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Day 285 | I’ve Run 250 Miles!
Wow, I looked at my site today and realized that I crossed the 250 mile mark. As of yesterday’s run, I have run 252 miles so far this year. I’ve never hit that running milestone before, nor did I ever think I would. That is farther than the distance from Boston to New York. Or…
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Day 284 | Running, Skating, and Calling My Doctor
I had decided after the relay last week that I would take a week off from running. I had been going full speed for the last few months both in my personal and professional lives and I thought a break would do me some good. However, I couldn’t wait to get back to running. This…
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Day 276 | Maine Marathon Relay
So I did get talked into running a leg of the Maine Marathon today. I didn’t want to run today because I was in a wedding yesterday. It was quite the party. There was lots of eating, drinking and dancing involved. I only thought about having to run today once or twice and quickly dismissed…
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Day 267 | Hormone Count, Running and Public Humiliation
It’s been a hella day. Around mid-day I got a call from my doctor. When he calls me instead of the nurse, I can assume it’s not good news. I had my blood tested again two days ago, and the results came back. My HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) hormone went up again. It’s not at…
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Day 261 | Achieving the Goal
Today was the day. The half-marathon. I set this goal at the beginning of the year. I had no idea when I set that goal that I was going to have any other obstacles in my way other than have to train my body to be able to run 13.1 miles. What I didn’t expect…
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Day 253 | Practice Half Marathon
This week I went back for a blood test on Wednesday to see where my HCG levels were at. I had had the previous blood test 2 days before I miscarried. My doctor called and said they went up, but not by much. They were at 1750 before, and now they were at 1800. If…
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Day 246 | 12 Mile Melancholy
This has been a tough week. My husband and I went back to my doctor on Wednesday. My doctor was able to remove the IUD now that he knew where it was based on the ultrasound. He said the odds of miscarrying after removing the IUD were high, but it wasn’t an option to leave…
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Day 242 | Running and Fertility
I have been feeling a bit weird for the last couple of weeks. I have been running really slow on my long runs. I have had some pain where my leg meets my pelvis, which reminded me of round ligament pain from pregnancy. And on Thursday of last week I had a crazy head ache…
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Day 239 | Hilly 11 Miler
Today’s run was beautiful but definitely had the most hills I have ever run to date. I went by some water and some farm land. It was a good mix. I’m still running really slowly though. It took me 2 hours and 41 minutes to run 11 miles. I stopped at a campground along the…