05/19/2026
Fortitude Fitness is proud to announce Johanna Kitchell as our first-ever sponsored athlete! Johanna has been a client of Fortitude Fitness for 13 years and has been training with owner, Frank Marino, for all of those. Johanna is 6th-8th grade Orchestra teacher at Riverside Junior High and is also the Orchestra Director for the Indianapolis Youth Orchestra. In addition, she leads the Healthy Hawks running program at Riverside. Johanna is a wife and a mother, and despite her busy schedule she still finds time to train two days a week at Fortitude Fitness and put in the miles in the pavement training for half and full marathons. Recently, Johanna set PR at the Indianapolis Mini Marathon with a time of 1:43:55. Her next venture will at the Carmel Marathon. Congratulations to Johanna on becoming Fortitude Fitness’ first-ever sponsored athlete, we couldn’t have a better individual representing us. Good luck at Carmel and if you see Johanna, wish her luck in her upcoming race!!