Age: 33
Madison, AL
Website/Blog: http://howwerollkatiesblog.blogspot.com/
Brief Biography
I love pushing myself to the limit and gravitated to running during high school since it allowed me to do that. I have been seriously training and running over the last 11 years, taking a partial break from 2006-2007 to have two children. I worked up to the marathon distance and have now run over 30 marathons and 50Ks, while also racing in almost every distance leading up to the marathon as well. I have completed marathons in 18 states in my 50 state goal, have run 6 Mountain Mists in my 10 Mountain Mists goal, and have qualified several times to run the Boston marathon (an earlier goal of mine). In 2004, I won the HTC Gran Prix Female award, was one of two women to achieve the first local "Grand Slam" award, and set several of my PR's. My husband and fellow runner, Rick, and I have two children, a son who is four and a daughter who is three. My children are my focus and my greatest life accomplishment. I have steadily been whittling away my times in every distance over the past 3 years. I started the year off on a good note in Mountain Mist 2011, where I ran a 5:37:57 and had my course PR.
Short Term Goals
attack the Go! St. Louis marathon in April for revenge for my 2010 experience, complete states 19 and 20 (and maybe more), get faster times in 2011 in every distance than my 2010 times (specifically aiming for a sub-20 minute 5 km)
Long Term Goals
Run a marathon in all 50 states, complete 10 Mountain Mists, use running as a means to stay healthy and fit and to set a good example to my children.
Personal Records
- 2 Mi at Winter Winds 2 mile 13:16
- 5 km at Spirit of Halloween 20:01
- 4 Mi at Winter Winds 4 mile 26:59
- 8 km at Scholarship Fund Run 34:02
- 10 km at River City Run 40:43
- 15 km at Monte Sano 15K 1:06:42
- 13.1 Mi at Huntsville 1/2 1:34:51
- 26.2 Mi at BiLo Myrtle Beach 3:18:05
- 50 km at Mountain Mist 5:37:57
- Mountain Mist 50 km 6:06:00 7th F
- Winter Winds 4 Mile 4 Mi 28:49 5th F 2AG
- Winter Winds 2 Mile 2 Mi 14:16 3rd AG
- UAH Spring 10K 10 km 45:20 39 OA 2nd F
- McKay Hollow Madness Other 2:36:27 29 OA 1st F
- Run Through the Roses 10 km 44:30 1st F
- Cotton Row 10K 10 km 44:01 16th F
- Paint the Streets 5 km 20:37 2nd F
- Monte Sano 5K 5 km 20:40 1st F
- Marshall Marathon 26.2 Mi 3:29:25 99OA 10th F 3AG
- Mountain Mist 50km 50 km 1/23/2011 Under 6 hours (actual time 5:37:57)
- Myrtle Beach Marathon 26.2 Mi 2/19/2011 sub 3:30
- UAH Spring 10K 10 km 3/6/2011 sub 44:00
- McKay Hollow Madness 25K Other 3/26/2011 top 3
- Go! St. Louis Marathon 26.2 Mi 4/9/2011 sub 3:30
- Cotton Row 10K 10 km 5/30/2011 sub 44:00
- Twilight 5 km 7/16/2011 sub 20:00
- Monte Sano 5K 5 km 9/3/2011 sub 20:00
- Liz Hurley 5 km 10/15/2011 sub 20:00