The rumour is true that the elite field suffered a loss, as possibly the oldest and slowest triathlete in the field decided to pull out……..
Mike Trees had been planning to race for his chosen Charity ( Emily Ash Trust), but reality has now hit him.
Mike’s wife, Rieko gave birth to their baby daughter “Amy” on 30th March, and the lack of sleep since, combined with running a distribution company, and a coaching business, has taken its toll on training. In fact, in Mike’s words it has “knocked it for Six !…..I have not swam or biked since little Amy was born…….I have managed to sneak in an odd run a couple of times a week to keep my sanity, but that’s about it. In the big scheme of things, Rieko and Amy are more important to me than racing right now, but I will get back into it just as soon as I get my regular sleep back and can find the time to get back on the bike”.
Rieko is also desperate to get back to triathlon training, and so Mike has enlisted the help of specialists to get her the information needed. For anyone who is thinking about starting a family, is pregnant, or just had a baby, Angela Lockwood, an expert in pre and post natal physical training (http://www.physically-fit.co.uk/) will be writing some valuable tips on how to come back safely after giving birth. Rather than keep this secret we are planning to publish it on Tri247 and on Miketrees.com shortly, as we think it could be a very popular subject.
Great news! Congratulations to both of you.
Bob
Mike/Rieko
Huge congratulations on the birth of Amy. We had no idea. Shame re Windsor and good luck, Rieko, getting back into it. If I can, she can. 2 years later and in week 21 of 30 of an IM plan. Who said mother(father)hood has to stop anything……
All the best
Sophie (and Chris).
Hi Reiko/Mike
We had Charlie in January 2010, he is 4months now. I trained (turbo, wts & swimming) until the day I had Charlie. We found very little information available for pregnant athletes but I just got on with it and monitored my HR. After pregnancy I bounced back really fast and managed a duathlon at 9 weeks postnatal. My biggest problem has been keeping injury free as your ligaments are very lax afterwards, but I have done alot of core work. We would really appreciate more information and stories of athletes antenatal & postnatal. I have never seen any other pregnant women in our gym. I also received variable comments from other people when I was training (men tended to be very judgemental, whereas women were encouraging). I personally think you can continue right to the end and get back into training as soon as possible. Looking forward to hearing your stories. Take Care Paula & Luke Moseley (lukestermokes.com)
Congratulations Mike & Reiko. Great news.
12 weeks on after the birth of my daughter, Ava, and its getting better by the day.