--- title: Olympian Alysia Montano Runs 800m Race Pregnant description: The crowd cheered as she crossed the finish line canonical: https://time.com/2933497/alysia-montano-running-race-pregnant/ author: Hannah Goldberg article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-27T18:37:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:06:09.904Z og:title: Pregnant Olympic Runner Finishes 800-Meter Race og:description: The crowd cheered as she crossed the finish line og:url: https://time.com/2933497/alysia-montano-running-race-pregnant/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e5302207b2357cb/698699a013c79f5a62192d85/451287356.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2936 og:image:height: 1652 og:image:alt: A pregnant Alysia Montano runs in the opening round of the women's 800 meter run during day 2 of the USATF Outdoor Championships at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California on on June 26, 2014. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Pregnant Olympic Runner Finishes 800-Meter Race twitter:description: The crowd cheered as she crossed the finish line twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e5302207b2357cb/698699a013c79f5a62192d85/451287356.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Pregnant Olympic Runner Finishes 800-Meter Race > Sponsored content. 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A pregnant Alysia Montano runs in the opening round of the women's 800 meter run during day 2 of the USATF Outdoor Championships at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California on on June 26, 2014. Ezra Shaw—Getty Images by [Hannah Goldberg](https://time.com/author/hannah-goldberg/) ## Hannah Goldberg Jun 27, 2014 6:37 PM UTC Alysia Montano ran an 800-meter race at the U.S. Track and Field Championships on Thursday while 34 weeks pregnant. The five-time national champion posted a time of 2 minutes and 32.12 seconds, nearly 35 seconds shy of her personal best of 1:57.34 from 2010, according to the [Associated Press](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/pregnant-runner-alysia-montano-finishes-800). The 28-year-old Olympian received approval from her doctor to race. By running, Montano says she hopes to clear up any misconceptions people have about running while pregnant. “What I found out mostly was that exercising during pregnancy is actually much better for the mom and the baby…I did all the things I normally do…I just happened to be pregnant. This is my normal this year,” Montano said. The [American Pregnancy Association](http://americanpregnancy.org/pregnancyhealth/exercise-during-pregnancy.html) encourages women to exercise during pregnancy: “Being active with 30 minutes of exercise on most or all days can benefit your health during pregnancy. The important note is that you want to seek to be active and get your blood flowing.” The relaxed pace is something Montano will likely blow past when her doctor gives the thumbs up to run again after the baby is born. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2933497/alysia-montano-running-race-pregnant/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2933497/alysia-montano-running-race-pregnant/"},"headline":"Pregnant Olympic Runner Finishes 800-Meter Race","datePublished":"2014-06-27T18:37:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:06:09.904Z","description":"The crowd cheered as she crossed the finish line","url":"https://time.com/2933497/alysia-montano-running-race-pregnant/","keywords":["Living","Sports topic","olympics","Pregnancy","health","Running"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e5302207b2357cb/698699a013c79f5a62192d85/451287356.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Hannah Goldberg","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/hannah-goldberg/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e5302207b2357cb/698699a013c79f5a62192d85/451287356.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A pregnant Alysia Montano runs in the opening round of the women's 800 meter run during day 2 of the USATF Outdoor Championships at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California on on June 26, 2014.","caption":"A pregnant Alysia Montano runs in the opening round of the women's 800 meter run during day 2 of the USATF Outdoor Championships at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California on on June 26, 2014.","creditText":"Ezra Shaw—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2933497/alysia-montano-running-race-pregnant/","name":"Pregnant Olympic Runner Finishes 800-Meter Race"}}]}] ```