Woman finished Boston Marathon in 5:49:20 while 8 months pregnant

The fact that you started this thread says a lot more about you than the woman.

#Mansplaining

That's why here in Europe many marathons require a "medical check" before a marathon, there is no way she would have passed that one with her late pregnancy.

Anyway, last year she ran a 3:59 in LA with almost no training (2-3 easy jogs a week). So she already is an outlier in terms of natural talent. She said herself she was "finishing with people who look like triathletes". Could probably go sub 3 if she trains properly in the next few years before she turns 40.

Nothing unhealthy or unusual about it so long as the pregnancy is normal and no complications. Lots of women stay active and even complete in events while pregnant.

Women! Know your place!

Have your babies, be good, and maybe the nice men like the OP might approve of you running again as a Masters athlete (as long as you cook the dinner and arrange a babysitter first)!

sub sub elite local hobby jogger wrote:

The fact that you started this thread says a lot more about you than the woman.

+10

Boston Baby wrote:

With a wet, downhill, crowded start, she could have have easily fell.

How many people fell?

Maybe she should have been on bed-rest and not ever taken stairs lest she fall. Or done any of the million other ordinary daily things that are a higher falling risk than the start of a marathon.

My wife ran when she was 8 months pregnant. Not a marathon, no, but it would have been fine if she had. She's smart enough to stop if she sensed something wrong. Some of them womenfolk have a brain.

Probably not the smartest thing to jog a marathon when that pregnant, but in the hierarchy of risk factors, there are many worse things to do.

More “look at me” narcissism and support from the “progressives” who are little upset she didn’t abort the baby to get some Democrat cred.

This is crazy. If I was a woman I would never do this if I was pregnant with a baby. She is bonkers.

Probably the pro life in me but in this situation, risk what you want with your own self, but IF she would have fell or what have you, now she's risking the well being of the baby, and that is my issue with it.

prolifer wrote:

Probably the pro life in me but in this situation, risk what you want with your own self, but IF she would have fell or what have you, now she's risking the well being of the baby, and that is my issue with it.

I'm curious - where is the line and who gets to decide it? Isn't riding in a car more dangerous? Should we jail all pregnant women who drive a car? Pro-lifers get to decide what is too risky?

for the love of all that is holy and sacred.... it's FALLEN

Not news. I ran Boston pregnant in 2016 (13 weeks). I had also had a child 9 months earlier so ended up running towards the back of the pack (training went by the wayside for a couple of years). I saw at least 6 other pregnant women, some visibly, others not so much (but they had it written on their shirts, etc.). I would venture to say there are dozens of pregnant women that run Boston every year- they just don't make the news.

And when I say visibly pregnant, a couple women were 7+ months. One woman mentioned she was due any day- she was walking by mile 9....

One good reason to talk about the story weeks later is to wait for a safe birth. Being active before birth would probably reduce the number of Caesarean sections dramatically, which is a good thing in a time where there can be as many as 30-40% Caesareans, depending on the hospital and city.

As long as she is hydrating and monitoring her heart rate so that she is not getting too hot, she is probably okay. It's not like she was going that fast. Any damage she did would mostly be to herself (knees, ankles, etc.) and not her kid. We found out my wife was pregnant a couple weeks before she ran a marathon. We talked to her doctor and had to change her race plan (decrease her pace, wear a heart rate monitor, drink more water, eat more, etc.), but it turned out just fine and our twin daughters (we discovered they were twins at the 10 week ultrasound the following week) are healthy and good little nine year old athletes. At 8 months there is a little higher risk of preterm labor, but as long as her doctor gives the okay, then I don't see the issue.

Stupid.

Moran.

Waiting for the year some chick squats and pops a baby out at the 18 mile mark so she can get two medals when she finishes!!

LetsMisogyny wrote:

#Mansplaining

Yup.

Shocker on LetsRun.

Men telling women what to do with their bodies.

Pro-life people telling women what they should and shouldn't do.

It would be hilarious if it wasn't so sad.