Compartment 14B
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Running and hoping. 2005-05-29 - 9:07 a.m. I ran the MDS Nordion 10K yesterday at the National Capital Race Weekend. I don�t know my finish time for sure � the results haven�t been posted online yet � but I do know it�s somewhere around the one hour, ten minute mark. While this is the first time (out of six) I�ve taken over an hour, it�s also the first time I�ve run it without any training, doctor�s orders. The only other time I�ve run this year is a practice 8K when I knew for sure I wasn�t pregnant a few weeks ago. I was pleasantly surprised then that I�d been able to run without walking for so long, given that I hadn�t practiced at all. Yesterday too, I didn�t slow down to a walk at any point. I did, however, get passed by the 70 minute pace bunny when I was almost exactly halfway and I spent the last 5 kilometers trying not to let him get a lead on me but watching in frustration as he pulled away by inches. That damn bunny might have beaten me but it�s the �chip� time that counts as far as I�m concerned and, even though the counter said roughly an hour and 12 minutes when I crossed the finish line (which would be my �gun� time), I know it took me over 2 minutes to get across the start line and the chip time measures start line to finish line. So, I figure I�m somewhere under an hour and ten for sure. My father, however, smoked me as usual. He was a shade under 55 minutes. I�m going to have to get our family trophy engraved in time for Father�s Day. When he�d dragged his heels until August to get it to me last year (see this old entry for an explanation as to why I �won� last year), I threatened to keep if for a full year and give it to him in August this year if he won. But in reality, I know how much this means to him and Father�s Day is the best, most logical time to make the presentation. Besides, I don�t want to be petty. Well I do, actually, but I�m resisting the temptation. You know what the fact I ran yesterday means though, right? I took the pregnancy test that morning and it was a negative result. A resounding positive and I would have been taking it a lot slower. Still, my basal body temperature remains up and as long as it does I still have hope for this cycle. I suspect I�ll waste a fair amount of money on tests because I won�t be able to wait long between them. I know I should give it at least few days and then test again � waiting a few days could only either give the hormones a chance to build up in my system so that I get a positive, or give my period a chance to get here. If I am pregnant this month, waiting a few days to find out won�t make me any less pregnant, after all. In reality, I�m planning on buying a few tests today and I suspect I�ll be going through them almost daily for the next little while. I simply cannot stand the SUSPENSE!!! Anyhoo, I have a couple of friends running the marathon and it started at 7am today so I�m heading over soon to see them finish. I�ll let you know how my first day on my newest job goes as soon as I get a chance this week.
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