A lot of mums form a mental checklist of things they were able to do faster before having babies.
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For former Canberran Kristine Elliot running is one area of her life she is not willing to loose pace.
The avid runner took on the 10km course while five months pregnant in 2016 and she will be back this year to better her time at the Australian Running Festival.
"People would say to me 'you can't do that. It's not good for the baby' but I ran before my pregnancy and my obstetrician said it was completely fine," she said.
Mrs Elliot lives by the motto: if you want to do something you'll do it.
And as if the 10km distance wasn't enough, following that event in 2016 she took on a half-marathon in Hamilton Island but admitted she had to walk most of that one.
Along with keeping up with her beautiful baby daughter Olive, Mrs Elliot has set herself the challenge to revisit all the running events she completed last year and beat her "pre-baby time".
"I thought about taking Olive with me in a jogging pram, but my theory is if I am going to go for a run that is my time," she said.
"I ran 55.64 minutes last year but now I am not pregnant I have to beat that time. I really want to get out and push myself."
The Stirling College graduate said she loves coming back to the ACT to visit her mother and make a weekend of it while at the running festival.
"I come down from Sydney and so does my brother. His kids run and his wife does too," she said.
"It's a lovely weekend away for us all. Olive has her first pair of running shoes already and I can't wait for her to start running with me. But she will be at the finish line this year with my mum."
Run as a family in 2017 with family package registration available for the 10km and 5km events. See website for details
