Deirdre Fitzpatrick

2:15am. I do it myself which explains a lot. And, coffee by the pot.

Those are the three answers to the top three questions KCRA Morning News anchor/reporter Deirdre Fitzpatrick gets from our viewers.

What time do you get up? Who does your hair and makeup? And, how do you look that awake?

Deirdre, or Fitz as she's known in the newsroom, joined KCRA on New Year's Eve of 1997 from KCCI-TV in Des Moines, Iowa. She started as a weekend morning anchor and turned the weekday morning anchor job down three times as she couldn't imagine, "getting up that early five days a week vs. just two." Now, ironically, she can't imagine staying awake to read out loud at 11 p.m. after anchoring in the mornings since 2000!

Deirdre is a four-time Emmy award winner in writing, anchoring and reporting and has a bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

She's traveled the world with KCRA photographer Mike Domalaog as a member of the Hearst Television Olympic Team. Together, they've covered the last nine Olympics -- 2000 Sydney, 2002 Salt Lake City, 2004 Athens, 2006 Torino, 2008 Beijing, 2010 Vancouver, 2012 London, 2014 Sochi and 2016 Rio de Janeiro. You can catch up on Deirdre and Domi's adventures in her Olympic blog, Deirdre's Diary.

Deirdre is on the board for the Sacramento Running Association. She's an 18-time marathoner, ultra-runner and Ironman triathlete (2002 Ironman Wisconsin and 2013 Ironman Tahoe.)

She's also a wife, mom of two sons and likes to point out that being a #boymom is WAY more tiring than getting up at 2:15 a.m. or finishing Ironman.