Hey, fam, welcome to the free trail podcast. Of course, I'm your host, Dylan Bowman, here today with Stephanie Case,

the Canadian pro trail runner and human rights lawyer returns. For her third appearance on the podcast,

you may have seen that Stephanie became somewhat of a viral internet sensation a few weeks ago

when she won the Snowdonia by UTMB 100K over in Wales. What made the story amazing was that Stephanie achieved that result only six months after giving birth to her daughter Pepper and after starting with a 30-minute disadvantage in the field without any knowledge of where she stood throughout the women's race.

The story is actually much deeper and

more interesting than that, though. As motherhood for Stephanie has been a long and difficult journey,

she struggled with fertility issues, including miscarriages and failed IVF treatments, which she's

spoken about very publicly and very openly and that we

explore in detail here. We talk about Stephanie's whole fertility journey. We talk about the

financial and lifestyle sacrifices on her path to motherhood. We talk about the return to racing at

Snowdonia, only six months postpartum, lessons on optimism,

her preparation for hard rock in July, and a lot more. Stephanie is a one-of-a-kind human

being. She is a role model for me and a lot of people in her sport with how she approaches

her life and how she approaches the world.

It was great to have her here on the pod yet again.

Before we get to it, major breaking news yesterday as we announced the official launch of the

Trail Running Hall of Fame at TrailCon 2025 in partnership with Nike and ACG.

We're putting on the TrailCon Award Show, recognizing several

deserving recipients across a few categories set in Palisades, Tahoe.

We will enjoy an evening of celebration on Wednesday, June 25th, giving out a number of awards

and inducting the inaugural class of the Trail Running Hall of Fame.

The award show is hosted by me and Sally McCray, and it's totally free to attend.

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