Initially a distance runner and triathlete, Karyn has been primarily adventure racing for about 15 years. A Rootstock Racing Team member, she is excited to also represent the Women of AR team for the 2025 season, as some of her most memorable races have been on all women's teams. She is a USARA DEI committee member and is passionate about inclusivity and trying to broaden the sport of adventure racing. Karyn is also a co-founder of the Community Gear Closet, which provides free rentals to local community members to enable others to have new adventures and engaging outdoor opportunities. Karyn has a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. She has spent her career focused on the rehabilitation of orthopedic injuries and post-surgical recoveries. She has a particular love for working with endurance and master athletes. Karyn heads the running program at her company, spending a few hours a week researching and training other clinicians on the most current methods for treating run-related injuries as well as other run-related topics. She has taken numerous continuing education courses on treating endurance athletes, including how to perform bike fits and designing strength training programs for runners. Karyn can most often be found running or hiking the local trails at sunrise with her dog Kaya. She loves taking photos and looking for wildlife in the woods. Besides getting to play outside, Karyn believes the best part of adventure racing is the life skills you gain in adaptability and learning to elevate your teammates. She is looking forward to sharing this with other women!

Britt is an endurance MTB, gravel, and adventure racer. She is a six-time winner of the Transylvania Epic MTB and Gravel Stage Races, and she also had the opportunity to represent Team USA at the 2024 UCI XCM Marathon World Championships. Britt got her start in endurance sports in adventure racing right out of college, spending a decade doing expeditions and one day races around the country. She took some time away from the sport to focus on bike racing, but made a return in 2024. She has won the women’s division of Adventure Racing Nationals with her team (Karyn and Nicki) the last two years, taking 3rd overall in 2025. Her team will represent the Women of AR again Britt is an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, and she and her partner Jen have run group training cohorts for MTB events. She enjoys spending time in nature with her pup, Ari, reading before sunrise, and drinking unnecessary amounts of coffee. ​Britt is naturally gifted at working with her hands and is willing to embrace change.  Ask her about her finish carpentry and remodeling business or how she worked as a technical firefighter for over a decade.

Jen (aka Jen-Till-Human) is new to Adventure Racing and has over 25 years experience riding and racing mountain bikes. She feels most alive when exploring nature on (and off) the trails. Jen is a national board-certified health and wellness coach. Having spent two decades in a corporate America career, Jen recently transitioned into various coaching roles and is focusing on slowing down, listening inwardly, and guiding others in (re)discovering their authentic truth while confidently navigating life’s ebbs and flows with courage and compassion. Adventure racing and sports are embodied practices, naturally.  The body, mind, and soul have powerful intelligences that we can learn to tap into and develop. Jen seeks to enhance others' knowledge, learning, and embodied experience using adventure as an instrument to further healing, self-compassion, and ultimately transformation.

Stephanie has been adventure racing since 2002 and orienteering since 2004. She serves on the USARA Board of Directors and as Nationals Coordinator for the USARA National Championships. Orienteering is the sport she shares with her husband, and they enjoy building their summer vacations around the World Masters Orienteering Championships each year. Stephanie's life goal is to "be like Sole," a Finn who is still orienteering at the age of 93. "Watching her jog across the finish line at World Masters every year is so motivating and inspiring." Stephanie founded the Women of AR Campaign in 2017 to motivate and inspire all-women teams to compete at the national level in the USARA National Championships. She enjoys teaching other women to read maps and build confidence in the woods. She attended our first SOAR weekend as a participant, and is grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this year's event.