KATELYN RUNCK
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It Girl Katelyn Runck on fitness and wellness journey and starting a podcast
By Claudia Gonzalez
Everyone can talk the talk, but no one walks the walkmore than It Girl Katelyn Runck. With her striking looks and creativeentrepreneurial mind, she can do anything she puts her creative mind to.Katelyn’s portfolio has a wide range from being a signed model, to owning andmanaging her own skincare clinic, to being a licensed yoga instructor, to beinga WBFF pro athlete, and more. Now, Katelyn Runck is staying booked with herfitness courses she offers through her website and an upcoming podcast thatwill be launching soon. This It Girl has proven to be a force to be reckonedwith.
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Growing up on a farm near Fargo, North Dakota as theyoungest of four children, her start can be traced back to when she signed onas a model with Factor/Elite Model Management all while completing her highschool degree online. While the modeling world is filled with glamor, there’salso a side of it that can be damaging for women if led down that road. Katelynrecalls this as an unhealthy time for her body and mind as she found herselfdeveloping an eating disorder and addiction. After being admitted to thehospital numerous times, Katelyn decided that she wanted to turn her lifearound and start living her life. It was during this time that she used theopportunity to reflect on her life and what she wanted to do next.
Since then, Katelyn Runck has had her hands full withmultiple projects that have brought her great success. Katelyn was drawn in towork in beauty and skincare and she received her CNA and Medical Aestheticlicense in North Dakota. This quickly became an opportunity for her to travelaround the country to attend conferences and workshops that promoted beautythrough health products and technology. Gaining some traction here, Katelynopened her own wellness boutique and medical aesthetic clinic, Lifestyle Savvy,in North Dakota that served as a one-stop facility for all of your wellness andbeauty needs. For about 6 years, she devoted her practice to personalizing herclients' beauty needs and provided lasting results for them.
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As Katelyn continued to nurture her outer beauty, sherealized she also needed to care for her inner self. Coming to this conclusion,Katelyn received her education through ACE specializing in personal trainingand nutrition. She then became a licensed yoga instructor through YogaAlliance. As a result, for the first time in a while, she found some innerpeace in feeling both healthy and strong. Katelyn later went onto competing inbodybuilding and even changing federations to the World Beauty Fitness &Fashion show and in November 2017. After receiving her WBFF Fitness Pro card,which has allowed an abundance of doors to open up for her, Katelyn is nowrecognized as a sponsored athlete and eligible to compete at the professionallevel.
With multiple projects up her sleeve, Katelyn iscentering her focus on empowering others to feel the same level of confidenceand strength she worked hard to achieve by offering courses through her website(www.katelynrunckfitness.com) in which she strives tocoach you through your fitness and wellness journey. Katelyn is also looking tolaunch a podcast in the near future where she will use her platform and yearsof experience to speak on what it means to be an influencer and what thatexperience has been like for her. “There’s a lot of people doing podcasts likethis at the moment, but I feel like what will make me stand out is my educationin mental health and my own lived experiences,” she says. “We all go through stuff,and we plan on going in depth with everything: the good and the bad.”
Through hard work and perseverance, Katelyn has proved that there is no mountain high enough she can’t reach with diligence and grace. It’s not difficult to view Katelyn as a role model and she has continuously exhibited an insurmountable amount of strength and perseverance. She hopes to serve as a role model for anyone that’s going through things she has gone through and can see that if she was able to come out the other side stronger, so can they. The future is bright for boss base Katelyn Runck, there’s no stopping this shining star.
Photographer: Jason Rivera (@jayrivphoto)
Stylist: Kali Amour (@kaliamour)
MUA: Jessica Harman (@jessicaharmanmua)
Instagram of Katelyn Runk: @katelyn_runck
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