Katherine Martin

Katherine Martin story: in 1999, during the Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota, she collapsed and woke up two weeks later with one leg amputated and white hair. She had contracted a Strep A infection that damaged her leg so badly that it had to be amputated.

“When I got the hightech leg it was like a whole new life opened up for me.”

“l learned to walk, literally, as fast as I could. I mean, I was just motivated to do better, to continue with every facet of my life. It gave me an opportunity, it challenged me. I challenged myself everyday, just to get up, to get moving.”

“Everyday I wake up and say to myself, ’what can I do today?’ Just something real small to make my life better, and to make my life better…it spreads out in to other areas.”