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First event post run

Hey guys Jess here! 


Today I want to share with you a short blog post about my first event post birth! 


On the 6th May I took on the Roger Bannister community mile, a 1 mile event through the city of oxford to celebrate 70 years of the 4 minute mile held by Roger Bannister. We went up as a family and Owain watched the race along with his dad and grandparents whilst I ran the event, all before a wander around town and some lunch out and about. 



At 6 weeks postpartum and breastfeeding getting ready for a race was a little different this time around, you take your usual pre race checks of shoes, toilet breaks, number, and watch charged- and add in feed the baby, nappy changed, express some milk, plan the next feed and express, who's baby sitting, oh and charge the watch! 


It makes a huge difference having people around to support and help especially with feeding but as a breastfeeding/expressing mum I also have to consider expressing before and after the race for comfort for me, but also keeping on top of his feeds. 



Arrived at the race, collected the bib number after a lengthy wait due to the amount of entrances, quickly stopped to drop bags with the family and kiss the boy for luck and then just about made it to my wave start time as they were counting down, then we were off.


Up St aldates, along the high street, over the bridge and then onto the finish line before getting my medal and a drink, the stadium was kitted out with a museum and refreshments but i headed back to meet the family, we went for coffee before a walk around the town and then  a break for lunch. 


A little about the run, this was my third run post birth with a couple of runs around my local park, I had already covered the distance and fully knew the pace would be slower, I took it at a gentle jog and did the mile in 11 minutes 32 seconds, 2 minutes faster than my last 1 mile post birth, it was great to see the other runners and some of the runners walking back down after finishing their waves, this was a nice boost of support for the runners, the weather held our and their were plenty of spectators too! 




This is an annual event that I only found out about this year but I would like to get back to it next year! All in all a great first event back and great to spend it with my family! 


Thanks for reading

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Jessie 

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