Episode Details

Anthony Godfrey:
Hello, and welcome to the Supercast. I'm your host, Superintendent Anthony Godfrey. They will be running, climbing, jumping, crawling, and making their way through mud, all to benefit kids in the classroom. On this episode of the Supercast, we dive into the Jordan Education Foundations Challenge Obstacle Run, which is being held on Saturday, May 14th at Veterans Memorial Park in West Jordan. Find out why it has become one of the most popular obstacle runs in the state resulting in fun for families and a big win for teachers in Jordan School District.

We are fortunate to have the director of the Jordan Education Foundation here, Mike Haynes. Mike, how are you doing?

Mike Haynes:
Well, thank you. Great to be here.

Anthony Godfrey:
You're always doing well.

Mike Haynes:
Well, thank you.

Anthony Godfrey:
And it's always great to be wherever you are. You're always so positive and ready to go. And we have Jason Casto, the past past president of the Jordan Education Foundation and longtime contributor and foundation board member. Thanks for joining us.

Jason Casto:
I'm glad to be here.

Anthony Godfrey:
Two of the most positive, energetic people I know, and I'm not exaggerating. And I know a lot of positive, energetic people.

Jason Casto:
I agree with you. It always is nice to be where Mike is at.

Anthony Godfrey:
That's right. You’re both so energized and happy because you get to do so many great things for kids and for teachers and for the employees of our district.

Jason Casto:
You’re right.
Anthony Godfrey:
One of the ways you accomplish that as a Foundation is through the Challenge Run.

Jason Casto:
Absolutely. The Challenge Run.

Anthony Godfrey:
It's one of the ways that we mark time. You know, one of those markers is that as spring comes, I know that the Challenge Run is approaching. It's something I always look forward to and we haven't been able to do it with COVID getting in the way. This is really an exciting thing that we're back in business.

Jason Casto:
Yeah. Two year hiatus. We're so excited to be back.

Anthony Godfrey:
We see people of all ages participate. Talk to me about who can come to this event and enjoy it.

Jason Casto:
Yeah. So I do wanna say very strongly right out of the gate that sometimes people hear an obstacle course and they think, all right, I'm out. You know, they might think of some of the extreme sports that we see kind of in our communities or on TVs. And this is not that. This is not the kind of obstacle course that you have to train for. We want to give people the idea of doing something fun. Doing something a little different, not your typical 5k or one mile walk or that type of thing. A little bit different, but not so intense that you feel like, all right, I have to have a training regimen going in. Anybody can do this. It's for the whole entire family. We say, you know, eight and up, but all in all honesty, we've had as young as a parent carrying their child in a little harness on their chest. And so we want everyone to feel welcome. You can really engage with the obstacles or hey, if this happens to be one