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| NickName:Pending! |
| Age:40 |
| Cat:5 |
| Goals:Upgrade to Cat 4; Podium (top 3) at a race; build the team |
| Moment:Sub 40 minute 10K race (6.2 miles) as a clyesdale athlete |
| Extra:In the US Army in Germany when the Berlin wall came down |
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| NickName:None needed! |
| Age:35 |
| Cat:4 |
| Goals:Upgrade to Cat 3, meet new riders and party |
| Moment:4:26 mile run; 1:59 half mile run; 3rd in 35+ cat 4 crit at Cougar Mountain Classic at Infineon; mult. Top 3 Tuesday night Crit. finishes |
| Extra:Taught Breakdancing and want to be an American Idol |
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| NickName:"Lars" |
| Age:28 |
| Cat:4 |
| Goals:Race Nevada City as a Cat 3 |
| Moment:Youngest Finisher of the Terrible Two Hundred Miler "Terrible Two" at age 15 |
| Extra:Legally blind in my left eye! |
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| NickName:"Ray" or "Ray Rod" |
| Age:40 |
| Cat:4 |
| Goals:Have fun and ride! |
| Moment:12th place finisher at the Tour of Tucson Mountains; 10th at Wine Country Classic |
| Extra:Professional Ballroom dancer and instructor; latin dance champion |
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| NickName:Big D! |
| Age:30 |
| Cat:4 |
| Goals:Racing is fun |
| Moment:Winning the High School Ice Hockey Championships |
| Extra:Despite what some may think, I don't like needles or being a human pin cushion. |
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| NickName:KellBell |
| Age:34 |
| Cat:No racing for me! |
| Goals:To rehab my knee, improve my fitness and overall cycling abilities |
| Moment:Made SSU Women's soccer team as a walk on the year we were ranked 2nd and made the NCAA final four tourney; won both World and National Championships for Ultimate Frisbee |
| Extra:As tomboyish as I am...I hate snakes and spiders! |
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| NickName:Pending! |
| Age:43 |
| Cat:5 |
| Goals:Improve my fitness and race more on the Tuesday night criteriums |
| Moment:3rd place at the Angwin Mountain Bike races; finished a century ride in 5 hours and12 minutes |
| Extra:Sky diving accident resulted in life changing decisions! |
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| NickName:"Outcast" |
| Age:36 |
| Cat:5 |
| Goals:I want to win a Cat 5 race and upgrade to Cat 4. |
| Moment:I played division I college basketball and raced open wheel cars in the Mazda-Cup |
| Extra:Won best of class, media and show at Sonoma County Harvest fair Art competition with winery photograpy; drive truck for a living |
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| NickName:aka "Korean missle" |
| Age:0 |
| Cat:4 |
| Goals:upgrade to Cat 3; be more consistent in my fitness |
| Moment:1st place finish in Pinole two person team time trial and 13 hour and 19 minute Terrible Two Finish (16,000 feet in 200 miles) |
| Extra:Merchant Marine for 10 years/ I am a nice guy for the most part and a good father to my son Alex |
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| NickName:Pending! |
| Age:30 |
| Cat:4 |
| Goals:Upgrade to Cat 3, improve fitness and technique, make new friends |
| Moment:2nd place finish in Tuesday Night Crits; I hope to have this section filled next year! |
| Extra:Cancer Survivor |
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| NickName:Pending! |
| Age:47 |
| Cat:4 |
| Goals:Have a good support group to improve my cycling |
| Moment:Completed 6 double centuries including the Terrible Two twice; multiple top 3 finishes at Tuesday night crits |
| Extra:Live on a cattle ranch near the base of the Ida Clayton climb; Toured Europe twice, once with a band and once with an orchestra |
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| NickName:"Seamus" (Irish) |
| Age:37 |
| Cat:5 |
| Goals:Podim (top 3) at a race; upgrade to Cat 4; train more consistently |
| Moment:1st place finish at the Tour of North County, San Diego 100+ miles |
| Extra:Followed the Grateful Dead around in a moving truck living the "dead" lifestyle ; ) |
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| NickName:"Veloce" 53 |
| Age:53 |
| Cat:(former cat 2) 3 |
| Goals:Lose 20 pounds and resume racing! |
| Moment:I finished 2nd in the Snelling Road Race Master;s 35+ Cat 3 race. |
| Extra:Former high school national competitive Chess player |
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| NickName:"Jay" "mid-season" |
| Age:33 |
| Cat:5 |
| Goals:To ride |
| Moment:2007 California triple crown stage race finisher; 2006 wildflower long course triathlon finisher |
| Extra:0 |
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| NickName:"Big E" |
| Age:34 |
| Cat:5 |
| Goals:Upgrade to Cat 4 and improve bike leg of triathlons |
| Moment:I finished top 10 in the 30-35 age group at the "Escape From Alcatraz" triathlon; 1:32 half marathon. |
| Extra:I am a horse shoe farrier. (Does your horse need new shoes?) |
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| NickName:Ask me later… |
| Age:38 |
| Cat:C (beginner mtn);5 road |
| Goals:Race more and try some cyclo-cross events |
| Moment:climbed Sugarloaf Summit from Highway 12 to top without stopping |
| Extra:I was a punk rock skateboarder on a team called "Skirts on Vert" I skated the ramp. We rocked and beat boys! |
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| NickName:"Miss Coconut" |
| Age:40 |
| Cat:C (beginner mtn); 5 road |
| Goals:Compete in more mountain bike races |
| Moment:resumed aggressive mountain biking after a severe fracture of my right arm |
| Extra:I taught myself to play tennis left handed when I broke my right arm in Annadel on the bike. |
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| NickName:Pending… |
| Age:30 |
| Cat:C (beginner mtn); 5 road |
| Goals:Have fun and finish a road criterium with the pack |
| Moment:Finished the 263 mile John Muir hike with a summit of the tallest mountain in the continental USA, Mt. Whitney |
| Extra:I am an Eagle Scout and a first generation Iranian-American |
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| NickName:G-man, G-na, G |
| Age:35 |
| Cat:5 |
| Goals:Want to be a part of something fun! And RIDE!!! |
| Moment:Tought myself how to play goalie in ice hockey at age 24 |
| Extra:I think that American Idol is rigged, and I loved the Spice Girls! |
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| NickName:Jeff |
| Age:51 |
| Cat:I've never raced |
| Goals:Great folks, great fun, ride beyond my (current) ability. |
| Moment:Riding (and trying to keep up) with y'all. |
| Extra:2 years ago, I was a soft 210 lbs. blob that had smoked cigarettes for 35 years. |
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| Age:31 |
| Cat:5 |
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| Moment:recently finished my fourth San Luis Obispo |
| Extra:Proud new father of Brenna Lynn born May 30 2008 |
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| NickName:T!gger |
| Age:36 |
| Cat:5 |
| Goals:Return from Deployment in Iraq, race 'cross in 2009 |
| Moment:2nd in Power Peace Triathlon, Road RAGBRAI '04, sub 32 min 5 mile run. |
| Extra:9 years in Army (6 as Infantry Officer), sent to Iraq in 2008 |
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