September 23- September 29
9/23 Sun - 3 miles Baby Shower!
9/10 Mon -3 miles
9/11 Tue - rest day
9/12 Wed - 3 miles
9/13 Thu -cross train
9/14 Fri -Scotiabank Marathon Expo
9/15 Sat -Scotiabank Maraton Expo

September 16 - September 8 (33 weeks)
9/16 Sun - Golf (2nd WeddingAnniversary!)
9/17 Mon -rest day
9/18 Tue - 3 miles
9/19 Wed - 3 miles
9/20 Thu -rest day
9/21 Fri - 3 miles jog/walk
9/22 Sat -cross train
Still running (slow jogging) about 3 miles or so at a time. I feel great & am counting down the days until the little guy makes his appearance. Golf game on Sunday was great - I find the extra weight seems to be helping me pack a bit more power into my driving! haha - the putting is a little tough though since I have to bend over pretty far at the waist to see the ball! I lost sight of my feet (and other parts) several weeks ago. It's all an adventure and I'm loving every minute of it!

September 9 - September 8 (32 weeks)
9/9 Sun - Golf
9/10 Mon -3 miles
9/11 Tue - 3 miles
9/12 Wed -2 miles + cross training
9/13 Thu -rest day
9/14 Fri -3 miles
9/15 Sat -4 miles

September 2 - September 8 (31 weeks)
9/2 Sun - rest day
9/3 Mon -cross train
9/4 Tue -4 miles
9/5 Wed -rest day
9/6 Thu - 3 miles
9/7 Fri - rest day
9/8 Sat - 3 miles

August 26-August 31 (30 weeks)
8/19 Sun - Quebec City Marathon - 10k
8/20 Mon -rest day
8/21 Tue - cross training
8/22 Wed -2 miles easy
8/23 Thu -rest day
8/24 Fri -cross train
8/25 Sat -










Me with Val (sister in law) post race. Val ran a great 1/2 for such a hilly course and warm day. Congrats on her 3rd place victory!

August 12-August 25 (29 weeks)
8/19 Sun - AFC Half 1/2 Marathon 4 miles
8/20 Mon -travel day
8/21 Tue - cross train
8/22 Wed -4 miles
8/23 Thu - Quebec City
8/24 Fri - Quebec City Marathon Expo
8/25 Sat - Quebec City Marathon Expo











Photo taken after jogging from the finish & meeting Christy at the bottom of the hill about 1.5 miles out. The heat didn't help getting up that neverending uphill finish, but Christy was still smiling at the finish!

Congrats to all the finishers of the AFC Half Marathon - Americas Finest City Half Marathon & 5k
A great course in a beautiful city!

August 12-August 1 (28 weeks)
8/12 Sun - Rest Day
8/13 Mon -Birthday Boot Camp
8/14 Tue -3 miles
8/15 Wed -boot camp
8/16 Thu -3 miles
8/17 Fri - rest day
8/18 Sat - rest day

August 5-August 11 (27 weeks)
8/5 Sun - Muskoka Rocks 10k
8/6 Mon -4.5 miles
8/7 Tue - San Diego 3 miles
8/8 Wed -boot camp
8/9 Thu -rest day
8/10 Fri -Sacramento
8/11 Sat -Susan B Anthony 5k 24:24

July 29-August 4 (26 weeks)
7/29 Sun - Beaches Jazz 10k
7/30 Mon -rest day
7/31 Tue -4 miles
8/ 1 Wed -cross train
8/ 2 Thu -4 miles
8/ 3 Fri - golf day
8/ 4 Sat -golf day
Cindy & Arma at the Toronto Beaches Jazz 10k

It was a very warm day! I stopped to take walk/water breaks at 2k, 5k and 8k, and doused myself with water to help keep cool. Finishing time, just under one hour.

July 22-July 27 (25 weeks)
7/22 Sun - Rest Day
7/23 Mon - 4 miles easy
7/24 Tue - Golf Tournament
7/25 Wed - cross train
7/26 Thu - 3 miles
7/27 Fri - 5 miles
7/28 Sat - rest
7/29 Sun - Beaches Jazz 10k







Cindy, Dina, Mom-E & Carroll

July 15-July (24 weeks pregnant)
7/15 Sun - 7.5 miles
7/16 Mon - Rest Day
7/17 Tue -
7/18 Wed - 3 mile trail run & cross training
7/19 Thu - Chicago
7/20 Fri - 5 miles & cross training
7/21 Sat - cross training

July 7-July 13 (23 weeks pregnant)
Total Mileage: 20.2
7/8 Sun -Calgary Marathon, Half Marathon & 10k - 10k 53:00 minutes
7/9 Mon - Rest Day
7/10 Tue - 3 miles easy
7/11 Wed -4 miles easy
7/12 Thu -Cross Train
7/13 Fri - 7 miles easy
7/14 Sat- Kincardine Womens Triathlon

July 1-July 7 (22 weeks pregnant)
7/1 Sun - HBC Run for Canada 10k Toronto
Race Baby's 3rd race!
53:57 one porta pottie stop, 2 walk breaks through water stops & 1 sprint at finish line to porta potty :o)
7/2 Mon - Rest Day
7/3 Tue - Golf Day!
7/4 Wed -3 miles easy
7/5 Thu - Travel to Calgary
7/6 Fri - Calgary Marathon Fitness Expo
7/7 Sat- Calgary Marathon Fitness Expo

Pregnancy Running & Workout Log

I've had a lot of questions about my training during pregnancy, so I thought I'd start a journal of my workouts to share with other fit mommies out there. I am hoping to continue running throughout my pregnancy!

June 24-June 30(21 weeks pregnant)
6/24 Sun - Cross Training (bicep curls, pushups, deadlifts, shoulder press, seated row, s quats with medicine ball, rotation arm on medicine ball pushups, bridges with reversing leg lifts)
6/25 Mon - Rest Day
6/26 Tue - 4 miles easy pace 9:30-10:00 min. miles (very hot)
6/27 Wed - 3 miles cross training (dips, pushups, lunges, standing squats)
6/28 Thu - 4 miles easy average pace 9:20
6/29 Fri - cross training - "Golf Day"
6/30 Sat-
7/1 Sun - Canada Day 10k race

June 17-23 (20 weeks) 28 MILES It's a Boy!
6/18 Monday - 3 miles easy
6/19 Tuesday - 5.5 miles avg pace 10:00
6/20Wednesday - 4 miles
6/21Thursday - 5.5 miles avg pace 9:52
6/22 Friday - boot camp run 3 miles with cross training stops
6/23 Saturday - 7 miles easy long run


June 10-16 (19 weeks) 19.12 MILES
6/10 boot camp x-train 2 miles
6/11 4 miles easy
6/12 rest day
6/13 3 miles easy
6/15 4.12 miles 9:15 pace
6/16 6 miles 9:45 pace

June 3-9 (18 weeks) 12.1 MILES
6/3 sun - rest day
6/4 mon - boot camp xtrain 2miles
6/5 tue - rest day
6/6 wed - boot camp xtrain
6/7 thu -4 miles 9:45 pace
6/9 sat - 6.1 miles 9:40 pace

San Diego Rock n Roll Expo

May 27-June 2 (17 weeks) 12 MILES
5/27 mon - 3 miles easy
5/28 tue - 3 miles 9:50 pace
5/31 thu - 6 miles 9:49 pace
6/1 rock and roll marathon weekend

May 20-26 (16 weeks)18.31 MILES
5/20 sun - 3 miles 10:00 pace
5/21 mon - 6 miles 9:59 pace
5/23 wed - 3 miles easy
5/26 tue - 6.31 miles 9:56 pace (Ottawa 10k)






May 13-19 (15 weeks) 11.6 MILES
5/13 sun - Mississauga marathon (watched)
5/16 wed - 3 miles 10:00 pace
5/18 fri - 4.1 miles 10:40 pace
5/19 sat - 4.5 miles 11:00 pace

Christy with the girls after her half marathon mothers day run! Special thanks to "Marathon Madison" and Avi for coining our latest slogans!

May 6-12 (14 weeks) 9 MILES

5/7 mon - 3 miles easy
5/9 wed - 3 miles avg pace 10:38
5/10 thu - 3 miles avg pace 10:40
(missisauga marathon weekend)






Cindy & Ed Whitlock at Sudbury Rocks Marathon & 10k

April 29-May 5 (13 weeks) 12.25 MILES
4/30 mon - 5.25 miles 9:27 pace
5/2 wed - 3 miles easy
5/5 sat - 4 miles easy
5/6 sudbury rocks marathon weekend





Me with the Spring into Action Physio 5k Race Winner!

April 22-28 (12 weeks) 12.1 MILES
4/16 3 miles easy walk/run
4/18 3 miles easy walk/run
4/20 3 miles easy
4/28 3.1 miles race






(First trimester I took off from running, did stationary bike, light weighlifting, walking, etc. 3x week).

Breaking the News about our little "bun in the oven" to all our Family on Jamie's birthday!

It's official.....we are pregnant! I was on the treadmill in Chicago this morning and noticed I was really huffing and puffing and hardly going fast at all. That was my first clue that we might have hit the target! A quick store test proved me correct - it was +++

Yippee!

CIBC Run for the Cure

Thanks to all the girls (and Jamie) on our RunningSkirts for the Cure team for their efforts & fundraising for this special event!

A chilly morning turned into a beautiful sunny day right before the start of the race. The run for the cure events were held in cities and local communities all over Canada.

It was great to see so many women and families out enjoying fitness and fun, all for a really great cause! Some of the girls on our team were running their very first race! It's always such a thrill to watch first timers cross the finish line.

Since we lived up to our fundraising promise, Jamie had to wear a pinkypink skirt for the event - it was hilarious!

Just finished setting into the office, checking email and what do I see? Lance Armstrong's NYC Marathon plan to run & finish within one hour of the race finisher, that would be at least 3:09:30 (Paul Tergat won last year in 2:09:30). Apparently he is running 6:30 minute miles, but hasn't run farther than 13 miles yet. If Lance runs this time as planned, he will be just a bit faster than men's qualifying times for the Boston Marathon 3:10 for 18-34 year olds.

Christy and I ran NYC last November. It was by far my most favorite marathon so far. The course was hilly and challenging, but the people in the five burroughs were amazing! I qualified into NYC again for 2006, but Christy got pregnant (she's almost 8 months now and won't be running any marathons in 2006) and the hubby didn't get in either (his 2nd lottery was denied). Since I have taken a break from marathons this year, the plan was defer my entry until 2007 where we would be able to run it together. Now, I am back on the fence....to run or not to run. It would be really cool to run the marathon - it would be even cooler to beat Lance Armstrong (not that I'm any shape to do that right now). Hmmm - still have a few more weeks before the cancellationg and deferral of entry deadline.

Scotiabank Toronto
Waterfront Marathon & Half

Ran the Toronto Waterfront half yesterday! This is my first official run since running with Christy in NYC last November. We got pretty luck with the weather since all forecasts were predicting high winds & thundershowers. The first half was against a brutal headwind, but at least the weather was cool and it didn't rain as expected. Andrew, Arma, Jamie and myself arrived to the marathon start just in time. We didn't have enough time to wriggle our way closer to the start and had to start way back in the pack of the start line. After the gun went off, it took almost 2 minutes to cross the start. I got separated from those two right away, but ran an easy pace as I headed down the course toward the waterfront (and headwinds). I wasn't feeling super strong and ate a goo at about 35 minutes and then picked it up from there. It was great course since it was mostly flat and it's an out and back which allows you to see the elite runners on their way back in.

I've run a lot of marathons, but I've never had the luxury of actually seeing the elite men in action on the course. They are usually finished with their celebratory gatorade/champagne, press conference, ice bath and nap by the time I cross the finish line! In the big marathons like boston & nyc that I've run, the men are separated from the women and then of course you are all corralled in order of your qualifying marathon time. Yesterday, as I was cruising down the lakeshore portion of the course - probably around 9-10k, the frontrunners were on their way back up the hill by the boulevard club. I got goosebumps as the frontrunners zoomed past me - it was definately a motivator to pick it up from there. I pretty much ran the course in negative splits and felt really great. I didn't p.r. by any means, but I think I ran one of my best races (pace wise) ever. I felt so good at the end I was literally sprinting to the finish line (my last 1/2 mile was 5:25 pace). I had my garmin on, one of my favorite running gadgets - second only to my new ipod. (My only grievance with the Garmin 305 is that it occasionally loses satellite coverage around skyscrapers and near the waterfront).

Here are my race splits (the 8 minute one I was running between skyscrapers and lost the signal:
7:00, 8:07, 7:05, 7:38, 7:26, 7:34, 7:33, 7:09, 7:06, 7:01, 7:00, 6:47, 6:10, 2:20
I finished in 1:36 (8 minutes off my PR last year, but better than I expected. I also ran with my ipod which helps unbelievably, I turned it on at about the 10k mark and listened to the tunes the whole way until I spotted my friend Val and ran & chatted with her for about a quarter mile or so.

Jamie did an awesome video - check it out. I wasn't expecting him to navigate to all the points in the course, but he continually suprised me by popping up, camera in hand. We laughed after the race since he ended up covering more terrain than the three of us as he was constantly running back and forth myself and arma and andrew, trying to capture footage and all of our finishes. If you listen carefully, you can hear him panting in the video as we are approaching the finish line when he said "good job" to me.

After we finished we saw another ambulance coming down the finish stretch - we said, "Oh, NO!, not another collapse I hope". (We were at the finish line of the Toronto Marathon last year waiting for the first full marathon finisher to come in, when the man from Oakville finished his half and collapsed - they were unable to revive him). The sight of the ambulance veering through the race crowds reminds you a bit of your own mortality and pushing ones physical limits in this sport. I found myself wondering if it was an elite runner or a new runner, someone maybe running their first long run, or maybe an elderly runner & hoped they'd be alright. (Read in the Toronto newspapers today, the man who collapsed was never revived). I feel terrible for his friends and family, but hope they can find a bit of comfort in knowing he was doing something he most likely loved!

We rushed back to the finish line so that we could catch the lead male runner coming in - he was on target for a course and Canadian record! He missed the record by less than 10 seconds, I wondered if he would have breaken it if they would have had a separate inside finish line stretch for him instead of having the half marathoners to veer around. Congrats to Daniel either way on an amazing time!

All in all it was a great half marathon! I'd definately run this one again. Arma and I are discussing our next runs...maybe the toronto marathon or half or maybe the Niagara Falls marathon. Of course we have the CIBC Race for the Cure this next weekend, where Jamie has promised to run in a pinkypink skirt if we raise $1,000! Hope to see you there! Or Click here to make a donation!