“You are always in a dance of yes and no.” – Baron Baptiste Over the course of my 2.5-year career in triathlon, I’ve been fortunate enough to make the trip […]
Race Report
Reflecting on My Olympic Trials Race
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]