Bad pun I know, but I couldn't resist.
I am slowly learning a lot of lessons about races.
Before the Princess Half in February, Little Miss Spitfire just happened to wake up and look at me at 3:30am, so I fed her right before I left to catch the bus. Even with that feeding, it was another 5 hours before I was able to feed her again. I'm sure sweat wasn't the only thing I was dripping by the time I finished the race (TMI? Yeah, probably), but I wasn't that uncomfortable when the race was over.
Before the A2A Half in March, she wasn't awake before I left, and I didn't have my pump with me. Big mistake. Even though I was only gone for about 4 hours, she hadn't nursed recently, and I was not comfortable by the end of the race.
So now I know: pump or breastfeed before the race. Always. Or at least "always" until she's weaned.
Running while nursing is a whole other level of hard core. I know my running buddy deals with this a bit, too.
ReplyDeletePS: Giraffy left a comment the other day with a run-walk link that might be useful for you! http://www.users.kih.net/~mewilliams/calc
ReplyDeleteKerrie - That calculator is too cool! I could sit around playing with the numbers for hours. ;)
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