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Featured Altramaniac: Mary Kae Fortie

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I started running 2 1/2 years ago at the age of 60 and 1/2 when my friend and now running partner decided she wanted to run the Ogden half. You have to understand she was overweight, and had never run, and I was always active but more in the way of dance, and had never run either. We got on line and ran a training program. We loved the experience and did our first half in just over 3 hours. We were hooked. We added three other half marathons and a 10K that year, and continued to add new goals. We know for us we have to have a goal to shoot for, or we could find all kinds of excuses not to train.

The following year we did half marathons, a 30K (Red Mountain) in Ivans… our first trail experience (sort of, it was the road part of the Red Mt. 50K). We loved it, and crazy Deanna talked me into doing the Provo marathon just two weeks later. She said, ” we just did 19, what’s 7 more miles”! In October Dee and I ran the a trail 10K in Corner canyon.. Our first time running a trail. WOW. We loved it. It was then we truly became trail runners. I went right out and bought my first pair of Altras. I love the Lone peaks. We have run in mud, slush, snow, rocks and whatever and never felt like I didn’t have great foot support. I then had to get my first Intuitions, so we could winter train on the road. They are so comfortable. We did the Ivans run again this spring. I wore my Intuitions, and boy what a difference in performance, and comfort from the shoes I had worn the year before. 

A few weeks before the Ivans run this spring, we ran the Buffalo run 25K on Antelope Island. Again, great comfort and wear from my Lone Peaks. We have registered for the Little Grand Canyon marathon in September, and are waiting for the registration to open for the Antelope Island 50K. I know. I keep thinking… what are we thinking? I am now 63 and love being up on the mountains. It has become a family thing, as my sons Craig and  Brent are so good to run with their slow mom. We all did Ivans together this year.

I have shared my shoe stories with my sisters who both have knee and IT band issues and are not runners, but they both have bought Intuitions just to wear. They have told me that the shoes have made a huge difference in their walking and standing. My younger sister bought a pair of Lone Peaks to wear on Trek this week. I will be anxious to hear how they performed for her. She said they would have lots of rocky terrain and up hills.

We are a family of Altra wearers.

 

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