Four days until I run my half-marathon. I will be 23 weeks and 6 days pregnant. How did I get to be nearly 6 months pregnant already? How did it become time to run this half-marathon I’ve been talking about forever? Both my December 27th due date and the 13.1 mile marker are creeping upContinue reading “Confessions of a Pregnant Runner”
Category Archives: A little bit of me
It’s Race Week…
In 6 days, I’ll be running a half-marathon PREGNANT! Am I excited? You bet! After missing out on the full marathon in March and getting pregnant in April, I thought I would miss out on racing in 2011 (with the exception of the Virginia is for Lovers 14k in February). I was able to startContinue reading “It’s Race Week…”
Lucky to be back to normal
Fortunately for us, we made it through Hurricane Irene with only a few bumps and bruises. We lost power for about 12 hours. A large tree branch fell on my car and smashed my windshield. We have a days worth of clean-up around our house. Nothing happened that can’t be fixed, replaced, or neatly stackedContinue reading “Lucky to be back to normal”
Preparing for the storm…
After our fun little earthquake on Tuesday, I’ve decided that we should probably prepare for the big hurricane that is headed our way. The forecast is looking worse as the day progresses. Right now it’s tracked to follow the “worst case scenario” route straight into Virginia Beach. Growing up on the east coast, in a beach town,Continue reading “Preparing for the storm…”
Embraced
I feel like the universe gave me one big gigantic bear hug today. Not a bad feeling to carry around with me all day long. A few weeks ago, one of my new coworkers approached me about the necklace I was wearing – my mala beads. My new coworker moved here from Indian, and heContinue reading “Embraced”
Kristy Maute 