A runner, coach and grandmother minds the babies while the new mums run – and says motherhood improves fitness, lung capacity and efficiency
New and old mums have been running into the headlines at full tilt recently. First came 92-year-old Harriette Thompson, the oldest marathon finisher on record and a grandmother of ten. At a rather brisker pace, Jessica Ennis chested the tape to qualify for next year’s Olympics. The words “inspirational” and “supermum” haven’t been bandied about with such abandon since Jo Pavey won gold in Glasgow and earned herself a million new Twitter followers from the Mumsnet generation in the process.
We mothers and grandmothers in Lycra have come a long way. Although we were banned for years from competing in strenuous distance events in case our wombs dropped out, once we showed we could channel the same strength it takes to push out a baby into athletic prowess, mums of steel started to stride into the sports pages.
We advise women not to start classes too soon after the birth – most show up when the baby is a couple of months old
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