美国国家公共电台 NPR--Pregnant runner ran a mile in under 6 minutes shortly before her due date

Pregnant runner ran a mile in under 6 minutes shortly before her due date

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NPR's A Martinez speaks with professional runner Makenna Myler, who recently ran a 5:17 mile in her third trimester of pregnancy³.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

Professional runner Makenna Myler celebrates her life's big moments by running an all-out mile. That is a mile-long sprint⁴ as fast as she can run.

MAKENNA MYLER: The mile is just so iconic. So when I was getting married, I thought, you know, I'm becoming a Myler. Maybe I should just do an all-out mile the morning of my wedding.

MART?NEZ: During her first pregnancy, one week before her due date, Myler ran a mile in under 5 1/2 minutes. Her second baby is due any day now. And this time, her all-out mile was even faster, five minutes and 17 seconds. I had to find out what that run felt like.

MYLER: It's kind of funny. The weight almost just catches up to you in a sense. Like, all of a sudden it hits your body that, like, you're carrying this much weight. You need to slow down, even though you can kind of start out at a similar cadence⁵. And being pregnant, you can kind of just feel it in your hips⁶ a little bit more, and my lower back kind of straining to hold all the weight that's in front. I get people in the comments all the time like, this baby is shaking. You're not really bouncing that much. You have quite a solid protection around that baby and that bump. If anything, it's more my quads⁷ that are, you know, taking the hit than belly⁸.

MART?NEZ: Did you feel your baby move at all during the race, kick at all? Anything down there?

MYLER: No. The baby was moving during the warm-up. Not during the race but definitely after the race, there's little kicks happening, which is awesome⁹ and also a great sign that baby's OK. And the adrenaline's kind of going. So I think if the baby was moving, I didn't notice.

MART?NEZ: There was a time - and maybe that time isn't quite over yet - when a professional athlete decided¹⁰ to get pregnant that that meant her career was over, or at least in the eyes of many people that that's it. OK, you've had a nice run. Now you're becoming a mother. Forget about being a pro² athlete. Talk to Allyson Felix, the American sprinter¹¹, about this exact topic because she went through this a while back. Are we at the point where, finally, that mindset is starting to turn around?

MYLER: It really was so recent. Like, you could potentially lose your contract. And there's actually been a lot of women who've gotten pregnant on the elite¹² level this past year. And we all have different sponsors. And I've talked to them about kind of how they've been treated. And I've been so fortunate. My sponsor, they just treat me like a human being first. And I'm really grateful for the trailblazers - like Allyson Felix and Kara Goucher, Paula Radcliffe - who had those pregnancies¹³ and had to kind of face those consequences.

MART?NEZ: Well, you did, too, you know? I mean, I remember reading some of the comments that you were getting when this happened the first time. I mean, you were hearing some of the most awful, disgusting things that someone could hear because you decided to run while you were pregnant.

MYLER: Yeah. Yes. That is very true. And, you know, the first time it happened, when people did come back with these negative comments, I for sure had this kind of shocking - like, oh, my gosh. There's so many people who think I'm an absolute idiot. And this time around, it's just been quite a laugh with what people have to say. The comments are just absolutely ridiculous (laughter). The best is, if men could run while pregnant, they would be running a four-minute mile, so this isn't impressive (laughter).

MART?NEZ: Makenna Myler is a professional runner with ASICS. Makenna, thank you very much for the time.

MYLER: Yeah, thank you.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 pro   

n.赞成，赞成的意见，赞成者

参考例句：

• The two debating teams argued the question pro and con.辩论的两组从赞成与反对两方面辩这一问题。
• Are you pro or con nuclear disarmament?你是赞成还是反对核裁军？

3 pregnancy   

n.怀孕，怀孕期

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
• Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。

4 sprint   

n.短距离赛跑；vi. 奋力而跑，冲刺；vt.全速跑过

参考例句：

• He put on a sprint to catch the bus.他全速奔跑以赶上公共汽车。
• The runner seemed to be rallied for a final sprint.这名赛跑者似乎在振作精神作最后的冲刺。

5 cadence   

n.（说话声调的）抑扬顿挫

参考例句：

• He delivered his words in slow,measured cadences.他讲话缓慢而抑扬顿挫、把握有度。
• He liked the relaxed cadence of his retired life.他喜欢退休生活的悠闲的节奏。

6 hips   

abbr.high impact polystyrene 高冲击强度聚苯乙烯，耐冲性聚苯乙烯n.臀部( hip的名词复数 )；[建筑学]屋脊；臀围（尺寸）；臀部…的

参考例句：

• She stood with her hands on her hips. 她双手叉腰站着。
• They wiggled their hips to the sound of pop music. 他们随着流行音乐的声音摇晃着臀部。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 quads   

n.四倍( quad的名词复数 )；空铅；（大学的）四周有建筑物围绕的方院；四胞胎之一

参考例句：

• For best performance, use triangles and quads or a combination of both. 为了更好的性能，使用三边形和四边形或联合使用三边形与四边形。 来自互联网
• Because the quads follow the camera, they give the illusion of filling a 3D volume. 由于这些矩形是跟随摄像机的，所以利用它们就像幻觉一样就描绘出了3D体积效果。 来自互联网

8 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

9 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

10 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

11 sprinter   

n.短跑运动员，短距离全速奔跑者

参考例句：

• He is more a sprinter than a swimmer. 他是短跑健将，而不是游泳选手。 来自辞典例句
• The sprinter himself thinks he can run the race at 9.4 seconds. 这位短跑运动员自认为可以用9.4秒跑完比赛。 来自互联网

12 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

13 pregnancies   

怀孕，妊娠( pregnancy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Since the wartime population needed replenishment, pregnancies were a good sign. 最后一桩倒不失为好现象，战时人口正该补充。
• She's had three pregnancies in four years. 她在四年中怀孕叁次。