Petite Résumé: I don’t have much of a resume yet. I decided to do Triathlon in 2003, when I moved back to SD. I bought a road bike (a carbon framed bike that was far more advanced than my current ability level) to ensure that I would have to actually ride. I hadn’t been on a bike since 1997! First Triathlon- Spring Sprint 2005. Then a lot of “base training”. This year I have really gotten into racing more: Spring Sprint, Donner Lake Olympic Triathlon**, LA Triathlon- relay, and will be doing Jamba Juice Mission Bay Sprint.
Goals: I think I want to do a ½ Ironman next year, Compete in a road bike race, and get my Sprint Triathlon time down. Oh—and run a half marathon without getting injured before, during or after the race.
Velo(s) I Ride: Lemond- Zurich
How I support by Bike Habit: Special Projects/IT Support at a Law Firm Downtown—for now
Best Time on the Bike: During a sprint race, maybe my 2nd or so. I found out how to ride fast, and keep the pace. good times! Also the climb up Donner Summit. It was a long climb, and I was snail slow, but it was the BEST for personal reasons. It was one of my Goals to do that race.
Worst Time on the Bike: Um…that might be the first ride Raja took me on. I am a swimmer, and water polo player. I didn’t have legs for running/biking…no quads at all. It was a small hill and I saw it and was like “you want me to what?? I can’t go up that thing!”… followed by a lot of whining, a lot of ‘no, no, no…I can’t, I can’t’…then a VERY slow and shaky ascent. Love ya Raja—the reason I bike now, and the reason I made it up the dang thing in the first place.
My Motto: Never stop caring. And when I ride I think to myself “50 more miles to beer…20 more miles to beer…1 more mile to beer!” hahaha…it’s like a variation to that 99 bottles of beer on the wall!
Favorite Post-Ride Food: I like to eat the World. Actually, I don’t know what my favorite thing is yet…I guess I need to figure that out.
Favorite Web Site: velobella of course!
Grab Bag: When I finished college I was really into running and rock climbing. The thought of a triathlon was pretty intriguing, though I was a little shy to get started (since I knew nothing at all about biking, and hadn’t ridden in about 5yrs.) I met a group of people who got me into tri’s. I was set up to do the swim portion of a relay. That month I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, and was unable to race. I went through the fight, and survived. When I was recovering I gave myself a couple goals: to run a ½ marathon, and to do a triathlon, namely the one I was going to compete in before getting sick (Donner Lake). So I bought my bike and started training. It’s been a really great 3 yrs in remission, and I’m finally starting to feel strong and able to do more intense racing (if I could get myself to train consistently!!). See you on the course!!
