It's hard to exercise when you've also a child to mind. It's a never-ending juggling act, trying to coordinate the following events to all coincide: The child being in a good mood / preferably asleep. Someone else to be around to look after said child. The weather not being too cold or wet or windy. … Continue reading Juggling Babysitting with Training
When you're pregnant, you get used to counting in weeks. Week 12 is when you can tell people that you're expecting. Week 40 is when the baby pops out. And 6 weeks after you deliver is when the doctor checks how you've recovered from trauma of birth. I thought 6 weeks after delivery would be … Continue reading Ready to Run after 6 Week Postnatal Check-up
6 weeks. That's how long the medics said it would take before I could start training again. 6 weeks! That's nearly a month and a half. That's far too long to have to wait after 9 months of seemingly never ending pregnancy. I knew that Irish Olympian Sonia O'Sullivan didn't hang around for 6 weeks … Continue reading Getting Back in the Saddle
I was convinced that I would be incapacitated for the whole nine months of pregnancy. I had heard so many stories of sickness, tiredness, soreness, and weight gain that I figured that it would be nearly a whole year before I would get to race again. I have since learnt that many of these stories, … Continue reading Foetuses have all the Fun