by Stephanie Artis | Jun 14, 2016 | Elise's Blog
I have been struggling with what to write for this race story. I wasn’t feeling 100% coming into the race, both my kids had a nasty stomach virus days before. I wasn’t completely sick like them, but I also wasn’t completely well. It was that horrible “Am I sick? Am I...
by Stephanie Artis | May 23, 2016 | Elise's Blog
“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”—Martin Luther King, Jr. That was me during the run portion of the Auburn Triathlon. I did manage to keep running, but just...
by Stephanie Artis | Apr 25, 2016 | Elise's Blog
A picture says a 1000 words. So here are a few thousand words from my recent TBF Icebreaker Triathlon that took place April 16… If possible I always check the line for the swim finish. Good to know if sight buoys (ones you can go on either side of) are off to...
by Stephanie Artis | Jan 20, 2016 | Elise's Blog
Last year I was privileged to be on the first Team Freeplay team. So many amazing athletes I was really honored!! Friends and family would ask me questions about what a triathlon team actually is. “Do you all race all the same races?” me “Uh, no.” “Do you all race...
by Stephanie Artis | Aug 20, 2015 | Elise's Blog
This was, by far, the biggest race I’ve ever done in terms of attendance and talent. It was an honor to be there amongst some of the nation’s best triathletes. Unfortunately in early June I started dealing with hamstring and glute pain. Bad enough to stop me from...
by Stephanie Artis | Jun 8, 2015 | Elise's Blog
It doesn’t get easier, you just get faster. – Greg LeMond This quote is true and a kind of a bummer. I was kind of hoping I’d get faster AND it would get easier. Nope. Still hard and still hurts. But faster? I hope so. May was a busy month. Starting April 19 I did a...
