Kari Studley, DPT

Specialties: Road Racing, Cyclocross, Mountain Bike Racing.

Home: Bothell, Washington

Client levels accepted: Consultation only. Available for group and individual clinics.

 

Kari  Studley has been racing at the elite level bike since 2004 and currently races both cyclocross and XC mountain bike professionally for Team Redline / BikePT.com.  Her admiration of the human body and its abilities inspired her to pursue a BS in Exercise and Sport Science and a Doctorate in Physical Therapy. Kari now merges her passion for cycling and human kinetics as a USA Cycling certified coach with Wenzel Coaching and as a bike fit specialist at Corpore Sano in Kenmore,WA.   She also contributes articles on injury prevention and health at www.BikePT.com . 

As both a coach and a working athlete, Kari understands the delicate balance of athletic ambitions and real life practicalities. She is devoted to providing individualized coaching that reflects and respects one’s current goals and other life commitments. Kari also loves the human side of being a coach and physical therapist and loves the challenge of finding the key to help someone succeed. 

Always active (and competitive), Kari ran varsity cross country throughout high school, placed top 5 consistently in sprint and Olympic distance triathlons in college, and has raced at the elite level in road, XC mountain and cyclocross.  She is the current U.S. National Cyclocross Single Speed Champion.  She is also a 5 time Washington State Cyclocross Champion and 2009 Single Speed World Champion. She has raced successfully in multiple USA Cycling National Championship events, including the Road Race, Individual Time trial, XC Mountain Bike, Short Track, Master’s Cyclocross, Single Speed Cyclocross and Elite Cyclocross.  Kari is generally a feared factor (of bike race pain infliction) at the local race scene and has placed top-5 in several Washington State Best All-round Rider events. 

Kari  has always had a passion for dirt and riding her bike.  As a teenager, entire spring breaks and summer vacations were spent riding her bike to neighboring cities.  In college, Kari discovered long distance mountain biking (completing the Kokopelli Trail in Utah), bike touring (doing STP in one day, Tour de Blast, RATPOD,  and being the first woman to cross the finish line at RAMROD), and bike racing!  Kari also taught swim lessons for six years to all ages and swam all through college on the Western WA swim club.  In addition to achievement, Kari also has a record of service above self awards and being recognized as “most inspirational” by her cross country teammates all four years of high school.

Kari loves to share her passion of cycling and a healthy lifestyle through serving as Head Coach for the Biking Vikings High School Mountain Bike Team based out of Kenmore,WA.  She is also highly involved with the Washington High School Cycling League and National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) through providing presentations at Leaders Summits and coaching student athletes at the NICA Invitational Camps and NICA National Select Team.  Kari was honored as the first NICA "Coach of the Year" for Washington in 2011.  She has helped the NorthShore YMCA to create Mountain Bike clinics and programs for junior and high school students of all abilities. 

Kari lives in Bothell, WA with her Studley husband and furry kids: 4 guinea pigs, rabbit and cat.  When stationary, Kari loves to knit, read, try to entice things to grow in the garden, and volunteer at Rabbit Haven (a rabbit rescue/adoption shelter).

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"Thank you so much for the clinic on Saturday. It was really helpful and the advice about getting your butt on the nose of your saddle (bring your weight forward) when turning helped a lot on Sunday. It actually feels really natural and you can feel how it seems to make your front wheel carve through turns. Awesome! It was also so helpful to pre-ride the course a bit. I get huge anxiety about things I don’t know and as soon as we went through I realized, “I can do this!”. It really helped my confidence going in to the next day. " ~ Tamara D

"I just wanted to say thanks for putting on the clinic today. It was helpful on so many different levels. A year later, it was good to get back to the basics. It was also a confidence-builder for Ann and me to see other people in the same position we were last year... I also learned new tactics today. You were absolutely right about bringing the bike in closer. I was a LOT more efficient after that. Thank you! That was huge." ~ Cami T