My Personal Bio:

I am a mom to two wonderful children. Angela - age 8 and Michael - age 6. They are full of energy and life and I love spending time with them. I work as a secretary at my children's Elementary school. This change helped simplify my life and allows me to be with my kids more, and involved in their every day life. I've been married to my husband, Jerry, for 9 years. He is a wonderful man and has always been supportive of my running. In September of 2003, Jerry had a ruptured brain aneurysm and that day changed our lives forever. My running 'habit' virtually saved my life. I became more passionate than ever about it and I believe running kept me from choosing more unhealthy 'vices' to deal with the stress. I won't go into details about Jerry's brain injury, other than he has made a remarkable recovery and, by the grace of God, is still in our lives. The last few years have been a challenge for all of us and my 'escape' was to run. As I mentioned in my transformation story, I literally ran myself into the ground and was forced to take a step back and look at what my fitness routine was and how I might change it to avoid injury in the future. I am a very 'goal-oriented' person and I saw similar characteristics in Christy - the coach that inspired me to sign on with Million Dollar Body. I was rather skeptical at first but saw the way her whole face lit up when she talked about the P90X program and the way it was making her feel stronger while improving her running form. I did a couple of the workouts with her and was sold! I now have the P90X DVD set and I'm feeling stronger every day. I look forward to sharing my personal journey along the way. If you have read my story and would like to join me as a member or a coach, I'd love to have you along for the ride! Just e-mail me at jlkkmc@aol.com if you have any questions at all or would like to join!

My Transformation Story:

I started running about 6 years ago after the birth of my first child. I found it was a great way to take the weight off and I slowly began training for the marathon distance. I have now completed 6 marathons and made it to Boston along the way. Unfortunately, I did not develop a balance in my workout program - I just ran all the time! It's so simple, just tie your shoes and run out the door. But, what I discovered the hard way is that my body could only handle that for so long. My last marathon was January 2007 and I couldn't run for almost 3 months after that. The muscles in my legs were so tight and overtrained that I developed pretty severe 'runners knee.' So, I dabbled in Cross-Training since the only exercise that created pain was running, but I missed the runners high terribly. Then I met Christy (another Million Dollar Body Coach) and learned that I could run again and possible run even better than before, if I started working more on core strength, leg and upper body exercises. I did a few workouts with Christy in her home and I was sold! With the help of Million Dollar Body P90X and Coach Christy, I am now running strong again and looking forward to a fit future. I've also begun working on transforming my diet - no hydrogenated oils, more fresh fruits and veggies. This part of the transformation is more of a challenge for me, but necessary to see the full results from any of the Million Dollar Body plans! If you'd like to read more about my weekly journey, go to www.do-it-with-me.com and click on "Learn More About Kathleen". You can also e-mail me anytime at jlkkmc@aol.com.