KarunaNews Story

Imagine running a 100-kilometre trail race through northern Wales, stopping to breastfeed your baby at aid stations along the way and still winning the race. At the Ultra-Trail Snowdonia on May 17, Canadian ultrarunner Stephanie Case, 42, placed first among women with a time of 16:53:22 - even after taking three years off from racing, and starting 30 minutes behind the elite runners. Case, a longtime ultrarunner, had originally considered it her "practice race" in the lead-up to the Hardrock Hundred Endurance Run, a 100-mile (161-kilometre) high-altitude race in Colorado in July. The Hardrock was her last major race. Shortly after running it in 2022, Case realized she was pregnant and then miscarried. "Coming back to running postpartum, I just wanted to discover that joy again and reconnect with the core part of my identity that was a runner through and through."