Transforming Lives: Kristina Ripatti
Getting Me Back in the Game.
On the morning of June 3, 2006, as she ran along the shore of Dockweiler Beach in Los Angeles with her husband and hundreds of fellow police officers in the LAPD Memorial Relay Race, Kristina Ripatti, was doing what she loved most. An accomplished athlete who ran 6-7 miles from her Redondo Beach home to the gym for intense workouts, Kristina viewed exercise and fitness essential for her role as a police officer in the LAPD gang unit and for her role in life. When asked about her grueling workouts, Kristina frequently told people she was "training for life" – little knowing that one day, her fitness would mean the difference between life and death. » Read more
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