Racing age: 36

Marital status: Married.

Job: Manager of Hardware Development (Cisco Systems).

Hobbies: Motorsport, Motorcycling, Cycling, Cross Country/Fell Running.

Category: Cat 5.

Preferred type of racing: Road Races (less than 60 miles).

Race resume:

• Achieved UK cat 2 Road Racer status
• Achieved UK Expert Category Mountain Bike License
• Won Humberside division road race League (UK)
• Won a Twilight Criterium (USA)
• Silver medal in the Humberside division roller racing championships.(UK)

Memorable Milestones:

• Winning the Division road race League was a turning point for me and I had five years of good results afterwards.
• Winning my first road race via a long lone break rather than a sprint finish (on a hilly course.)
• Training like a mad thing for the 3 peaks Cyclo Cross for months. Being in the top 15 over the top of the first peak with the leader in sight then crashing out on the descent.
• Tri-Bars : I plain sucked at time trials and always took a real beating. I saw Greg Lemond use them to win the Tour de France final time trial (in Person I may add), bought a set and won the club 10 mile time trial the Monday after I returned from France.

Who is your cycling icon and why: Greg Lemond because he was the first English speaker to challenge Hinault's domination and he was a gadget freak like me. He was a very hard man to talk to though and came across as arrogant to many Europeans. body-type.

Why I started cycling: Watching the Tour de France on ITV World of Sport.

Why I still Race: I have a major competitive streak (just ask my friends) and I get a real buzz out of racing. I just cant seem to get as enthusiastic about racing in the USA so I race when an event captures my imagination or is on my doorstep. I miss the Low Key Hill climbs.

Favorite Ride:

• Road : Alp Duez to Grenoble (France)
• Mountain Bike : Lake Del Valle

Nemesis Ride: Mount Hamilton. Every time I have ridden this climb I have got sick.

My Race Bikes:

• Klein Quantum Race (Road)
• Specialized M4 Works (ATB)

My worst bike: My 30 pound plus $250 Specialized Rockhopper with 2.1 inch Ground Control full knobblies. This is the bike I ride the most and even turn up for club rides on when I am fit enough. The position is perfect and it is just the weight and road friction that makes things hard. Good mental torture for your riding colleagues.

Training Philosophy:

• Never leave home without a pulse meter. If you are going unbelievably well don't train harder, take a couple of days rest as you are about to hit an equal performance low.
• Quality not Quantity. Getting the miles in is prehistoric and breeds sluggish riders.
• Train on your worst bike and save your best bikes for the races. You get the same miles as your training partners but a much harder workout.
• Always go for a ride the day before a race.

Style: Controlled aggressive. My mind needs recalibrating. It thinks I am a cat 2 but my legs scream "You're not even cat 5!"

Short Term Goals: Try to race a full season. Compete in all the local (Livermore) road races and the Mount Hamilton race (Nemesis).

Long Term Goals: Get back the passion I once had for the sport and start racing to win rather than just to place.