Stroller miles...

In preparation for this weekend's half marathon, Kenji and I did a couple of long runs in the stroller. The terrain out by our house is flat, so it was not too hard to get in some distance. We did 6 miles one week and 8 the next. Never made it to 10, but that's ok. Now I may possibly be taking him to the race with me! They allow strollers and the course limit is 3.5 hours. I'm very confident that we will come in around or under 3, even though we have not done that distance. :)

I had a pretty good lunch run of 4.34 miles yesterday, averaging around 10:30/mile. I think if I am able to run the half without the stroller I should be able to come in between 2:30-2:45. I'm kind of looking forward to a stroller half, though. I love being out on a run with my little guy...

5k in the books!

Kenji and I successfully completed our first official post-partum 5k! I'm really bad about blogging, but here is our race recap:



I woke up bright and early at 5 or so. I figured that I would need the extra time to get Kenji and myself ready, but didn't think that it would take us too long to get to Dodger Stadium. Boy was I wrong! Getting to Dodger Stadium for an event (like a game) is pretty bad anyway, so I should have anticipated the traffic, but it was horrible! Parking was even worse. The 5k started at 8, and we were still trying to park at 8! Luckily, the start was delayed, so we did not miss the start.





There were a lot of strollers out on the course! Some were joggers, some were regular strollers. We started off and passed a lot of walkers, then came to our first decline. We were keeping a pretty good pace but then...the hills! Dodger Stadium is on a hill, so the surrounding Elysian park roads go up and down. I was not prepared for those steep inclines!



Kenji and I had not really trained for hills, so I was struggling. There was one water stop at around the halfway point. I was glad I had brought a bottle of water. When we hit the final incline, I was more than ready to be done. The remaining .1 mile was all downhill, so we were able to finish strong. I got our medal and then some water/banana/fruit.



We went to the expo afterwards, where I got some Healthy Handles www.healthyhandles.com put on the stroller. I also signed up for the Inaugural LA Rock n Roll half marathon in October!

All in all, it was a great morning out with Kenji!

Infant Seat Adapter

I finally uploaded the photos of the infant seat adapter for my Baby Jogger!

It was really easy to install once I figured out the instructions (they were light on details and the photos weren't very clear). I had read a review that said to drill holes in the stroller frame (?). Not so! All I needed was a wrench and screwdriver...







We are ready for the 5k!

Ready for our first post-baby 5k!

I finally signed up for next weekend's NPN 5k at the LA Marathon last night! Online registration ends today, so I figured I should do it. I'm really excited for this! I know that I won't be fast, but I'm really looking forward to taking Kenji on his first race. They allow strollers! It's a run/walk, and they want the strollers to start in the back. My only concern is being stuck behind the REALLY slow walkers. I bet the first mile will be just navigating through the walkers! I hope to wog the 3.1 miles, but if we are really slow the first mile getting through the pack, I might have to pick up the pace! We shall see! The race ends at the expo, so hopefully there will be some good vendors there to check out. I am also hoping to sign up for the OC 1/2 marathon at that time (will do that one sans Kenji, even though they allow strollers too!).

3 months today!

Kenji is 3 months old today! I am happy to report that he is a happy, healthy little guy. As for me, well, I'm about 5 lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight, and 9 lbs from my running weight. All my clothes and regular-size running skirts fit again. It has all fallen off without much effort from me, which is great! In fact, if I did not love McDonald's and sweets so much, I would probably be back at that weight. I attribute it all to breastfeeding. That and being in relatively decent shape during the pregnancy. I really think all that running helped! Sad to say, I've only been out wogging 3 times since Kenji arrived...all in one week and with Kenji in his stroller. It was great! I wog faster not pregnant and pushing a stroller than I did pregnant. I've ordered an infant seat adapter from Baby Jogger for my jogger so we can go out for longer wogs on the weekends. As I am now back at work, this will be our only opportunity. I do think that I will start running during lunch again, though. I need to sign up for a race to motivate me out there. I am thinking something in May will be good...a half marathon perhaps...

Welcome Kenji!

On October 19, at 8:48am, Kenji made his debut! My water had broken at around 7:55pm on October 18...13 hours of labor later (which included 1.5 hrs of pushing), out he came! He was beautiful, 8 lbs 1 oz and 21 inches long. We are so happy and loving life as parents!

Due today!

My due date is here! Unfortunately, this kid doesn't seem to be too eager to come out. I am not having any contractions, and feel fine, just like I have been for the last few weeks. It is very frustrating! I went out for a walk this morning with my mom and my dog, which was interesting (since we never walk the dog). It was a nice sunny morning...you'd never have known that I should be pushing this kid out today!