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1. #UNEXPECTED EXPECTATIONS SARAH HOW TO#
2. #UNEXPECTED EXPECTATIONS SARAH TRIAL#
3. #UNEXPECTED EXPECTATIONS SARAH PROFESSIONAL#

I am grateful for the days when my body will let me do the swimming, biking, and running that I love. With pregnancy, however, much of the predictability upon which I’ve built my career disappeared. Overall, however, an athlete relies on a certain element of predictability with response. There are unexpected variables that have to be accommodated: injuries, illness, external challenges, etc. Over the course of months and years, these adaptations build and layer, creating a gradual transformation in how one’s body responds to the physical and mental demands of sport. Sport, especially at an elite level, is often treated as loosely formulaic: athletes apply specific stimuli through training to elicit a response and adaptation. Years of being an athlete created a set of expectations about how I respond to different demands.

#UNEXPECTED EXPECTATIONS SARAH HOW TO#

I know how to expect to feel after certain workouts, the sensations of deep fatigue in the middle of a hard training block, and how I react to certain foods.

#UNEXPECTED EXPECTATIONS SARAH TRIAL#

I can say confidently that, after years of trial and error, I am the world’s foremost expert in knowing how Sarah True’s body feels. There is, however, only one area in which I believe that I’ve achieved mastery: understanding of my body. I feel comfortable discussing physiology, psychology, nutrition and other subjects that contribute to my profession.

#UNEXPECTED EXPECTATIONS SARAH PROFESSIONAL#

The familiar was now more foreign.Īs a professional triathlete, I’ve learned a great deal about my sport over the years, both in depth and breadth. My heart rate unexpectedly skyrocketed and was forced to walk slowly my understanding of how my body responds to exercise was suddenly transformed. As I attempted to jog up a small hill, however, I recognized how much everything was changing. Sure, there were days when I felt more exhausted than others, but the sensations still felt somewhat familiar.

Up until this point I modified my training to accommodate the growing wee one, yet I still felt largely in control of my body. When a small hill suddenly transformed into a mountain, I finally realized how much I would have to shift my expectations.Ī few months ago, halfway through my second trimester of pregnancy, I headed out for an easy morning run. In her third trimester of pregnancy, the American Orca ambassador tells us of the changes she has experienced in her body and how these affect her daily activity. In the next blogs, Sarah will share how she is taking on her future motherhood as a professional athlete, anecdotes from this life stage and other experiences of hers that haven't been as visible as a professional triathlete. After a long professional career in both short and long-distance triathlon, Sarah True faces one of her most important challenges: the arrival of her first child.