passionate runners, that's how that i'm also keen to be a role model for other women, the phone. so kind of i have to for the, i just think it's a shame that a lot of women quit their sport early like when they could still have many good years left ahead of them. yeah. before the time being the mother and a professional athlete for a long time, it was a rarity, gaze across the country to show it's perfectly possible scale. but i think raising a child that's the biggest gift life has to offer. for me, it's kind of the meaning of life, but there are risks. can she get back to peak condition? that the finally coming a mother for the 1st time, it's the 1st time i'll be giving birth. i'd be lying. if i said, i'm not afraid of what is to come and the challenges facing me coming all the

it's new years eve. 2022 is a crowd to is competing in has us rice, the she's already 22 weeks into her pregnancy, but gives us to wants to compete one more time before her break. she is germany's most successful steeplechase, a since 2011. she has been a professional athlete and one, several national and international times. on the last lap i had a bit of a breathing problem. usually i would have gone up the gear at the end and tried to overtake everyone, but common sense prevailed. i enjoyed every major with it. i knew i was on pace for a good time considering the circumstances. i would never have expected to get this sort of time in the 22nd week of my pregnancy. it makes me proud and happy and shows what i've got to end the year this way. it's really special and try to stop me. the

the, the 2 time european champion finish 20th over distance of 5 columbus is a minute slow. uh then when she wasn't pregnant in the coming months she will no longer take part in any competitions from now, one of the challenges i had for the professional athlete and you chapter in her life begins a soft noise. that's noise must and it's also something new. if i know it was less than something new makes you happy. but it also always makes you a bit scared or intimidated pull the t 5. but in the meantime, i'm feeling very positive. i the 1st of all, it's good timing of secondly, i'm not done with competitive sports yet, so let's see. i would like to continue. that's my way. and my goal with the not so

good has always been my dream to combine both. that's always appealed to me. why does one exclude the other? and that's why i definitely want to try this. and of course, i really hope it works out the 1st few weeks of pregnancy with tough time. and again, these are found that her normal sporting life was going to be disrupted. between the 4th and 6th week, i was feeling nauseous all the time. i felt sick from morning till night. i didn't know what to eat. i didn't feel well at all. i had no energy or power and for someone who usually runs a 140 kilometers a week, heading days where you can barely get up and that was new for me. got his office and kind of stuff and there's noise, diesel reduced to running sessions. and adapted to a training in consultation with the coach and don't is pregnant competitive athlete can and must train differently compared to a recreational athlete. instead

of running outside, she's taken to the want to so called aqua jogging in the pool, replaced long distance runs outdoors, such a visit as a gain more and more waves, it gets harder to get the distance under your belt. so at this stage of my pregnancy, as i near the end of it, i clicked on doing is a great alternative to maintain that running movement. i put in a way that is easier on the joint on 60 minutes and the water is training today. the session strength and so cardiovascular system. the exercise is also good for him. mind the noise is and i'm not as an outdoor runner, i clicked on getting is not your 1st choice, of course. but now that i'm in the water regularly swimming and jogging,

i notice that it is simply good for me. it's a good feeling. so i think i can continue to integrate it into my training plan until the end of my pregnancy. yeah, i'm on, i'm on the training is done for today. now it's time to go home. gazes daily routine has changed. less exercise means more time for herself and to upon the role of it. in the last few months, who's bentley has grown. she's now a close heavy uncle, but it's not just a buddy that has changed. she's learned a lot about yourself and help me and my boys. yeah, one is what i always find to myself is by my athletic performance and supporting

success. and it was also how i viewed my personal value and i think that's a big mistake to make as an athlete. i missed that because i know that i can do so much more and that i'm worth so much more than just my athletic performance. and so i think it's really positive to change your self perception in order to improve your sense of self or other percept. and it's a and not an outline of how to assess back a few dollars i've taught to use another method to maintain who athleticism is regular performance diagnostics. this dante will help games a to effectively taylor her training of to hook pregnancy and avoid issues as she wraps up again. i'm not asking bleak of default document falls start list now the

there are just a few weeks left before giving but everything has been prepared. just a few finishing touches the left to be made in the baby's room. isn't you come like you were really curious from the i could also imagine that in a few weeks or months i'll be annoyed when there's a lot of washing to do some sort of a moment. but at the moment i just feel excited and curious. i can't wait. no, you know, and there's tons come about. the anticipation is building and gaze is feeling physically well too so well that she is still training twice a day tailored to her current condition. of course. today she is doing palazzios remotely with a coach in australia the let's

didn't woman was most viewed items, the pregnancy and stuff. i know that i won't be training for a while to finish up on a slim, but i don't think it's a bad thing. a lot because all have a new purpose in life on a new chapter, guns, guns because on the islands option it, i think it's a time you can never quite experience again. you've got that 1st moment with your baby and your family is there to be intensely enjoyed. the video has come here. yeah, i'm father. just one day off to have final run. it's finally time case . it gives birth to a healthy doing so low. the emilio keys and robot spend time with lola in the immediate aftermath of the bus. but some weeks later, training resumes gets, it begins working on her, come back with the support of her coach. the trauma shift is that kind

of cut pregnancy isn't the newness you shouldn't plan too much, just enjoy. and if you're in a good relationship and you want to bring a child into the world that's totally normal. and if there are no medical mutations given by the doctor, you can receive a physical activities soon after birth. it's called photo. you do need to know what you're doing the most. i hope that we can continue to ramp up training until the end of august. so that we can then begin for the competitive training again, not quite. so actually today's task 8 fast pace rooms of 1000 meters. each case is finding her way back but sofa. it's a struggle right now it's not feeling so good though. i was running during my pregnancy, i've changed a lot physically. i immediately lost a few kilo's, but i'm still a bit overweight. my ligaments tendons, my whole body, feel different as i'm getting to know my itself again physically most ms. carter as

far as you know, just to can of to training gives a heads home for his 2nd june. okay. being a mother. yeah. so do this, the oh, exactly. the fences and what i'm sending now the most beautiful thing is coming home after training and seeing the little one of you forget everything that's just happened in training that i've had. whether you want it to be faster or way 3 kilos less that secondary unless i'm guessing how to then put in here. you can just enjoy the family life and it's really wonderful in them next to him. and the science position. being a mother and a professional athlete isn't easy though. many sporting organizations onset help to support athletes who have children venison spots. when i'm back to full training,

i want to take my daughter to training camps with me, but that's more expensive. so i always have to take my partner or family member with me so that they can look after the baby while i'm training. there's been this done for me. i've only tried to come up are the types of parts a to this day. we still don't have the necessary structures in place to normalize taking your child with you would. you have to take your own initiative types of cases, family support when, if they can split, sporting organizations must find solutions to help the young mothers who i'm to be competitive. actually this new mother certainly believes in her ability to continue competing with homeless by the dream is to the opponent podium again in the future . and that's fun whether that's possible after my pregnancy. i don't know, but it's worth a try to sell them. i can only win at the end of the day because my child gives me

joy every day and makes me smile and they can. it's a really cool new life. they have and it inspires me every day. 070. so investment i'll be in touch with you. good. the the thoughts winning by doing the, by, we say never giving us the most exciting thoughts. stories about people that happens every weekend w each tells my story.

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