Karen Smidt's guest appearances

Karen Smidt

We Are Superman

The Endureus Project

Karl Meltzer

Chris Kresser

Tom Arnold

John Kelly

John Joseph

Dean Karnazes

David Clark

Brian Reynolds

Courtney Dauwalter

Pat Miletich

Henry Ward

Serena Williams

Payson McElveen

Sanjay Rawal

Josh LaJaunie

OwlTail

As you know, I love a good comeback story as well as people who have conjured up a unique, daunting challenge to tackle.  In this episode I chat with an old coaching friend, Karen Smidt, who is the long-time head cross country and track coach at Brighton High School, in a growing suburban, formerly rural, community northeast of Denver.  Karen is a Navy veteran, and has been the head librarian at the school for many years.  She is very welcoming as a coach and her teams routinely attract large numbers of kids to come out, and more importantly stay out, and her Bulldogs regularly finish at the top in their league championships.  Karen has always enjoyed running herself, especially on trails, but she hit a major bump in the road several years back when she required neck surgery, and then that procedure led to what are likely nerve issues that have left her with almost no feeling in her hands and feet.  That’s obviously not very ideal for a runner, much less a trail runner.  So she did what any self-respecting WASP guest would do, she created a challenge, and hers is to run fifty 50-mile races, one in each state, while she is in her 50s.  And she didn’t get started until arriving in her mid-50s, plus several states don’t have 50-mile races, so that’s added to her quest to complete this challenge before she hits 60 years old.  As Karen’s husband Dan said to her after we recorded this, the only thing she likes more than running is to talk about running, so hopefully you’ll also enjoy our lively chat about her inspiring quest.Please consider donating to help Boulder County fire victims relief:https://www.commfound.org/grants/get-grant/Boulder-County-Wildfire-FundCoach Karen SmidtFacebook Karen Stanley SmidtInstagram @karensmidtBill Stahlsilly_billy@msn.comFacebook Bill StahlInstagram @stahlor

As you know, I love a good comeback story as well as people who have conjured up a unique, daunting challenge to tackle.  In this episode I chat with an old coaching friend, Karen Smidt, who is the long-time head cross country and track coach at Brighton High School, in a growing suburban, formerly rural, community northeast of Denver.  Karen is a Navy veteran, and has been the head librarian at the school for many years.  She is very welcoming as a coach and her teams routinely attract large numbers of kids to come out, and more importantly stay out, and her Bulldogs regularly finish at the top in their league championships.  Karen has always enjoyed running herself, especially on trails, but she hit a major bump in the road several years back when she required neck surgery, and then that procedure led to what are likely nerve issues that have left her with almost no feeling in her hands and feet.  That’s obviously not very ideal for a runner, much less a trail runner.  So she did what any self-respecting WASP guest would do, she created a challenge, and hers is to run fifty 50-mile races, one in each state, while she is in her 50s.  And she didn’t get started until arriving in her mid-50s, plus several states don’t have 50-mile races, so that’s added to her quest to complete this challenge before she hits 60 years old.  As Karen’s husband Dan said to her after we recorded this, the only thing she likes more than running is to talk about running, so hopefully you’ll also enjoy our lively chat about her inspiring quest. Please consider donating to help Boulder County fire victims relief: <a href="https://www.commfound.org/grants/get-grant/Boulder-County-Wildfire-Fund" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.commfound.org/grants/get-grant/Boulder-County-Wildfire-Fund</a> Coach Karen Smidt Facebook Karen Stanley Smidt Instagram @karensmidt Bill Stahl silly_billy@msn.com Facebook Bill Stahl Instagram @stahlor

#186 - WE ARE COACH KAREN SMIDT ALWAYS FINDING JOY IN RUNNING, OVERCOMING, AND A NEW EPIC CHALLENGE

Karen Smidt has been running for 40+ years and has raced every distance from the 800m to 100 miles. She is a high school Teacher-Librarian as well as the Head High School Cross Country and Track Coach. She has race Western States, Leadville, and Run Rabbit Run just to name a few.  She has a new personal quest of running a 50-mile race in all 50 states while in her 50's. Find Karen on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karen.s.smidt  Become one of my Patreon supporters are receive early access to videos, discounts, as well as more behind the scenes access. https://www.patreon.com/cjayemedia  Have a question or comments? I like to hear from you! E-mail me: https://www.cjaye.com/contact/  The Rocks, Roots, &amp; Ruts podcast is now available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Breaker, Overcast, PocketCasts, and PublicRadio. Just waiting for Sticher to be approved.  Get 25% off Headsweats.com with the code "cjaye25"  Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cjayemedia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cjayemedia/ Strava profile: https://www.strava.com/athletes/3025037  My Gear: Camera - Canon M50: https://amzn.to/2pYkEnD Software - OBS Project: https://obsproject.com/ Microphone - Rode NT-USB: https://amzn.to/2F2FWaO HDMI to USB - Magewell USB Capture HDMI 4K Plus: https://amzn.to/2TdLmVG

Karen Smidt has been running for 40+ years and has raced every distance from the 800m to 100 miles. She is a high school Teacher-Librarian as well as the Head High School Cross Country and Track Coach. She has race Western States, Leadville, and Run Rabbit Run just to name a few.  She has a new personal quest of running a 50-mile race in all 50 states while in her 50's. Find Karen on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/karen.s.smidt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/karen.s.smidt</a> Become one of my Patreon supporters are receive early access to videos, discounts, as well as more behind the scenes access. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/cjayemedia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/cjayemedia</a> Have a question or comments? I like to hear from you! E-mail me: <a>https://www.cjaye.com/contact/</a> The Rocks, Roots, &amp; Ruts podcast is now available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Breaker, Overcast, PocketCasts, and PublicRadio. Just waiting for Sticher to be approved. Get 25% off <a href="Headsweats.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Headsweats.com</a> with the code "cjaye25" Links: Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cjayemedia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/cjayemedia</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cjayemedia/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/cjayemedia/</a> Strava profile: <a href="https://www.strava.com/athletes/3025037" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.strava.com/athletes/3025037</a> My Gear: Camera - Canon M50: <a href="https://amzn.to/2pYkEnD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/2pYkEnD</a> Software - OBS Project: <a href="https://obsproject.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://obsproject.com/</a> Microphone - Rode NT-USB: <a href="https://amzn.to/2F2FWaO" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/2F2FWaO</a> HDMI to USB - Magewell USB Capture HDMI 4K Plus: <a href="https://amzn.to/2TdLmVG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/2TdLmVG</a>

Karen Smidt - Teacher-Librarian, Coach, and Ultra Runner - EP5