Simon Ward and Radka Kahlefeldt

Pregnancy, childbirth, children and family welfare are a big concern to many triathletes and fitting training in around these “speed bumps’ is a daily predicament.  Today I chat with a professional triathlete who has been dealing with these challenges for the last 2 years. Radka Vodickova represented the Czech Republic as a triathlete at the London 2012 games. After that she switched her attention to 70.3 events and met her eventual husband Brad Kahlefeldt. In 2017 she became pregnant with their first child, just as she was about to start her season of racing. And that is where our story begins as I chat with Radka about everything around the subject of pregnancy, childbirth and the challenges of training and racing as a professional triathlete while raising a young daughter. Topics covered include:

• Racing at Challenge Samorin while 10 weeks pregnant…and then racing another 70.3 seven days later
• Some considerations for training while pregnant
• Why a lean, highly conditioned athlete ends up with a 48 hour labour period
• Resuming activity after childbirth, and what happens when you’ve already started and the doctor says, “You can start walking now”
• Racing, foreign travel and childcare
• Having your best season ever:  Is it down to having a child, creating balance in your life and being happy?
• Radka’s top advice for training before, during and after child birth (TIP- These are good tips for a healthy triathlon lifestyle for both men and women

To find out more about Radka and her coaching programme, or to contact her, please visit this website http://bkrcoaching.com/

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