The One About Adapting Within Motherhood and Postpartum with Stephanie Case

The Papaya Podcast

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In this conversation, Stephanie Case shares her inspiring journey as an ultra marathon runner and a mother. She discusses the challenges and triumphs of balancing her passion for running with motherhood, including her experience of breastfeeding during a race. The discussion highlights the importance of identity, support, and mental health for mothers, as well as breaking stereotypes surrounding motherhood and athleticism. Stephanie's story serves as a powerful reminder of what women are capable of, especially in the face of societal expectations.

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0:00.0	The road stretches before you, but there's trouble ahead, stationary cars.
0:04.0	You're faced with the McDonald's side mission.
0:06.7	Do you, A, join the ever-growing queue, or B, take the next exit and treat yourself to a glorious Mackey's?
0:15.0	Detouring to McDonald's.
0:16.6	Start your side mission today.
0:29.2	Hi friends and welcome to the papaya podcast.
0:32.6	I'm your hostess, Try and Hermostis, Sarah Nicole.
0:39.0	And each week I'm going to be dishing out some sweetness mixed in with some seeds of wisdom or something like that. So get ready to get inspired, get candid, get real, because we are all in this
0:45.4	digital space together. All right, everyone, I have such a fun guess for you today because
0:54.0	this story, when it blew up online, I think thousands of people sent it to me because it truly is a remarkable story when it comes to motherhood, postpartum, and what some of us can be really capable of.
1:08.6	I have Stephanie Kays on today.
1:10.8	She is known as the woman who ran
1:13.9	the Ultramarathon while stopping to breastfeed her baby and you complete, you came in first place.
1:20.8	I did. It was a bit of a surprise. And I'm glad that you said that I'm the ultra marathon mom who
1:27.0	stopped to breastfeed because there were some people online who actually thought that I was running an ultramarathon with my baby, which I would like to clarify.
1:36.6	No, I did stop.
1:38.5	Wow.
1:39.1	Okay.
1:39.5	Let's start at the beginning, though.
1:40.7	What is an ultramarathon for those of us who are not marathoners?
1:44.4	I mean, I did a 10K once and that was the most exciting time of my life, I was doing this 10K. I love running because it's one of those things that's like, you don't think you're capable of it. And then you start and you're like, wait a second. Like when I did a 10K, it only ever actually done 5K. And I was like, how am I actually going to do this?
1:42.0	I've like, I've overstretched here.
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