Life starts after a marathon...
By Julien on Tuesday, October 11 2011, 22:06 - Health - Permalink
To those who advise against exercise during pregnancy, this woman ran the Chicago marathon... just before giving birth!
Ultra life start
Ultra life start
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And then people wonder why we think that Americans are crazy !
But are they really?
I find it very unlikely that 5000 years ago, women would have been able to stay immobile in their cave/hut for 9 months when pregnant, which might have been most of the time. The human body might actually be OK with that despite modern suspicion...
I do agree, but running marathons is not a usual activity for most of us ;-)
Well its not clear that women had that many babies before agriculture was invented, have a look at
www.evolhum.cnrs.fr/bocquet/errance05.pdf
JJ
a great way to induce premature labor. Know a few people that lost their pregnancies by continuing to stay underweight and run while pregnant (had no other health issues). Glad she made it, but not worth the risk.