Coach Khem grew up in Wichita, KS and has lived in the Denver area since 2001. She considers herself a late-blooming bench warmer with the only exposure to endurance events growing up was the annual Wichita River Run 2-miler. Even with her late start she managed to make the Varsity Cheerleading squad, gymnastics, basketball, and tennis teams in high school.

Khem’s career as an endurance athlete started after college when she moved to Denver from Lawrence, KS (Go Jayhawks!). In 2002 she completed her first marathon (Mile High City Marathon) and in 2003 her first triathlon (Danskin Women’s Triathlon). After taking a couple years off she returned back to running in 2006 through the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training program with a total of 7 marathon finishes to date and then crossed over to the TNT triathlon program in 2010.

Since 2010, Khem’s athletic career has been primarily focused with triathlon and most recently cycling (road and cyclocross). In addition to numerous triathlon finishes of varying distances, she has four IRONMAN finishes under her belt including the IRONMAN World Championship in 2015 and the inaugural IRONMAN Lake Tahoe in 2013. Her passion, dedication, and love of the sport led her to serve on the IRONMAN Foundation Ambassador Triathlon Team in 2013, 2014, 2017, and 2018; and now on the USA Triathlon Foundation Ambassador Team. Khem is a firm believer in giving back to the sport that has given her so much both personally and professionally.

Khem knows first-hand the challenges of balancing work, training, and maintaining personal relationships which makes her a great fit for busy professionals. She enjoys coaching new athletes and those who are looking to make the next step to longer distances, but most of all making sure her athletes are having fun no matter what.