24w5d

I ran this morning, making it the third day in a row. It's been awhile since I've done that. I had the park and town to myself pretty much - I only saw one person at the park (not that there are many people there anyway) and traffic through town was even lighter than usual.

Here's something I've been thinking about a lot lately. One of the (many) reasons the Engineer thinks I'm weird is that I'll still go running even if it means I'm sore/in pain for the rest of the day. As long as I'm not causing long-lasting damage, I think being able to get a run in is worth it especially now. This means that I'm used to running while uncomfortable and I think I have a weird sense of pain because of that. When I went to the sports medicine people last fall, they wanted me to rate the pain I was experiencing - I think I have a tendency to really underrate things because if I can still run somewhat, it can't be too bad, right? Similarly, when they were moving my leg around to try and find the ouch spot, they kept asking if it hurt - and I kept saying that it didn't feel good, but I wasn't sure I would say it hurt. I can't help but wonder (and hope) if this skewed sense of pain will be helpful in managing a drug-free labor. It does seem like having been able to run through some of the crap I've run through should bode well for my pain tolerance, even if it is questionable as to whether I should've run through some of it.