Who is Elise James?

Name: Elise James

Age: 26

Years lived in Columbia: 17

Original hometown: Montello, Wis.

Community involvement: Chamber of Commerce, Miracle Marathon, Show-Me Response

Family: My husband, Brian, whom I am lucky enough to work with every day at the gym, and my son, Landon, who is currently in third grade.

Relationship status: Married

My go-to cocktail: I try not to drink with all the training I do.

My guilty pleasure: Movie night at the theater — with lots of sweets!

Animal I would be: A tiger.

What I do for fun: CrossFit, spend time with my family, gardening, fishing, camping and traveling.

Most people don’t know that I: Didn’t play sports or live an active lifestyle until about three years ago.

On a typical weekday night, I am: Cooking dinner with my family or attending one of my son’s sporting events.

In a single word, I am: Enthusiastic.

The three questions I hate getting: 1. Does weightlifting make girls look manly? 2. Did your tattoo hurt? 3. What’s the WOD (work out of the day)?

The businessperson I admire and why: Sir Richard Branson because of his forward thinking and passion for life and adventure.

A favorite recent project: Developing a CrossFit Kids and Teen program at CrossFit COMO.

They’re making a movie about my life. The film’s biggest climactic moment would be: I like to think the best is yet to come.

What’s the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to me? That time I dropped a huge jar of pickles at Hy-Vee. Pickles were flying everywhere!

If I were a crayon in a box of Crayolas, I would be: Yellow — bright and cheerful!

The song that absolutely must be included on the soundtrack of my life: “Beautiful Day” by U2

My all-time biggest regret: I have no regrets in life, just lessons learned.