The publication is intended for health professionals managing the postpartum population, but I found it insightful and comprehensive. The best resource I found was this guideline published by a consortium of pelvic physical therapists, running specific physical therapists and women’s health experts from the United Kingdom (Goom, Donnelly and Brockwell). I was disappointed to find a paucity of data, but plenty of dialogue (largely anecdotal) around the subject ranging from starting to run a few days postpartum to no running until 12 weeks postpartum. I’m now about 4 months postpartum and am enjoying slowing building back my running mileage and intensity.Īs someone who has spent over a decade learning how to conduct literature searches and understand research articles, I was eager to see what I could find regarding recommendations for returning to running postpartum. By the time I was pregnant, I’d done over 15 ultramarathons and was having a blast getting faster each year. I discovered trail running while in medical school and started doing more competitive races during graduate school. I’ve learned a lot of lessons in my return to running after pregnancy, and am hoping that sharing my experience can help a fellow postpartum person in their return to running. I wished I’d brought double the calories on that workout, though it was “short” compared to what I was used to doing. “UFFDA, this is challenging and MAN, am I hungry!” I was doing my first postpartum hill workout, and I was really struggling on a hill that I used to float up without issue. My Journey with Postpartum Return to Running
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