Olympic track star Alysia Montano is eight months pregnant, but that didn’t stop her from competing in the 800-meter race at the U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday. Montano for the most part actually never really stopped training during her pregnancy, just scaled back a little bit at times. Montano became comfortable with the idea of running in the race when she was told by a doctor that the exercise would be beneficial to her as well as her baby. “That took away any fear of what the outside world might think about a woman running in pregnancy or exercise in general,” Montano said. “What I found out mostly was that exercising and maintaining during pregnancy is actually much better for the mom and the baby.” Hit the jump.