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Race Report: Wildflower Triathlon
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...
Pool Running – Make it Your Fitness Savior
by Stephanie Artis | May 9, 2016 | News, Pam's Blog
You know you’ve done it, too. Felt a niggle during your training. Maybe a bit of a limp after your run. Some specific pain you thought you could run through without being out of the game. So, with big races on the schedule this year, I committed all of those athletic...
Athlete Recipe: Peanut Butter-Chocolate Protein Energy Bites
by Stephanie Artis | May 3, 2016 | Dina's Blog
Healthy, Athlete Recipe: Peanut Butter-Chocolate Protein Energy Bites I'm always looking for healthy and easy recipes for healthy snacks throughout my day, that keep me going and satisfy my hunger (and my sweet tooth!). These Peanut Butter-Chocolate Protein Energy...
Icebreaker Race Recap
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 one...
A 35k Debacle
by Stephanie Artis | Apr 12, 2016 | Stephanie's Blog
About a mile and a half into the Woodside Crossover 35k endurance run I had already begun brainstorming titles for my race report – “Crazy Blonde Takes on Huddart Park”, “If It Could…It Did”, “One for the Books”, or a personal favorite…”I’m Glad Sean Missed This One.”...
Knickerbocker 35k
by Stephanie Artis | Apr 11, 2016 | Stephanie's Blog
With the Chanoko 30k behind me I was now ready to step it up and tackle the Knickerbocker 35k. Seemed like a great progression towards my goal of the Gold Rush 50k May 14. Before signing up I loosely studied the course map. Although I have not run these Auburn trails...
TBF Trail Racing
by Stephanie Artis | Apr 11, 2016 | News, Stephanie's Blog
At the end of February I agreed to join teammate Erin Wachter at the TBF Racing Lost Trail Half Marathon. Out of shape and lacking trail skills I knew I was in for a challenge but who can pass up an opportunity to race with a friend around Folsom Lake. As expected the...
Xterra Real, Granite Bay CA.
by Stephanie Artis | Apr 7, 2016 | Kimberly's Blog
First race of the season, DONE! It was also the first year I had to train thru a real winter, like actual snow on the ground, teaching skiing every weekend, its really cold outside (1 degree) winter! And what a difference a winter makes when it comes to an early...
Amateur Triathlete, Professional Donut Eater- Ironman Oceanside 70.3 Race Recap
by Stephanie Artis | Apr 6, 2016 | Jaimee's Blog
Highlights- Best pre race week with my friends. Full of sunshine, Swami’s, Nekter, La Jolla and filming. A couple sub 7 minute miles on the run Seeing my friends on the run course and all of my cheerleaders Donuts at the finish line Podium finish against a fast...
Bayshore 70.4 – Long Beach, CA
by WebyMaster | Mar 13, 2016 | Sara's Blog
I started my drive down to Long Beach on Friday morning after dropping the kids off at school. I made pretty good time until I hit the lovely traffic in Los Angeles. This was my first time driving to Southern California. There really isn't much between the...