Kacie Fischer

Kacie Fischer is the second woman to inline skate across the United States, a feat she accomplished in 2012.^[1] She is the fastest person to ever do so, skating from California to Florida in 47 days; the previous official record was 69 days, by Rusty Montcrief in 2002.^[1] Danny Dannels reportedly did it in 67 days, but that is unofficial.^[1] Fischer skated to raise money for the Special Olympics.^[2] In addition to skating, Fischer is a personal trainer, CrossFit Coach, fitness lead at Inline Warehouse, and professional tower runner (someone who races up stairwells of skyscrapers).^[3] She and Adam Cleveland, who was then her fiancé, started the nonprofit organization LiveGiveSkate.org.^[4] While at college she suffered from heart failure, which prompted her to begin a vigorous athletic regimen.^[5]

The first woman to in-line across the United States was Laura Clark, in 1997, from California to Virginia. This was done with the early hard plastic in-line skates and a hand held cassette tape player. This adventure was highlighted in 1997 by CNN’s Tim Wall before lap tops and cell phones were mainstream. Though in old news paper articles and a few video clips… the achievement was archived in Tim Wall’s 1998 American Voices documentary. The online journey was before the prolific ease of the digital age and social media. Laura Clark skated to raise awareness about child abuse and domestic violence in the IS. She later became the first female to skate across Alaska, in 2003, from Fairbanks to Seward, again to raise awareness about child abuse and domestic violence in the US. She stopped at many abuse shelters and schools and gave encouragement and hope across America including the Last Frontier.