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199 - Why My Wife Competed in Hyrox While Pregnant - Ally Rossell

Season 6 Episode 199 Published 4 months, 3 weeks ago
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Ally likes to do hard things in hard seasons. Which is why she competed in a Hyrox while being 26 weeks pregnant.

She went in without a watch, without a time goal, and without a plan. Her only job was to finish. Running had been wrecking her pelvis for months. The week before the race she ran eight miles and could barely walk for three days after. She taped up her belly with KT tape, asked a stranger in the warm-up area what weights they were using, and went anyway.

I was more nervous than she was. She spent the day on the couch watching a movie.

We talk about what pregnancy fitness actually looks like, adapting when your body isn't where it used to be, and why doing a hard thing in a hard season hits different. Ally had tough days throughout this pregnancy. Days stuck in bed, workouts that used to feel easy now requiring twice the effort. She didn't complain. She kept showing up, then flew to New York and competed.

She finished with a 2:04. Winston came along for the whole thing. 

This one is inspiring to me, hopefully you too. Not because Ally is my wife, but because she proved that attitude it times like this matter more than your physical ability. 

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