racing Category: Cat 4, Ithaca B's (newby this year at 50{27?})

nick-name: lily hammer

Bikes I ride: Fuji Marseille, any tandem as I'm referred to as the "stoker slut," and a 1991 original wheeler team mountain bike with the mag 40 rock shock! (actually that one has a few spider webs)

How I support my Bike Habit: My friends feed me and I work as a web master/graphic designer plus some side work as a "stoker slut" for races

Best Time on the Bike: 1993 Winter Park Colorado XC Mnt Bike Series - Last expert race of the season before retirement from competition, so I wanted to see how far I would make it going all out. I ended up catching the pro woman and placing 3rd overall beating 5 pro's. Nobody believed after that win I could just walk away from racing but damn that felt good at the time.

Worst Time on the Bike: Norba Mnt bike circut race - 18 miles total and 4 steep laps - I could hear my derailer making funny noises on the third climb and was in the lead so kept going heading into the 4th lap and wasn't quite to the top when my derailer just peeled off the bike frame so I put the pieces in my jersey and ran to the top, road down the steep single track without a chain while a wasp hit my forhead and dropped down into my glasses, stinging me between the eyes. It wasn't pretty for a few days.


My Motto: Go to bed with a smile on my face

Favorite Post-Ride Food: glass of fine red wine and honey roasted peanuts

Favorite Web Site: My own, of course: http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/lg75/index.html and http://www.gracefulgardens.com

Grab Bag: My plethora of supportive friends that don't let me have a moment of peace and my precious critters that wait until the wee hours for me to come home from riding and feed them.

other: Competed in Colorado from the early 80's to the late 90's in XC skiing for the US nordic development team, head coach Winter Park XC ski team, expert mnt biking, and tons of awesome mountain trail running.