Get to know Katie

Training and competing has just always been a part of my life. I love finding the edge of my fitness in races and wanting to get better each time.

Setting a world record for DEKA Fit with my teammate Greyson Kilgore

I had so many good recommendations from other athletes and I have always ran with some sort of music or podcasts but I would just have it play out loud or run with one headphone out so I could hear everything around me, especially when I was running with kids in the stroller a lot, so I was really excited to try headphones that allowed me to hear my surroundings.

Surprisingly to most people, I listen to pretty chill music when I run, even if its a harder workout. Sometimes I throw on more intense stuff like Eminem if I’m doing a hybrid workout indoors to pump me up for faster paces and station work.

I started swimming when I was recovering from an injury and loved using headphones for long zone 2 swim sessions, which can get boring, for the first time.

There are so many seasons of life. 20 years ago I was heading to play soccer in college. 15 years ago I was running trail half marathons and had never pushed a sled. 10 years ago I was figuring out how to run throughout pregnancy and then running with strollers and doing home workouts during nap times. A few years ago I had no idea what DEKA and HYROX even were and now I have a coach, I compete at the elite level and love training and competing. So you just never know what your future holds, find what ways you love to move and know it may change, find activities that fill your soul that have no race outcome tied to it and surround yourself with people who share and support your goals..