Lindsay Walter

Lindsay Walter is a run coach, health educator 43-time marathon runner and four-time ultra marathon runner. Walter has always been athletic. She played basketball through elementary, middle, high school and into college at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. By her senior year of college, she decided to sign up for her first race: Grandma’s Marathon. “My natural competitiveness and desire to call myself a ‘marathoner’ drove me to sign up,” Walter told Runner’s World. She described it as a “one-time bucket-list thing.”After finishing the 26.2-mile race in four hours and five minutes — without stopping to walk once — she was hooked. Since, Walter has completed over forty marathons and four ultra marathons. Her lifetime goal is to finish 100 marathons!Areas of Expertise:Marathon running, ultra running, basketball.Certifications:Road Runner’s Club of America Coaching Certification ProgramBachelor of Applied Science in Health EducationHow would you describe yourself as a fitness role model?“I am an invested, dedicated and enthusiastic athlete.”What keeps you motivated?“The desire to always be better.”Why do you love to sweat?“I love the feeling of pushing my limits, the feeling of being exhausted at the end of a work out knowing I gave it my all. Setting a goal and succeeding is the greatest feeling.”What words do you live by?“Grit, guts and grace.”What makes you a kick-a$$ Oxygen Ambassador?“I love health and fitness and inspiring others to be strong, work hard and push limits. I love being apart of a community and growing.”