I’m happy to see women of all shapes and sizes engaging in competitive running, and I’m even more amazed by those who attempt 5K, 10K and Marathon distances wearing two sports bras! Typically, the most competitive among us are petite in the booby department, which makes pregnancy and nursing a new and interesting experience for many serious athletes. Although I believe that a “bralette” is actually an item of clothing marketed to pre-teens or “little misses” as they were called in the previous centuries. Bralettes have always provided sufficient restraint for my modest bust, at least until the third trimester of my pregnancy.  During pregnancy and my year or so of daily pumping and nursing, I actually required a B cup!  I have long since discarded the bra that I'm wearing in this picture that was taken when I was 8 months pregnant. I have sported actress, Linda Hamilton’s, wiry Terminator Two arms since the early nineties, along with the barely-there-bust that she also possesses in that film. A B-cup is rarely found among the top competitors in endurance sports. After my daughter started to consume more solid food and cow’s milk, I became happily free of the, “sterilize, assemble, pump, store, wash, repeat” routine that took up several hours of my day for an entire school year.  My grown-up bras became increasingly roomy, and I retreated to the youthful, careless, comfort of my trusty bralettes. I’ll admit that I was not so sad to say, “bye, bye, boobies”.