During the last pregnancy, I read a lot of articles about running while pregnant. There isn't much research out there on the topic, and the empirically based stuff (you know, the REAL research), while sparse, suggests that running while pregnant has all these cognitive, affective, and physical benefits for the mother and the fetus. I haven't really turned to the literature this time around, but I think I'll do a little scan to see if anything new has hit journals over the past 2 years. I love that Zoey has grown up with running as part of her life so far. She knows when we're going running. She asks to do it. While she definitely loses interest after about 30 minutes in her stroller, she is always excited to start the run. At the soccer fields yesterday, I taught her how to do a track start. I'm going to see if there are any blocks at the local track so I can teach her how to do a block start. She totally loves doing this and pretending to race. There was a kid's road race this morning that I was planning to do with her. We even dressed her in her little running shorts and shoes, but the kid's race was held at noon. Obviously, the race was not planned by a parent of toddlers - all of whom know that the noon to 3 pm block of time is precious lunch-nap time. So, rather than run the kid's race, we pulled out her kiddie pool and water table and played in the backyard for the morning. Brad and Zoey has daddy/daughter time while I ran the road race course a few hours before the race was held. Again, today, no belly belt and felt great.
Run: 4 miles
Stretch
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