Racing age: 41

Marital status: engaged to be married 4/13/02

Job: Production Mgr. for Mobile Modular leasing company.

Hobbies: Bicycling (Road & Mtb.), weight lifting, site seeing, drawing, and painting.

Category: Cat. 5 road & Beginning mtb.

Preferred type of racing: Little experience at this time, but what I have experienced. I like Criterium road races. Depending on the course. Road races, depending on the weather (Snelling RR.). Smile! Look forward to doing XC Mtb. Racing in 2002.

Race resume:

• 2001 Early Bird Crits. (Jan.7th, 14th,&21st.)
• Snelling RR.2/24
• Pinole TT. 3/11
• Land Park Crit. 3/17
• Sea Otter Classic Circuit RR. 3/24
• Travis TT. 3/31
• UNR Crit. (Reno NV.) 4/15
• Wente Vineyards Crit. 4/29
• Wheels of Thunder Crit. 6/2
• Monta Vista Crit. 6/10
• Burlingame Crit. 6/24
• Timpani Crit. 8/4

Memorable Milestones: Successfully completing my first Century Ride, Tierra Bella (2000). My fiancée and friends were there to cheer me on. I have a picture on my wall to remind me of the happy event.

Who is your cycling icon and why: Lance Armstrong. I watched my first Tour De France in 1999. I remember seeing Lance do incredible things on a bicycle, just after battling cancer. I was so impressed watching him on TV it gave me goose bumps.

Why I am still riding: I love to ride. It's in my blood. Smile! I love the speed, outdoors. The being able to cover more ground than walking and be closer to the world around me. You just can't get that from a car.

Why I still Race: That's a good questions, seeing how 2001 was my first year of racing and I fracture my right hand, left hand, and have several new scares on my body, plus cost me a lot of money. IT'S THE RUSH! THE CHALLENGE OF GOING AGAINST OTHER COMPETITIORS AND POSSIBILLY WINNING!!

Favorite Ride: Deathride 2001, because I got to spend quality time with my fiancée days before the race, she was there to support me (I remember her running trying to hand me some Gatorade as I rode by and I yelled no time), doing the ride with friends, and challenging myself to a level I had not done before.

Nemesis Ride: Land Park Criterium Race. My first race back from fracturing my right hand in an Early Bird Criterium. I made it all the way through the race to have someone take out my front wheel on the last 500 yards of the race. I remember watching my bike dance on the asphalt, as I was hitting the asphalt. It all looked like it was happening in slow motion. Damages around $600.00 dollars.

My Race Bikes: Road 2000 Motobecane Le Champion, and for Mtb. 2001 Santa Cruz-Superlight.

My worst bike: Royce Union Mtb. Bike (purchased at Sears).

Training Philosophy: live to ride. Smile!!

Style: Focused and out spoken. Do it with a Smile!

Short Term Goals: Finish in the top ten in Criterium races and do more road races. Climb faster.

Long Term Goals: possibly have a bike shop of my own when I retire, but of course keep riding.