Inspiring community through running

OUR TEAM

Lloyd Schmidt

Race Director
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An avid runner for over 40 years, Lloyd began directing races in 1987. Lloyd has a reputation for organizing quality events, a long history of race innovation, and a dedication to the community. Lloyd and his wife Julie have 6 children, who you may see helping at the races. Lloyd became a proud grandfather in 2013.

Jordan Schmidt

Event Director
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Jordan manages event logistics, bookkeeping and marketing and communications. Jordan’s passion for community building leads him to always look for new ways for the Run Waterloo to benefit those who live in the Region of Waterloo. Jordan is Lloyd and Julie’s eldest son and prefers the 5k road race.

Deirdre Large

Accessibility Coordinator
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Since Deirdre ran her first 5k in 2010, she has expanded to 50k trail races and has completed ENDURrun Ultimate four times.

Her youngest son Graydon, a successful para-athlete in his own right, has run with her in a number of the series races. As our special needs community is constantly growing, she felt it was time to help make the running series more accessible and inclusive. Deirdre is looking forward to working with all our other-abled community runners!

Josalyn Radcliffe

Sustainability Coordinator
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Josalyn is a mother to two active daughters who fell in love with running races after completing the first Santa Pur-suit!

She works in Public Health and is also a graduate student at the University of Waterloo. We know more than ever that our environment impacts our health, and Josalyn looks forward to helping make races more sustainable to support the health of runners, our community, and the globe!

Julie Schmidt

Lead Race Photographer

As a recreational runner and mental health nurse, Julie strongly advocates for the health and well-being of our community. Among her varied roles within the Waterloo Running Series, her most treasured contribution is photography, as she aims to capture the essence of both the individual and community experience.

Carol Stewart

Registration Coordinator

Running for close to 15 years, Carol credits Run Waterloo as the place she found her love of racing. She has been collecting race shirts since the Oktoberfest 5k in 2007. After adding her first Race Crew shirt from the 2012 Dirty Dash, she now collects Race Crew shirts as well. If you don’t see her on the course, you will see her at kit pick up.

Jamie Black

Chief Course Marshal

In over 30 years of running, Jamie has competed in more than 1,000 races, won a few of them, and got lost while leading two different cross-country races (in the same day). He has run in +50c as well as -40C and has been chased by a bear while running on trails. He has learned much about race logistics the hard way, and coordinates the marshalling at many RunWaterloo events when he’s not chasing his two young children.

Merlin Frey

Equipment Coordinator

Merlin is a life-long auto mechanic, but a very recent runner. Since his first race (2013 ENDURrace), he has quickly fallen in love with the running community. Finding fulfillment in lending a hand whenever possible, he is excited to exercise his handyman skills in order to “give back” to the community which has inspired him so much.

Sam Lalonde

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Sam manages the Run Waterloo results website.

Will Spaetzel

Web and video
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Will is a web developer, dad, and recreational runner. He picked up running as an adult and hasn’t been able to stop running since. He’s completed the ENDURrun Ultimate twice and loves finding new running adventures. Will contributes to the RW YouTube channel and manages the ENDURrun Microsite.