A Canadian trail runner, Stephanie Case, has made headlines by winning a 62-mile ultramarathon while breastfeeding her 6-month-old baby, Pepper. The United Nations human rights lawyer started the race 30 minutes after other participants and still managed to come out on top.

According to a joint post on Instagram with a French photo and video agency called Peignée Verticale, Case was captured breastfeeding her daughter while eating a watermelon at the site of the ultramarathon and breastfeeding mid-race.

The post read, "Not only has Stephanie won the 100k race after giving birth to her daughter 6 months ago. Not only has Stephanie breastfed her girl several times along the way at the aid stations. But she has also won the race starting her race from far behind, with no access to an elite bib. Just wow. Kudos for the rest of your life Stephanie."

The marathon was held at the Ultra-Trail Snowdonia's 100K in Wales last weekend. Case reflected on her triumph, saying, "Well that was a surprise. I went into the @ultratrailsnowdonia 100km this past weekend with no expectations being just six months out from having little Pepper and three years after my last race due to recurrent miscarriages and IVF failures."

She added, "My goals were to enjoy myself and make sure Pepper was fed at aid stations. As I no longer have a UTMB index, I started in the last wave, 30 min after the leaders. Sure, I had hundreds of runners in front of me, but I could go at my own pace in blissful ignorance of my placing."

Case described the marathon as being "like riding a bike - every kilometre that passed reminded me that I hadn't lost a thing over these past three years."

She also advised other mothers to "be afraid to keep setting big goals for yourself."

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