Every once in awhile a story comes along that makes me marvel at a particular woman's awesomeness.
A woman just ran a marathon 39 weeks pregnant.
I was relegated to bedrest by my doctor for both of my pregnancies, so I didn't run much while pregnant. But even if I had been cleared to run, I was one of those women who vomited constantly. I can't even fathom this feat. All of that baby in there and she ran for 6 hours?! Wow. That's a whole level of tough I will never, ever reach. In fact, I didn't really love running while nursing, and never ran over a 5K while I was.
Anyway, this is impressive. But so many women are. Women for hundreds of years have been doing some seriously hard work while pregnant, then returning to it immediately after delivering a baby. Women run around sleep-deprived and sore, taking care of the kids and the household and apparently running long distances as well.
There are days I feel exhausted. I don't at all feel like tackling the chores ahead of me. But we women are capable of amazing things. I spent the weekend with 3 dear friends and as I listened to them talk about what they were up to these days, I was so proud of them. They are up to some pretty great stuff.
And so are you. I'm sure of it. Even if you aren't one of the few elite runners who runs a marathon and then delivers a baby (remember this trick, all of you who look for ways to get labor going at 42 weeks - wink, wink - I don't want to be officially held responsible for your torn groin muscles or heart failure...), you are probably doing some impressive stuff.
If Amber can deliver a baby after running a marathon, I can at least clean my wood floors when I come home from work, right?
Brian read me that story. Honestly, not being a runner, I can't imagine why anyone would ever want to run a marathon EVER (you, C, thousands of others) let alone engorged with human life. :) But when he read it, I thought of you and wondered if you had seen it. :)
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