Feature Runner Friday: Katie Ramsey

Happy Friday HOF Marathon followers! This Friday we want to feature one of our local, repeating HOF marathon runners! 
Get to know North Canton’s Katie Ramsey! A later start to the running world, Katie first initially became interested in running when she and her mother decided to run a 5k race for fun. 

“I started running about three years ago,” Ramsey said. “I never ran in high school. I actually played volleyball and softball and I hated running. So around three years ago I was driving around Canfield and passed the apple orchard. There was a sign that said “Come join us for a 5k”. So I was like hmm this sounds kind of fun. So mom and I signed up. We didn’t train or anything, just kind of decided to show up and run...
"It took us 45 minutes for our first one because we walked a lot with it being in the apple orchard and then we took off from there, Ramsey said. "We wanted to get better and found that the running community was a lot of fun .”
After catching the “running bug” Ramsey and her mother started making it a hobby to find local 5ks to run.
Running numerous 5ks since then and finishing their first half marathon last year at our 2019 HOF Marathon, Ramsey looks forward to what 2020 training will bring her and her mother. 
Ramsey and her mom will again be competing in our half marathon this April. Both hope to better their time from last year and look to consider the full marathon in 2021.

Get to know our dedicated local runner!

5k or Half Marathon- 5k
Fall or Spring- Spring
Summer or Winter- Summer
Facebook or Instagram- Facebook
New Balance or Brooks- New Balance
Adidas or Nike- Nike
Track and Field or Cross Country- Cross Country
Football or Basketball- Football
Gatorade or Body Armor- Body Armor
Yoga or Cross Fit- Yoga
Coffee or Tea- Tea
Warm up music?-  Don’t have any specific warm-up music, just whatever comes on my Pandora!

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