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

Comments

1. On Wednesday, October 12 2011, 09:05 by Bastien

And then people wonder why we think that Americans are crazy !

2. On Wednesday, October 12 2011, 10:20 by Julien

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...

3. On Thursday, October 13 2011, 08:40 by Bastien

I do agree, but running marathons is not a usual activity for most of us ;-)

4. On Monday, October 24 2011, 16:28 by JJ

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

5. On Sunday, April 22 2012, 06:37 by h

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.