Making the decision to finally register for this race after finally feeling like my body had recovered from having babies. Having children is not something that can be taken lightly. I was active during both pregnancies and did what I was supposed to to prepare and be able to “bounce back”. No one really tells you what happens to your body during and after. So you feel like this is just how it is supposed to be. Your body feels soft and wiggly. Your joints feel lax and you feel out of alignment. You think ok, this is the new norm and it will be a struggle to do the usual kinds of workouts or activities I used to. I had pain, pain in places you don’t really talk about and struggled with my activities of daily living because my back and abdomen felt like it could not support me anymore. Last year when I completed my personal trainers certification I learned about how you can actually repair and recover postpartum. I started adding exercises into my routine to engage these deep muscles that seemed to be in disrepair. Slowly but surely I began to feel progress and I was able to level-up my training.