Natalie is a 33-year-old pharmacist who works for University of Michigan Health Sparrow Eaton in Charlotte. She was born in Shepherd, as the oldest of 7 children. Natalie now lives in Grand Ledge with her fiancé Kyle Malone, a fellow LTT team member, and their 2 cats, Hansel & Gretel. Natalie joined a running group in Grand Rapids in college and decided to try spin class for cross training. This quickly led to triathlon races in 2015. Since then, she has completed all distances of running & triathlons from a sprint triathlon to 2 full Ironman races and 5k's to marathons. Her favorite of the 3 disciplines is biking, followed closely by swimming, and running is far off. She much prefers long distance triathlon over short course, as slow & steady wins the race! In her free time she enjoys reading, gardening, crocheting, traveling & enjoying delicious foods & drinks.

2026 GOALS

My goal for this year is to earn a PR at Ironman North Carolina 70.3. I’m excited for the push in training, while working on nutrition and the mental component of racing throughout this summer.