Personal Bio:

Age: 25

Current Residence: Spokane

Family: Unmarried

 

Staple foods: sushi, coffee, chicken & rice, cereal, java chip ice cream, turkey, mashed potatoes, banana's.

 

Interests (non-training): surfing, skiing, camping, movies, video games (old school)

 

Workout Music: Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Reel Big Fish, Pink Floyd, Weird Al, Tears for Fears, Dr. Dre, INXS, Johnny Cash, 311

 

Athletic History: 

I began trying many different sports, settling into hockey throughout high school and college.  My last year of college a close friend turned me onto triathlon.  After seeing the Ironman Coeur d'Alene 2004, I signed up for 2005, bought a bike and learned to swim.  I enjoyed my 3 triathlons in 2005 so much that I begged Emde Sports to help me get faster.

 

Sure enough, after a lot of painful rides with "Alpine Ibex" Emde and "Pretty Boy Robb" Treadwell, I had a good enough race at Ironman Coeur d'Alene 2006 (10:41:06) to qualify me for the Hawaii Ironman 2006 (10:48:59), also having a top-10 finish at the Grand Columbian Half-Iron to qualify me for Team USA and the 2007 ITU-Long Course World Championships in France.

 

9 months of training with the Emde's dropped my 112-mile bike time by nearly an hour!  Joining Emde Sports was the best thing I did to improve my abilities and love for the sport.