I started racing a bike in the mid 1970's as cross training for hockey. But, my cycling career really took off when I went to Michigan State University because there was an amazing concentration of very good bike racers there at the time, including Jeff Pierce who eventually competed in the Tour De France with the 7-11 Cycling Team. After graduating from MSU I went to University of Wisconsin in Madison to pursue my graduate degree and I continued to race. Madison is a great bike town and the Super Week races and Milk Race were right in my backyard. Probably my best results were in 1984 when I placed 2nd in the Wisconsin State TT Championship followed by a 3rd in the State Road Race Championship. I raced until the late 1980's when I gave it up to pursue my career, raise a family and coach my 2 sons in hockey. A career move brought me to Grand Rapids from the Detroit area in 2005. It eventually became apparent that Grand Rapids is a great bike town which sparked me to get back on a bike a few years ago. I lost 30 lbs and start racing again last year.

My favorite races were Super Week in Wisconsin. The Tour of Minnesota is up there too. I think it was only held once in the early 1980's. It was an honest to goodness 7 day stage race that started in the Twin Cites and hit pretty much every major ciy in eastern Minnesota. We raced from one city to the next every day with a crit, TT or Team TT thrown in for good measure.

Probably my most memorable racing experience was competing against Greg LeMond. Back in the early 1980's (remember it was pre-cell phones, internet AND Lance) we heard vague rumours of this junior phenomenon from Reno, California named Greg Lemond. Supposedly he was so good he was racing and winning Senior Cat 1-2 races. "Just wait until he races in the midwest and competed against the top racers in the country. We'll show the kid what bike racing is all about." Well he showed up to Super Week and entered the Cat 1-2 Holy Hill Road Race. All the top riders and teams were there and he Single-handily trashed us. I knew then this kid was going to be good but I never dreamed he'd be that good.

Competitive, Curious, Thankful

Eat REAL food.

I was a fat little kid and bike racing helped me get fit. I turned into a fat middle aged man and bike racing has helped me get fit again.

Improve my fitness over last year and have fun racing with my new teammates.

achieving more than I ever thought possible.