More Baby News

I hate keeping secrets. And I'm bad at it, too.

Pharmie found out she was pregnant the day after running the Twin Cities Marathon the first weekend of October!!

Me running the TC 10 Mile


Pharmie finishing her TWELFTH marathon!

It was the next morning that she peed on a stick and it came back with a PLUS on it. We knew she COULD be pregnant before the race, so she took it a little easy in the marathon. (That photo of her was taken at mile 25.5, and she doesn't look like she's hurting too bad.)

We carved Jack-o-lanterns to celebrate. We carved 2 "regular" jack-o-lanterns," one Frankenstein, and one "plus" sign:

And all of these photos are ones that you've seen here where Pharmie's been pregnant and you didn't know it:

She didn't run at the "beer mile," but she helped with results


Running trails in early November


Trail running


Spinning: Matt and I working, and Pharmie taking it easier


Running at the Dome


Finishing the Polar Dash 10K a month ago


Snowshoeing 2 weeks ago


And finally, running the Securian Run 10K last weekend!

Pharmie's been holding me back - I've wanted to announce it for weeks!!

Eight random baby notes:

- Because we found out about the baby the day after she ran the Twin Cities Marathon, we've nick-named the baby "Miles" right now.

- Pharmie had her "big" ultrasound about 3 weeks ago, and baby seems to be normal and healthy! Pharmie and I had to look away when they were looking at the baby's legs because we don't want to find out the sex. (And if it's a boy - MY boy - his penis will be hard to miss!)

- In true "blogger" form, the first person who I told about the upcoming baby was blogger buddy Mrs. R. We bumped into each other on a run a few weeks after the TC 10 Mile, and we ran together for a few miles. She was the first person I got to tell by myself, and we had a nice chat along the river.

- Yes, baby will change this blog. "Steve in a Speedo" will not become ALL about baby, but it may be more about "training and parenthood." Who knows. I'll probably be blogging a little less frequently when baby comes, but we'll just go with the flow...

- Pharmie has mentioned that she will blog about training, racing, and/or working out while pregnant. (And people have commented on her blog about that and have tweeted me about that too.) I'll make sure to link to her blog whenever she posts something.

- I noted just after New Years Day that I think I'll be doing more running this year while letting multisport "slide" a little. That's mainly because running takes less time, and we can get a treadmill for our basement. When there's a baby in the house, it'll be hard to get out for a 3 hour ride, but a 45 minute run might be more doable. So I might as well focus more on running. That makes sense, right?

- I think Liberty Triathlon will be my "A-Race" triathlon for the year. But it happens to fall on Pharmie's due date. I've already made it SUPER clear to Pharmie that if there's no baby by Liberty, I will leave in T1 or T2 if baby is on his/her way!! (But Pharmie's already hoping to go a few weeks early...) After that, it will just be fitting in random races when it works.

- Note to self: pick up a pack of "Bounty" paper towels. On their TV commercials, whenever a dumbass Dad and his nincompoop child are doing something stupid like playing catch with salsa in the kitchen, the Mom just smiles, shrugs her shoulders, and grabs a sheet of Bounty when things go wrong. The way I see it, Bounty paper towels will practically raise my child and keep our marriage healthy. So I'm off to get some right now...