by Stephanie Artis | Aug 5, 2015 | Stephanie's Blog
The Donner Half was like shopping at Cost-Co…I got more product for my money – more minutes on the race course that is! Based on my average time for this distance I usually pay roughly $0.83/minute but at the Donner Half it was just a mere $0.70/minute! I wish I could...
by Stephanie Artis | Jun 24, 2015 | Stephanie's Blog
When my alarm clock sounded the morning of the race the usual nerves that kick in were absent and a general since of dread and anger filled the space. As I gathered my race gear my feelings did not fade. In fact they only intensified as I marched down the...
by Stephanie Artis | May 28, 2015 | Stephanie's Blog
For what seems to be “for as long as I can remember” I have struggled with tight hamstrings and hip flexors (as well as keeping my pelvis from rotating and slipping). Over the past 10 years I have spend a large chunk of change diagnosing the problem and treating it....
by Stephanie Artis | Apr 17, 2015 | Stephanie's Blog
After lots and lots of weeks of solo workouts I decided to join hundreds of my “closest” friends for my long run last weekend by jumping in the Credit Union SacTown 10 Miler. With big workouts scheduled before and after this 10 mile run all out racing was not an...
by Stephanie Artis | Mar 29, 2015 | Stephanie's Blog
My first experience in Oceanside was either 2007 or 2008. It was my first Half Ironman. I didn’t realize exactly what I was getting myself into until about half through the bike but by that point it was way too late to do anything about it. I continued to push...
by Stephanie Artis | Mar 8, 2015 | Stephanie's Blog
Creating my race schedule is tricky. It requires me to be flexible with myself. There are so many factors that need to be considered when deciding on races: location, size of the race, cost, the course, date of the race, race distance, travel time, etc… Finding races...
