Meet a Playah -- Artemis Newman

Age: 44
Superhero Name: tbd


Stretch Factor: 5
Choice Words: "You don’t want to know my choice words…they are not nice"
Goal: "That I will be motivated to continue training and taking care of myself."

No offense to anyone reading this, but Artemis Newman is probably the nicest person I've ever met. She earns a living as a dentist and is such a lovely person that her patients probably look forward to root canals. Given a choice, though, she'd rather be gardening and yoga-ing all day. Can't blame her there.

Artemis craves...watermelon...when she is PMS-ing. Hmmm... What happens when they're out of season? She's well-adjusted and might just kick back and spit seeds with ya, claiming, "I won’t ‘snap’ during that time of the month." Her biggest challenge will be running, which she supposedly stinks at. (Yes, that sentence just ended in a preposition.) Artemis is most looking forward to getting into shape and training with friends and thinking it may motivate her to continue taking care of herself. She is doing this in hopes that "... my kids will see that Mom is taking care of herself and that she can set goals and reach them…likely NOT win…but finish!"

Now, this is where, if you're feeling a little...fragile, about your training, you might dislike her a wee bit. Not that I'm starting any soap operas or drama here. She walks dogs and swims in the summer and when I asked her if she wanted to do the tri, she seemed to be thinking it over, like (my interpretation) it's her first and debating on the time commitment, blah blah blah. I had heard it before. Then she reveals that..."Believe it or not…I am a competitive swimmer and actually did several mini triathlons in my long ago past…I am so out of shape I would probably put myself in the range of 5." This is where she reveals herself as a ringer.

ring·er one that enters a competition under false representations

Now, I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt and call her humble. The first thing she's going to do after crossing the finish line is "Probably grab a bottle of water, hug my family and sit my fanny down.". See? No booze. No going to bars. Just rehydrating her deserving body and lovin' on her family. Artemis, meet Amy. Amy, this is Artemis and you're officially the Congeniality Crew unless training brings out something in you we're unaware of. "Brenda and I met in the 4 year old preschool class at TRS with our daughters…we both like yoga and enjoy walking our dogs together!"