As a dozen other posts reference, and I’ll reiterate, my wife pumped and you get into a schedule. So when it’s time to pump – it’s time to pump!! And Thank God women breastfeed or the human race wouldn’t be here!
The point that everyone’s missing is what’s truly outrageous is that we Triathletes participate in 70 mile races that take 6+hours to complete!! So if someone, such as a breastfeeding Mom – wants to be committed to PR’ing a Half Ironman and committed to a pumping schedule for breast feeding a child, the outcome is Pump-n-Run!!
Funny how our community sees the 70.3 mile race as normal, and breast feeding to fit within this self created contest as out of the ordinary. As another poster mentioned, women have been breastfeeding on the move for a very, very long time – many thousands of years. Men and women wearing spandex and lycra while SBR’ing against a clock has only been around for less than a thousand of a second by comparison.
I applaud this women for not compromising either commitment. BRAVO!!