Aliphine Tuliamuk: Marathoning and Motherhood | Episode 20

Host Sarah Lorge Butler catches up with Olympian and professional runner Aliphine Tuliamuk days before she's scheduled to give birth to her second child. Aliphine discusses her return from hamstring surgery, signing with Brooks while she was injured, the timing of her pregnancy and delivery, her group chat with other pro runner moms, and much more.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:16 On having a baby very soon
• 1:58 How her pregnancy has gone
• 2:04 Her thoughts on doping in the sport
• 8:52 Going from one to two kids
• 10:22 On telling her sponsor she was pregnant
• 11:51 Differences in the way Kenyan and American pro runners handle pregnancy
• 15:10 On creating a group chat for pro runner moms
• 16:46 Cheering on her competitors
• 20:39 How much training she did during this pregnancy
• 23:38 Who she's excited to watch at the NYC Marathon
• 25:43 Timing pregnancy as a professional athlete
• 32:43 Outro