JUST A SMALL TOWN GIRL. . .

Well I am definitely not living in a lonely world, but I did, in fact, grow up in a town of less than 200 people, and that definitely makes me a small town girl. Growing up, I thought of Milwaukee as a GIANT city, and my only real knowledge of it was what I heard on the nightly news. I once did visit Milwaukee with my sister so we could sit on the outskirts of the Summerfest grounds to listen to Candlebox. The music was great - the ride home left a little to be desired. Instead of taking Eastbound I-94 to go back to our little town in Kenosha County, we took Westbound and ended up in Madison - just a couple hours in the wrong direction.

That experience tells the story of many of my trips to the GIANT city. When I met my husband and moved to Whitefish Bay, I regularly got lost visiting Milwaukee. Trips that should have taken me fifteen minutes turned into hour-long escapades as this small town girl tried to navigate her way through the streets of Milwaukee’s many eclectic neighborhoods.

With that history in mind, you can imagine how it felt for me to be named the

2019 Milwaukee Magazine’s Readers’ Choice Winner for Best Personal Trainer!

Just three years after opening RunFit MKE in the Historic Third Ward. I now live downtown as well, so to have established a business and a home in a city that used to be so overwhelming is pretty wild. But it isn’t just the location that makes this small town girl humbled by the recognition. It is the trust and support of our clients that makes it so special. I’ve learned that if you truly care for people - beyond their fitness goals - success comes easily. Let me be clear, success for me has little to do with money. Success for me is for my clients to come back week after week to our gym in the Third Ward and recognize it as a place that is theirs. It is for my clients to be comfortable sharing their personal struggles so I can support their movement through life, not just exercise.

I actually feel a little shameful accepting the recognition, because RunFit MKE, and this small town girl, would be nothing without her clients. To be named Milwaukee’s Best Personal Trainer only fuels me more, to make sure I am doing my very best every day to serve my clients in this GIANT city!