Olympic Trials Qualifier 4 Months Postpartum: Racing Back After Baby #3 — with Carter Norbo
In this episode, I sit down with Carter Norbo, a home health physical therapist, lifelong runner, and mom to two-year-old twins and a five-month-old. After narrowly missing qualification for the 2024 Olympic Marathon Trials following the birth of her twins, Carter returned to racing postpartum and is now officially qualified for the 2028 Olympic Trials just months after welcoming her third baby. Balancing full-time work, motherhood, and elite-level training, Carter shares what it really takes to return to high-level competition after pregnancy and how her perspective on training has evolved along the way.
We Talk About:
-How her mindset around training during pregnancy has changed
-Qualifying for the 2028 Olympic Marathon Trials postpartum
-Life and logistics as a twin mom
-The role of strength training during pregnancy and after birth
-Learning to be flexible with training
-Fueling appropriately for long runs
-Why more training is not always better
Time Stamps
1:00 Introduction
2:29 going for another Olympic Trials qualification
9:23 race day experience
15:25 lessons from being a mom
18:12 differences between pregnancies
21:10 advice for her previous self
27:03 plans for the future
30:19 the Rabbit Chase Team
37:35 Lever system for treadmill
42:45 fueling and hydrating for running
47:18 rapid fire questions
CONNECT WITH CARRIE
IG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/
Website: https://carriepagliano.com
CONNECT WITH CARTER
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnorbo/
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