Radcliffe reveals quick return
World marathon record-holder Paula Radcliffe returned to running less than a fortnight after giving birth to her daughter, she has revealed.
Baby Isla was born on January 17 after a gruelling 27-hour labour. Twelve days later, Radcliffe was back pounding the streets. The 33-year-old holder provoked consternation when she ran a 10km race at six months pregnant. And doctors said her extraordinary fitness made the birth especially difficult.
In an interview with Hello! magazine with husband and manager Gary Lough, Radcliffe said of her post-pregnancy exercise regime: "After five days I was doing lots of walking and pushing the pram, but I wasn't doing much else. I did my first little jog after 12 days and since then I've been running alternate days."
Radcliffe will move to a training camp in Colorado at the end of this month - with her mother, Pat, joining the family for babysitting duty.
She hopes to compete at the World Championships in Japan at the end of August and plans to be back racing before then.
Radcliffe explained: "I wanted to take at least a month before I got back into my routine.
"I wouldn't think anything of taking up to a month off after a marathon and, in a way, this is similar. What will be different is getting used to training on less sleep."
