Stephanie Artis
Stephanie Artis is the co-founder and editor of Freeplay magazine, a women’s endurance sport publication that was found in 2011. Stephanie has been competing in endurance sports in the Sacramento region for over 25 years. She grew up in El Dorado Hills, California where she competed in cross country and track and field at Oak Ridge High School. While at Oak Ridge Stephanie qualified for the California State Track and Field Championships in the mile and was name Athlete of the Year for her high school. Stephanie went on to receive a Division 1 athletic scholarship at Sacramento State University where she participated in cross country and track and field. After graduation in 1999, she began her career in teaching while continuing to compete as a post-collegiate athlete. After suffering from several running injuries Stephanie was forced to head to the pool for some cross training. Upon recovery she decided to dabble in triathlons. Since her first race in 2004 she has competed in numerous triathlons from sprint to Ironman distance events. After several successful amateur seasons Stephanie went on to compete at the professional level for three years before deciding to take a break from the sport to earn a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and to launch Freeplay Magazine. During this time Stephanie raced in cross country and in road races for the SRA Elite running team. In late fall of 2015 Stephanie returned to triathlon and competed in her first Ironman – Ironman Lake Tahoe.
Quick Facts
- Resides in Roseville, California with Sean Dulany and their 3 rescue greyhounds – Smyth, Elise and Slevin.
- Co-founder and Editor of Freeplay Magazine.
- 3 X Ironman 70.3 World Championship Qualifier AG
- Convinced that she could live on lattes and scones alone.
- Started running consistently at 5am so… she now believes anything is possible!
2017 Schedule
February 5 – Super Sunday 5k; 1st Overall
February 25 – Lost Trail Half Marathon; 2nd Overall; 1st AG
March 18 – Excuses Short Track MTB Race #1; 3rd Overall
April 1 – Excuses Short Track MTB Race #2
April 2 – Sac10 Homemade Half
April 15- Excuses Short Track MTB Race #3
April 23, May 7, May 21 – Race Behind Bars
June 3 – Rock and Roll San Diego (tenative)
June 11 – Gold Country Half
August 5 – Spartan Ultra Beast Hawaii (Tentative)
November 4 – Run the Parkway
November 11 – Spartan Super Sacramento
November 12 – Spartan Sprint Sacramento
2016 Race Results
Super Sunday 5k; 10th Overall; 1st AG
Lost Trail Half Marathon; 2nd Overall; 1st AG
TBF Chanoko 30k; 1st Overall
Knickerbocker 35k Trail Run; 3rd Overall
Gold Rush 50k; 6th Overall
Run the Parkway; 5th Overall, 2nd Masters
MandaRun Half Marathon; 1st Overall
Stephanie’s Team Freeplay Blog
Read Stephanie’s “From the Editor” blogs here.
Getting in a Long Run at Sac10
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...
Spectating…It is Hard Work!
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 as...
The Swim is My Friend
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...
Celebrating 25 Years of Running in Sacramento
March marks my 25th year of running in Sacramento! In 1990 my junior high school started a track team and I could have been happier. My 8th grade softball season was about two weeks in and the only thing I had going for me was I was good at hustling and had good...
Off and Running
Off and running!! Last weekend I kicked off my racing season with a local 5k. With a 3.5 hr bike, a swim and a large helping of food at the Spaghetti Factory the day before, it really was more of a tempo than a race but regardless it is sure nice to know that my first...
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