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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nell Frizzell

I’m still running at seven months pregnant. But it’s transformed how I think about exercise

A pregnant woman taking a break from jogging
‘A wise and wonderful midwife told me in no uncertain terms that running is brilliant for pregnancy.’ Photograph: Westend61/Getty Images

Have you recently seen a sweating woman with a watermelon stuffed up her fleece, wheezing her way behind a bush mere metres from a towpath to have a pee? If you have, please say hello next time – for that woman, I suspect, is me.

At seven months pregnant, I am still running three times a week. By “running”, I mean hurling my lumpen body through various woods, fields and city parks at a speed slower than walking, while wearing a pair of gently disintegrating trainers. Do I have to stop every 10 minutes to empty my bladder? You bet I do. Am I running half my usual distance in twice the usual time? Yes, ma’am.

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