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Age: 33

Height: 6' 0"

Weight: 155lb.

Category: Pro XTERRA Triahlete

Hometown: Stockton, CA

Occupation: Photo/Graphics/Video/Web

Years Racing:10

Strengths: Climbing, Mtn Biking, Descending

Favorite Race: XTERRA Richmond VA and Downiville Classic.

Favorite Trail: Downiville's Butcher Ranch, Polly Creek....Demo Forest, Toads and on and on...

Favorite Road Ride:
Dave Stahl Ride, Mt Tam, Wallace

Favorite Pre Race Meal: Rice/wheat/oat pancakes with organic strawberries, scrambled eggs and small cup of java.

Favorite Post Race Meal: Recovery drink followed by real food...rice, beans, veggies, anything long as its healthy. Try to eat mostly organic and I have cut out red meat, pork and bird meats out of my diet.

Bikes You Own: Orbea Opal, Orbea OIZ and a Big Hit

Favorite Sport Other Than Cycling: White Water Kayak

Favorite Pastime: Cooking, Biking, Movies, Music, Concerts, Blogging

Career Highlights:
2007
XTERRA West Championship 30-34 1st
XTERRA SouthEast Championship 30-34 1st
XTERRA Mountain Championship 30-34 1st
XTERRA USA Championship 30-34 1st
2009
XTERRA Del Valle, Pro 1st
XTERRA Tahoe City, Pro 1st
XTERRA Lake Tahoe, Pro 2nd
XTERRA Cup Championship, Ogden Ut- Pro 13th
XTERRA World Championship, Maui HI - Flatted

About Me:
I became involved in BMX riding at the age of 14. Some classmates and I rode at the local BMX track, jumps in empty dirt lots and alot of street. Fast forward to the age of 21 when I purchased my first mountain bike from Delta Cyclery in Stockton, Ca. I began to ride trails in Auburn and Rockville with the guys from the shop, where I discovered both the rush and serenity mountain biking provides. It was not long after I registered for downhill races and ventured out to Tahoe and Downieville. At the same time, I was inspired by the Ironman coverage TV. "How great are all these people" I thought to myself. "Wonder if I could do something like that?" Probably not, due to the fact that I did not ride or own a road bike, much less a time trial bike. One day, while flipping through an early 2000 issue of Mountain Bike Action, Bike Magazine or one of those cool publications, I ran into an ad for "XTERRA Off Road Triathlon" in Half Moon Bay. I immediately cut the entry form out, mailed it in and joined the masters swim program at the University of the Pacific. Two months later I did my first triathlon. I have since then won the XTERRA age group National Championship in 2007 and turned pro in 2008. I am now looking to become more competative with help from my new and first coach, former XTERRA World Champ, Jamie Whitmore.