Tag: Half marathon
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Walking a Half Marathon Pregnant Part 3
[…Continued from PART 1 and PART 2] Soon, I saw a group of women, and I set my mind to pass them. After a few minutes, I quickly breezed past them. While I wasn’t going at an extremely fast pace, I was above three mph. This speed, I knew, would get me to the finish… Read more
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Walking a Half Marathon Pregnant Part 2
[Continued from Part 1…] According to the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) “Becoming active and exercising at least 30 minutes on most, if not all, days of the week can benefit your health during pregnancy in the following ways: helps reduce backaches, constipation, bloating, and swelling; may help prevent or treat gestational diabetes;… Read more
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Walking a Half Marathon Pregnant Part 1
I was in my first Half Marathon this weekend—the American River Parkway Half— in Sacramento. When I embarked on this journey nearly five months ago, I wasn’t out to set any world records, just to finish. But not just to finish, to finish PREGNANT. That’s right, I was 34 weeks pregnant when I participated in… Read more