by Stephanie Artis | Mar 24, 2017 | Kelly's Blog
The other day, a guy at the gym said to me, “Oh, I heard you did a triathlon.” Which I didn’t really know how to respond to. I went with, “Yeah, thanks.” People say lots of things to me I don’t know how to respond to. Aren’t...
by Stephanie Artis | Sep 25, 2016 | Kelly's Blog
It’s hard to believe it was over a year ago I qualified and registered for Kona. And now here we are. Two weeks away from my first Ironman World Championships. It’s been a long year of training and I’m so stressed out and ready to be done that if you...
by Stephanie Artis | Jun 23, 2016 | Kelly's Blog
It’s been a year since I started with Hillary. A year of training hard and getting faster, almost like that’s how it’s supposed to work. Naturally, it was fitting that I marked the anniversary with a double race weekend — not this past weekend...
by Stephanie Artis | May 10, 2016 | Kelly's Blog
Multiple people the week after Wildflower (which was last week) kept telling me how tough I am. Which I thought was funny. I told my husband, Steve, this and he also thought it was funny, so that’s either encouraging or not. I don’t feel tough. I feel like I had...
by Stephanie Artis | Mar 1, 2016 | Kelly's Blog
Short version: I ran 1:26:27 according to my watch and 1:26:29 according to the official results. Apparently, I was so out of it at the end that I came to a complete stop as I pressed “stop,” and then it took me an extra two seconds to walk all the way across the...
by Stephanie Artis | Jan 29, 2016 | Kelly's Blog
While the East Coast gets bombarded with snow, it’s hard to feel bad for those of us out here in California. I know, I know, we have it so hard. Sometimes it rains. And when it drops below 50, I have to stop wearing flip-flops. But I promise we’re really...
