Pregnant Alysia Montano Returns To The Track

[Mr. Babatunde]

Alysia Montano may call herself “that pregnant runner” in her Twitter bio, but that’s because she’s limited to 140 characters. Off the Internet, the multifaceted 31-year-old, who is making headlines for entering the USATF Outdoor Championships while pregnant for the second time, doesn’t label herself in conventional terms.

Instead, the 5 months pregnant runner told The Post on Friday after finishing seventh in her 800-meter heat, “I want for my life to be defined by happiness … not just being labeled as a runner, or being labeled as a theater major.”

Or maybe even just a mother. Although, that’s the label right now that might be contributing the most to her happiness, as she and husband/manager Louis Montano prepare to welcome a sibling for their nearly 3-year-old daughter, Linnea, in November.

The couple made plans to get pregnant again last year following the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, but they were prepared to put it off due to the Zika outbreak in Brazil.