--- description: Olympic runner Alysia Montaño this week raced while she was five months pregnant and in 100-degree heat — and beat her old time. title: Alysia Montaño Raced While Pregnant Again. And She Beat Her Old Time image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6880c0040c2911e7/6988d302ab6d7718f36aeb3e/alysia-montano-race-runner-pregnant.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [motto](/tag/motto/) ## motto Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Alysia Montaño Raced While Pregnant Again. And She Beat Her Old Time by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 23, 2017 3:48 PM CUT  Alysia Montano, left, who is five months pregnant, crosses the finish line during the first round of the women's 800 meters at the U.S. Track and Field Championships, June 22, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Alysia Montano, left, who is five months pregnant, crosses the finish line during the first round of the women's 800 meters at the U.S. Track and Field Championships, June 22, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif.Rich Pedroncelli—AP by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 23, 2017 3:48 PM CUT Olympic runner Alysia Montaño this week raced while she was five months pregnant and in 100-degree heat — and she beat her time for the last Championship she raced while pregnant. Montaño ran at the U.S.A. Track & Field Outdoor Championships on Thursday in Sacramento, for the Summer Champions Series. Three years ago, she competed in the same race when she was eight months pregnant. Montaño, clad in a Wonder Woman top, was able to take 10 seconds off her 800-meter time from 2014. “People were like, oh, you’re going to run faster than you did last time because you’re less pregnant,” [Montaño told LetsRun.com.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P1IxFkJsIo "undefined") “I was like, I’m still pregnant.” Montaño isn’t the only athlete to [compete while pregnant.](http://motto.time.com/4757244/female-athletes-competing-winning-while-pregnant/ "undefined") In January, [Serena Williams](http://time.com/4746572/serena-williams-pregnant-twitter-reactions/ "undefined") played in the Australian Open and won the title. Montaño said she was inspired after learning that [Gal Gadot](http://time.com/4814808/gal-gadot-twitter-wonder-woman/ "undefined") filmed half of _Wonder Woman_ while she was five months pregnant. “I saw _Wonder Woman_, and I was like, I for sure am signing up for USA Nationals,” Montaño said. “I already was thinking I was going to do it.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4830114/alysia-montano-races-pregnant/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4830114/alysia-montano-races-pregnant/"},"headline":"Alysia Montaño Raced While Pregnant Again. And She Beat Her Old Time","datePublished":"2017-06-23T15:48:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:05:44.969Z","description":"Montaño was able to take 10 seconds off her time from 2014","url":"https://time.com/4830114/alysia-montano-races-pregnant/","keywords":["motto","onetime","Sports"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6880c0040c2911e7/6988d302ab6d7718f36aeb3e/alysia-montano-race-runner-pregnant.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6880c0040c2911e7/6988d302ab6d7718f36aeb3e/alysia-montano-race-runner-pregnant.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"alysia-montano-race-runner-pregnant","caption":"Alysia Montalysia-montano-race-runner-pregnantano","creditText":"Rich Pedroncelli—AP","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/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4830114/alysia-montano-races-pregnant/","name":"Alysia Montaño Raced While Pregnant Again. And She Beat Her Old Time"}}]}] ```