Hello & heartbreak.

Hello,
I’ve been snooping around this forum for a while and have enjoyed the conversations and encouragement and triumphs shared here. I’ve been building my base back for the past few months and have definitely reaped the rewards. I am 6’8” and about 250 lbs and seem to think I have a disadvantage in endurance events, but NO LONGER. I am determined that I will compete in a triathlon and compete strongly.
Anyways, I decided to join the form discussion after today’s run. My wife and I run about every morning around 5:30. There are a couple of friends who run with us at a tack near our house. It is a great thing for us to get up before the children and have something we can do with each other every day. Well, she is expecting (pregnant) again and is a little more than 6 months along now. She has set a goal to run a race near the end of June (quite a goal for a pregnant woman who two months ago was thrilled to run a mile non-stop). Well last night symptoms of pre-term labor set in. She has had this condition with our other children and has had to be on bed rest in keep things under control until she’s full term. She is so disappointed!! She still got up this morning in order to keep the routine and went to the track and did a mossy as we ran our laps. On the way home she broke down and had a little cry. She wants so bad to get that race in before she has to lay-in with her unavoidable pre-term labor and post pardon recovery. She hopes what she is feeling now will pass and she can keep a modified training schedule before the doctor sends her to bed. She is still hopeful she can make her race somehow; even a very late finish would be a huge victory. Gotta love the heart!
On a different note, I was able to do a +/-6 min. mile this morning. That is a BIG thing for me.

Tom
Kennesaw, GA