Family friend did a similar thing. She was running the whole pregnancy, actually did a 50 miler at 6 weeks before she realized she was pregnant. She really took to being pregnant, in the sense of pretty much no side effects other than the obvious. She did not give birth until 2 days after the marathon. But she beat my dad's time, which he found amusing , if unencouraging.
You're wrong about River. River's not on the ship. They didn't want her here, but she couldn't make herself leave. So she melted... Melted away. They didn't know she could do that, but she did.
River ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Oct 10, 2011 5:29:46 pm PDT #1183 of 30001
shrift - Oct 10, 2011 5:29:55 pm PDT #1184 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
9 months is a lie!
lisah - Oct 10, 2011 5:33:59 pm PDT #1185 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
I should also add that when I went through security in London on the way back to the U.S., they didn't make me take off my shoes.
Yeah, not in Ireland this summer either.
It still seems fairly nuts to do to a body that's already got a lot going on, though.
She did supposedly check with her doctor and she ran intervals. And probably had trained a bunch for it.
My best friend did 140 miles on a bike 6 weeks after giving birth to her twins by cesarean, though, so possibly I have unreasonable ideas about what can or should be done close to or shortly after having a kid.
sarameg - Oct 10, 2011 5:37:03 pm PDT #1186 of 30001
I defer to trusting the knocked-up athlete to know her limits.
lisah - Oct 10, 2011 5:37:06 pm PDT #1187 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
In unrelated news, I was at the wedding of friends this weekend and the bride is a sign language interpreter so there was lots of awesome sign language interactions happening. Including a 10-week old staring intently and smiling at one of his moms talking to him with her hands. And I learned how to sign "dumbass" and "vaginally-aged!"
bon bon - Oct 10, 2011 5:38:53 pm PDT #1188 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
It still seems fairly nuts to do to a body that's already got a lot going on, though.
I was going to protest this, but at the same time, I puked a lot after yesterday's race and my tummy still hurts. I laugh at myself. But if she's run a bunch of marathons she's probably much less delicate than me.
brenda m - Oct 10, 2011 5:43:32 pm PDT #1189 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
"vaginally-aged!"
What does that even mean? Or do I want to know?
le nubian - Oct 10, 2011 5:45:07 pm PDT #1190 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
brenda,
un-ring that bell!
smonster - Oct 10, 2011 5:46:34 pm PDT #1191 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Can't remember which is the font thread, and apologies if it's been posted before: the Kill Comic Sans game - [link]
lisah - Oct 10, 2011 5:51:56 pm PDT #1192 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
What does that even mean? Or do I want to know?
Well, it's kind of a long story but, basically, it's a...um...pretend business venture? Based on my friend's one-day experience in the Baltimore city lockup this past spring. The "2nd worst" thing that happened was that she saw one of her cellmates squat and remove some cigarettes (and matches!) from her vagina. So she could smoke them (and trade one for $5). In the retelling of this story, the idea that there must be a market out there for things that are "vaginally-aged" has arisen. There's a fetish for everything, right? (I don't actually want to know!)
(The absolute worst thing that happened was that they called her mom! Although she is over 40, does not live with her parents, and someone-me-had already paid her bail! She'd gotten picked up for a traffic thing, she'd hurt nobody's person or property, so it wasn't a big deal but, still, you don't want to have to explain being in jail to your mom!)