Karen Kaye
Karen’s zest for a pedestrian active lifestyle was born after winning her first attempt at a 100 yard race back in the 6th grade. She continued to run in junior high school, and while not on any competitive teams, kept going into adulthood.
Upon moving to Atlanta, this New York City native developed asthma, and running became a bit difficult. To fill that void, Karen learned the sport of Racewalking in 1996. After 8 weeks of lessons, Karen won second place in her age group in her first attempt at a judged Racewalk. She was hooked, and has since participated in countless 5k and 10k road races, winning her age category many times. Racewalking proved much easier on the lungs, and this onetime sprinter became an endurance athlete, completing many half, and 8 full marathons. Now after so many years of Racewalking, Karen has been able to add running back into the mix, and enjoys it even more now than she did years ago.
In one of her responsibilities as Director of Communications & Community Relations for BPRC, Karen serves as the “Voice of Peachy” as writer of our weekly e-newsletter. Outside of Big Peach, she is a USATF Level 1 coach who proudly boasts helping over to 900 people get to the start (and finish) line of their first half or full marathon. She currently is one of the coaches for Get Fit Atlanta, and also volunteers her coaching time to Team In Training, TriKids, Run4Life and other charitable organizations.
