Natalie Gingerich Mackenzie
QT: 2:43:29
Residence: Ann Arbor, MI
Hometown: Lebanon, OH
College: Cornell University
Age on Race Day: 38
Affiliation: NB Central Park Track Club
Qualifying Race: Grandma's Marathon 2019
Marathon Best: 2:43:29
Social Handles: Instagram - @natgmack
Favorite road races you've run: Mountain Goat 10-Miler in Syracuse, NY and Dexter-Ann Arbor Half Marathon
Go-to breakfast: Oatmeal (pre-race or pre-workout)
Of Note:
- Freelance writer
- Met her husband at Cornell, where both ran 800m/1500m; three children (7, 4, and 16 months); ran throughout all of her pregnancies)
- Despite being a Division 1 athlete, is the fittest she's ever been in her life, at age 38
- Was 36 when she ran her first competitive marathon
- Competed at 2009 USATF Indoor Championships at 1500m