>>> THE "TODAY" PARENTING TEAM
IS SPONSORED BY HER BALL ESSENCE
ESSENCES HERBAL ESSENCES BELIEVE YOU CAN BECAUSE YOU ARE A FORCEE
YOU CAN BECAUSE YOU ARE A FORCE OF NATURE.
OF NATURE.
>> WERE BACK WITH OUR PARENTING
TEAM THIS MORNING.
A REAL-LIFE MARATHON MOM. >> EVERY PREGNANCY IS DIFFERENT.
DID YOU USE YOURS AS AN EXCUSE
NOT TO DO SOMETHING.
WE HAVE ONE MOM-TO-BE THATS TRAINING FOR A LONG-DISTANCE
RACE.
RACE.
>> IM IN AWE OF ANYONE WHO CAN
RUN A MARATHON OR MORE THAN
THREE BLOCKS.
IM NOT A RUNNER.
IMAGINE RUNNING 13 MILES-PLUS PREGNANT.UNNING 13 MILES-PLUS
PREGNANT.
AND NOT JUST A FEW WEEKS.
THIS AMAZING FORCE OF NATURE IS NEARING HER THIRD TRIMESTER. IS
NEARING HER THIRD TRIMESTER. 28-YEAR-OLD CHRISTY NICHOLS
LOVES THE CHALLENGE OF A LONG DISTANCE RACE.LENGE OF A LONG
DISTANCE RACE.
>> IVE RUN A FEW FULL MARATHONS
AND COUNTLESS HALF-MARATHONS.
>> Reporter: IMAGINE TRAINING
FOR ONE WHILE 6 1/2 MONTHS PREGNANT.HILE 6 1/2 MONTHS
PREGNANT.
RUNNING HAS BEEN CHRISTINES PASSION FOR MANY YEARS, LONG
BEFORE BECOMING PREGNANT.
>> KIND OF GROUNDS ME.
ITS A FOUNDATION FOR ME.
>> Reporter: ITS IMPORTANT FOR
THIS DATA ANALYST.
SHE AND A FRIEND STARTED A SIDE
BUSINESS TWO YEARS AGO, TO HELP
OTHER WOMEN TO REACH THEIR
RACING GOALS.
RACING GOALS. >> MY FRIEND, TONI, AND I
STARTED A BUSINESS TOGETHER,
CALLED RELENTLESS RUNNERS.
WE COACH WOMEN ONLINE FOR HALF
AND FULL MARATHON DISTANCES.
WE WILL TRAIN THEM, MOTIVATE
THEM, INSPIRE THEM.
>> Reporter: BUT WHEN CHRISTINE
WAS PREGNANT WITH HER FIRST
CHILD, HER RELENTLESS ROUTINE
WASNT AS EASY AS SHE HOPED.
>> I WAS 24 WEEKS IN AND I
STARTED TO EXPERIENCE PELL VINVI
PAIN.
PAIN.
AROUND 26 WEEKS, I MADE A PERSONAL DECISION TO STOP
RUNNING.
RUNNING.
>> Reporter: SHE REMAINED ACTIVE, HAD A HEALTHY BABY BOY
AND GOT BACK TO THE TRACK.
>> DPZEXERCISING AND RUNNING IS
GENERALLY SAFE.
GENERALLY SAFE. WE WANT WOMEN TO CONTINUE WITH
SOME FORM OF EXERCISE, MAKING
SURE THEY TALK TO THEIR HEALTH
CARE PROVIDER TO MAKE SURE ITS
DONE SAFELY AND ADJUSTING TO THE
PREGNANCY.
PREGNANCY.
>> Reporter: AFTER A YEAR OF GIVING BIRTH, CHRISTINE FOUND
OUT SHE WAS AGAIN AND SHE WAS
WORRIED.
WORRIED.
>> WHEN I GOT PREGNANT THE
SECOND TIME, THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MY MIND WAS THE
PELVIC PAIN THAT I HAD.
AND I TALKED TO MY DOCTOR RIGHT
OFF THE BAT.
SHE SAID BECAUSE I HAD IT THE
FIRST TIME, IM MOST LIKELY TO
HAVE THE PAIN AGAIN.
>> Reporter: DETERMINED TO TEST THE LIMITS BY RUNNING THROUGHOUT
HER PREGNANCY, SHE SAW A PELVIC
P.T. SPECIALIST.
P.T. SPECIALIST. >> I INSTANTLY STARTED DOING
EXERCISES RIGHT AWAY THAT WORKED
ON STRENGTHENING MY CORE AND MY
PELVIS.
PELVIS. >> Reporter: SHE IS USING SOCIAL
MEDIA TO KEEP HER ON TRACK AND
HELP OTHER WOMEN.
>> SHARING MY EXPERIENCE ONLINE
AND ON INSTAGRAM HAS KEPT ME
ACCOUNTABLE, AS WELL.
WHEN PEOPLE REACH OUT AND SAY,
YOU ARE INSPIRING ME VERY MUCH.
BUT INSPIREING PEOPLE INSPIRES M
TO GET OUT THERE.
>> Reporter: HER NUMBER ONE
SUPPORTER, HER HUSBAND, ROBERT.
>> CHRISTINE, WHEN SHE WANTS TO
DO SOMETHING, SHE MAKES SURE
SHES DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY.
>>
>>
>> Reporter: THIS TIME AROUND, CHRISTINE KNOWS HER PREGNANCY,
CHRISTINE KNOWS HER PREGNANCY WONT HOLD HER BACK.
>> IT WAS IMPORTANT TO PUSH
THROUGH THIS OBSTACLE.
IT SHOULDNT STOP YOU FROM DOING
THE THINGS YOU LOVE.
>> Reporter: SHE IS PUSHING HER
LIMITS ON THE TRACK AND OFF.
>> I FEEL EMPOWERED WHEN I RUN.
ITS NOT JUST ME ANYMORE.
THE FACT IM CARRYING EXTRA
WEIGHT AND ANOTHER HUMAN BEING
INSIDE ME, IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE
I CAN DO ANYTHING.
>> CHRISTINE HAS OFFICIALLY
CROSSED THE POINT WHEN SHE
STOPPED RUNNING DURING HER FIRST
PREGNANCY AND IS ON HER WAY TO
RUNNING IN THE BUFFALO
HALF-MARATHON ANON MAY 27 th.
>> NOTHING I WOULD HAVE DONE.
>> LOTS OF WAYS PEOPLE CAN FEEL
POWERFUL WHEN THEYRE PREGNANT.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU
HAVE A STORY LIKE THAT, YOU FEEL