Why: It was the new mom’s first triathlon since welcoming her son, Grayson, in December.
“But I believeand I think Im proof of thatthat we can be so much more.
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But training with a newborn proved difficult.
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Now, she had to adjust her training around Grayson’s schedule, including his regular breastfeeding sessions.
She couldn’t be far from him, but she was determined to make it work.
“I didn’t have the ability to go out on long rides,” she says.
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“But I definitely wanted to prove to myself that I can do it.”
The triathlon included a half mile swim, a 12.4-mile bike ride, and a final 3.1-mile run.
Before taking off at the starting line, the mom breastfed her son.
“I had an easy-access top on.
We were right there at the finish line, and I unzipped my top.
He latched right on, and he was as happy as can be.
He looked up, smiling at me.”
And to her delight, the other athletes and spectators at the finish line didn’t mind at all.
Some people walked by not noticing, while others went out of their way to congratulate the mom.
Katrina Bolduc poses with her son, Grayson, after completing her first postpartum sprint triathlon.
It was so much more than, Oh, good job you finished a race.
Bolduc was so moved by her positive public breastfeeding experience that she asked her husband to take a photo.
She says she’s used to reading about thenegative experienceswomen have when feeding in public.
She wanted to show women that there are good breastfeeding stories out there.
The commenters congratulated Bolduc, and some shared their own postpartum fitness stories.
“And also focus on the positive rather than the negative.
And just girl powerwe can do it.”
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