping I’ll regain some of my lost speed and better endurance soon. I’m still planning on registering for the SC Half early in 2010.