The books takes readers along this journey, with further adventures after Aran’s birth when she mixes biking and breastfeeding.Īnd a lovely moment during the birth when her body goes into auto-mode so used is she to exhaustion and full-on exertion. Moire moves away from her beloved mountain-biking and falls in love not just with road-racing with also with Bump as they make peace with each other along the roads. And in spite of feeling like the ground has become a mine-field thanks to her looser joints, this unusual strategy seems to work.Īnd of course cycling. Still competing.Īs her times slow on daily runs, she takes up orienteering around the hills of Northern Ireland– hoping the map work will distract her from the slower speeds while keeping her out on the hills. I laughed at her reaction to birth options, going for a water birth on the basis on that she could “showcase” her exceptionally high pain threshold. And goes on to list some helpful practical tips you won’t find in Dr Spock.įor Moire, flicking her mental switch from competitor to maternal took more time. Susie Mitchell tells her: “Listen to your body, avoid sports with a risk of blunt, abdominal trauma”. The first step was discovering via another adventure-racer that exercise advice for pregnant women who are already fit is a lot more straight-forward than those groaning shelves of books would suggest.
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