More® Magazine Marathon + Half-Marathon Athlete Bios

Marathon

Kelly Keeler Ramacier
Age: 46
Residence: St. Paul, MN

Ramacier didn’t participate in sports as a girl, and she smoked in college. When she was 32 years old, she started running. A year later, she ran 3:09:34 in her first marathon. In 1997, at age 35, she improved to 2:42:25. Ramacier competed in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Women’s Marathon two times; in 2000 she finished 17th. She has run a half-marathon in 1:13:20, 10 miles in 56:56, and 10K in 33:31. She is the former director of event and program development at the Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, MN.

Half-Marathon

Susan Loken
Age: 44
Residence: Phoenix, AZ

Susan Loken has done all of her best running since turning 40. This year, the three-time More Magazine Marathon champion and course record-holder will run the More Magazine Half-Marathon for the first time. Loken and Jody Hawkins are aiming to become the first pair of athletes over age 40 to with the More Magazine Half-Marathon. On April 20 in Boston, Loken will run in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Women’s Marathon; she finished 32nd in the 2004 Trials. In January she was seventh (2:44:26) at the P.F. Chang’s Rock ’N’ Roll Arizona Marathon. A mother of three, Loken set the event record of 2:45:35 at the More Magazine Marathon in 2005; it was the fastest-ever marathon run by a woman entirely in Central Park. She is a three-time USA masters marathon champion (2005-2007).

Half-Marathon

Jody Hawkins
Age: 41
Residence: Frisco, TX

Jody Hawkins was one of America’s best distance runners in the mid-1990s. She represented the United States at the 1998 IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships in Zurich, where she ran her PR of 1:12:38. Her running career was stalled by osteoporosis brought on by the rigors of military training in the Army’s World Class Athlete Program. Only recently back to good health, Hawkins won the 2008 USA Masters Cross Country title. She is making her first appearance at the More Magazine Half-Marathon.

Special Guest

Lynn Jennings
Age: 47
Residence: Portland, OR

Lynn Jennings is one of the greatest runners the United States has ever produced. She won a bronze medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic 10,000 meters and was a three-time World Cross Country champion (1990-1992). She also won two medals at the IAAF World Indoor Championships 3000 meters: bronze in 1993 and silver in 1995. Jennings is still the American 10K road record-holder (31:06), and she won seven national 10,000-meter titles, nine national cross country titles, and eight national road 5K titles. At the 2006 More Magazine Marathon + Half-Marathon, she made her first appearance at a running event since retiring in 1998, and she returned in 2007. Though she no longer competes, Jennings is still an avid runner, cyclist, and rower.