32 | Ingrid Walters

Starting Line 1928 · Jul 20, 2023 · 1h 13m

Running was not Ingrid Walters' first love. Nor was it her second, or her third. She didn't run in earnest until she turned 41, at which point she immediately began (quite literally) making up for lost time. After swimming competitively through the first two years of college, she began lifeguarding, and picked up beach running to stay in shape. She enjoyed it enough to accept a college classmate's "dare" to run the 1993 Los Angeles Marathon, which she completed in 4:03:00. After that, she effectively spent two decades away from the sport. At age 33 she ran the LA Marathon again, this time in…