Emotions are high, body is tired and I am eager to get home. These are my thoughts as I fly home from Yokohama WTS. I toed the line in Yokohama in our final Olympic qualifying event on May 14 and gave it my all. My focus and heart has been dialed in to this race […]
Race Report
Love and War
Pouring rain, booming thunder, white lightning… This is how I woke up the morning of my race in Richmond, Virginia. As the elements outside were battering the earth, I wanted to batter my competition. Conversely, as the earth withstood and outlasted the elements, I wanted to withstand and outlast my competition. I know, I know, […]
Chronicles of a Horribly Inflexible Runner
I have always known that I wasn’t the most flexible person running around the world. Flexibility is not a strong suit in the Schafer blood line, but I never knew just how challenged I was until the CRP coach Jarrod Evans got ahold of me. Shoulder range of motion is a crucial part of developing […]
2016 Season Openers
The feeling of finishing off the 2015 season 44th in the World Cup in Cozumel did not sit well with me. In fact, after May 2015’s breakthrough race at WTS Yokohama, every one thereafter resulted in a missed opportunity, a non-performance. I finished off the 2015 season with a handful of podiums paired equally with […]
2 Races, 2 Podium Finishes
It’s my favorite time of the year! After a hard and long winter of training in Phoenix, AZ it is finally race season and time to put my fitness to the test. I made my season debut in Wollongong, Australia. I had the privilege to travel with Taylor Spivey, a fellow training partner. We got […]
Ringing in a New Chapter
Clermont, Florida will forever hold a very special place in my heart. I spent four spring breaks with Princeton Track and Field running at the National Training Center and through the orange groves, soaking up every bit of the Florida sunshine. Now, returning to Clermont for the CAMTRI American Cup felt like a homecoming. Unbeknownst […]
Earning My Elite License (Tritonman Race Report)
“To be honest, I am really scared of this open water swim,” I said to my coach as we were driving over to the course to do our pre-race recon. Without even looking my way he replied in his usual Australian bluntness, “You should be.” Going into my first draft legal triathlon I was nervous. […]
Havana Nights
To start the 2016 ITU racing season, our coach Jarrod Evans decided to take the CRP athletes with elite status to Havana, Cuba. There was a sprint distance continental cup held on Valentine’s Day in the Capitol of the island country that US citizens were unable to enter for over 50 years due to a […]