Race Category: Road Cat 4

Nicknames: Mad-dog, prime-girl

Totem: Orange Cat

Residenze: Sacramento, California

Ultra- distance Résumé:
1st Place Furnace Creek 508 RAAM Qualifier 2 person Mixed Division 2005. 32 hours, 21 minutes.
2nd Place Climb to Kaiser Road Rally 2006
2 time Triple Crown Finisher (10 Double Centuries completed overall)
2 time Death Ride Finisher (5 Passes)
Terrible Two Finisher- 30th anniversary 211 mile route

Racing Résumé:
15 Races and all I got was a pound of coffee, Michelin pro race tires, $10, a case of Metromint water, three t-shirts, two $25 gift certificates, and a pair Vredestein Fortezza Tricomp Tires? Love the sound of that bell!!!

Bikes I ride: Felt F55 “The Triple” , Felt F3C “Spike” the race bike, Iron Horse Mountain Sinister Comp (Hard-tail clunker for my first Mtn. Bike).

How I support by Bike Habit: Hard work and knowing the right people.

Best Time(s) on the Bike:
1. Furnace Creek 508 RAAM qualifier 2nd Stage- Team Orange Cat
2. Monday Night North River Ride
3. Riding the American River Bike Trail with my Husband
4. Giro De San Francisco 2006
5. Sacramento Wheelmen’s Tuesday Breakfast Ride

Worst Time on the Bike: Newbie crashes her new mountain bike and spraining my shoulder on the Salmon Falls Trail (of wait, the scenery was really pretty and I had fun until the crash). Dang. A bad time?

My Motto: “Don’t Be Afraid” and “Laugh and Ride Around the Block”.

Favorite Post-Ride Food: Pizza and Black Butte Porter , My husband’s cooking

Favorite Web Sites:
Favorite Cycling Blog: http://fatcyclist.spaces.live.com/
Potty Train Your Cat: http://www.citikitty.com/
You have to be a little weird: http://www.caltriplecrown.com/ , http://www.the508.com