Katie Spotz is from Mentor, but her work takes her all over the world. That has been by foot, by bicycle, by swimming, and of course, by boat. Spotz is an endurance athlete who has pushed her body to the limit time and time again, all for a good cause, and her next challenge is her biggest yet.
Spotz first made history 16 years ago when she became the youngest woman to ever row across the Atlantic Ocean solo. She was 22 at the time, spending 70 days at sea on a small rowboat, traveling unassisted from Senegal to French Guiana.
Before that, Spotz became the first person to swim the entire 325-mile length of the Alleghany River. She’s gone on to accomplish feats that include setting a Guinness World Record by running 11 ultramarathons (races longer than a standard marathon of 26.2 miles) in 11 days across Ohio, and winning a nonstop 200-mile ultramarathon…