Canadian runner Tifanne Thayme set a world record pushing her two children in a double stroller in a 42.2-kilometre race that was also a journey through motherhood
“I knew that the two things that would really affect my race that I had no control over were the wind and their temperament,” Thayme said, referring to her two children, Ethan, 3½, and Sasha, 22 months, whom she also brought along for the 42.2-kilometre race, packed snugly into a BOB Gear double jogging stroller. “I had all the tricks up my sleeve, just in case.”
Thayme grew up in Mississauga, Ont. “I was athletic as a kid, probably because I was following my brother all the time, so whatever he did, I wanted to do.” She played hockey, soccer, ran cross-country and track. “I wouldn’t say I was particularly good at sports, but I wasn’t bad.” “I don’t think I expected how tough it would be, or how consuming it would be,” she said. “We live thousands of kilometres away from our family, so a lot of the time I felt alone, and just really anxious. I struggled with postpartum mental health.
In fact, she barely walked. After the surgery, Thayme had read that she might do long-term damage to her body if she pushed herself too hard. It took until about seven weeks postpartum before she began “walking with purpose.” She started with five-minute walks, then 10 minutes, then 15, then began intermittent jogging. At three months, she began jogging on the treadmill – popping down to the gym in her building, but staying close so she could return to feed her son at short notice.
Nine months after Ethan was born, she ran the Dubai Marathon, hitting a personal-best time of 3:24. After Sasha came along in February, 2021, Thayme began taking both of the kids on her training runs, planning her routes so they could also enjoy the outing. She would run past construction sites, “and my son would just go nuts for the excavators and the bulldozers and the steamrollers.
But if you do watch that video, you’ll also see Sasha throw both hands in the air like the Queen waving at her subjects, and Ethan fist-pumping for the crowd as his mom crosses the finish line.
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