{"id":13,"date":"2019-06-07T22:17:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T22:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chaurunstheworld.com\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2022-06-05T02:23:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T02:23:54","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/chaurunstheworld.com\/?page_id=13","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am Chau Smith, a short and feisty woman who runs all over the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through rain and over ice, up mountains and across cities \u2013 I meet so many inspiring people during my marathon travels. I&#8217;m proud to be a part of the global running community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When not pushing to the finish, I like to take naps, eat chocolate, pick flowers, and make kids cry. Born in South Viet Nam, I live with my husband in Kansas City and San Francisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AWARDS &amp; HONORS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Featured on Garmin website, Women of Adventure, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Women of Adventure | Chau Smith | Adventure Has No Age Limit | Garmin\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UxcEpsO7xkU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Completed over 100 marathons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3-time Boston Marathon qualifier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Completed 3 circuits of the globe, running a marathon on each continent (7 continents in 7 days, and 8 continents in 8 days).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Oldest woman to complete a global circuit of marathons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WIN for KC\u2019s UMB Lifetime Sportswoman Award \u2013 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Featured runner in premier running magazine, \u201cRunner\u2019s World.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Featured in a Garmin video produced for in-house international engineering meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Featured articles in NBC News, the Independence Examiner, and the Kansas City Star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Completed a marathon in all 50 states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PRESS<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am Chau Smith, a short and feisty woman who runs all over the world. Through rain and over ice, up mountains and across cities \u2013 I meet so many inspiring people during my marathon travels. I&#8217;m proud to be a part of the global running community. When not pushing to the finish, I like &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chaurunstheworld.com\/?page_id=13\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About Me&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chaurunstheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chaurunstheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chaurunstheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chaurunstheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chaurunstheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/chaurunstheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79,"href":"http:\/\/chaurunstheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/79"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chaurunstheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}