| Name: | Ron “Padre” Mora |
| Disciplines and Categories: | Ironman |
| Why do you race/ what got you started? | To challenge myself. |
| Favorite beer? | Brooklyn Black OPS |
| Most memorable racing moment? | After 35+ years of racing I would say crossing the finish line of my first Ironman and hearing Mike Reilly call out “You are an Ironman!” |
| Most forgettable? | Peeing on myself during a race. |
| Strava or MapMyRide? | Nope |
| Thick crust or thin? | Thin & crispy, just like me. |
| What’s your Dream Race? | Iron Horse – Durango to Silverton |
| Legs – clean shaven or hairy? | Smooth as a baby’s butt |
| Sum up your racing career in 5 words or less: | Long & Hard is the best |
| Name: | Cindy “Cinderella” Abbott |
| Disciplines and Categories: | Pro Xc Mtbike, free ride, anything with technical rock, dirt jump |
| Why do you race/ what got you started? | I have always had this inherent desire for competiitiveness and after I left playing college soccer, I decided to take up Xterra Off-road triathlons and of course loved the mountain bike portion the most! So after a few years of xterra racing, I tried my first mountain bike race at the Teva mountain Games in Colorado and I loved it! So after that I started racing cx mtbike exclusively and haven’t looked back! |
| Favorite beer? | Live oak brewing hefeweizen |
| Most memorable racing moment? | Racing pro cat in this past year’sMJ’s classic in sleeting rain in a Hawaiian print sleeveless singlet- getting a flat after being in first, and then fixing the flat despite frozen fingers and coming back to beat five other women for first place. |
| Most forgettable? | Dislocating my shoulder while racing the 2013 MJ’s classic- yeah I was that girl. |
| Strava or MapMyRide? | Neither!! I don’t want nobody knowing my training secrets!! |
| Thick crust or thin? | Mmhhmm stuffed crust! |
| What’s your Dream Race? | Probably the Breck 100 or Ride the divide. Or even my own creation of all the most technical single track in Texas in a legit race format! |
| Legs – clean shaven or hairy? | Hairy!!!-jk I like to shave |
| Sum up your racing career in 5 words or less: | FLAT TIRES!!! and podium finishes!!! |
| Name: | Kyle Poole |
| Disciplines and Categories: | XC Cat 1 40-49 |
| Why do you race/ what got you started? | After a 10 year break from racing, I was watching Paris-Roubaix on TV with my 2 year old son. He looked at all the bike racers in their kits and exclaimed ‘Momma!’ While I’m proud of my wife’s athletic abilities, I didn’t want my kids growing up thinking she was the only accomplished cyclist in the house. So I started racing again. In summary, I race because I’m jealous of my wife. |
| Favorite beer? | Fireman’s 4 |
| Most memorable racing moment? | Finishing 2nd in a Beginner’s class race at Rocky Hill in 2001. I’d traded the lead with another guy 4 or 5 times in the last mile. Even though I lost by a wheel, I absolutely loved it and was hooked. |
| Most forgettable? | Anything ending with a DNF |
| Strava or MapMyRide? | STRAVA! |
| Thick crust or thin? | Thick |
| What’s your Dream Race? | Park City Point 2 Point with both of my kids. |
| Legs – clean shaven or hairy? | Hairy |
| Sum up your racing career in 5 words or less: | I love to ride bikes! |
| Name: | Ben Adair – click here for link to Athlinks |
| Disciplines and Categories: | Cat 2 45-49 |
| Why do you race/ what got you started? | Fun. 1st real race outside of school – 1983 TinMan triathlon, Orange, TX. |
| Favorite beer? | Currently, UpSlope IPA and Hops and Grain – Pale Dog. |
| Most memorable racing moment? | Crashing in the creek at Reveille Peak and making the blooper reel (3rd in AG). |
| Most forgettable? | Getting my bell rung crashing on a fast downhill at the Mellow Johnny’s Classic. |
| Strava or MapMyRide? | ffftt… STRAVA! |
| Thick crust or thin? | Thin |
| What’s your Dream Race? | Tour Divide. |
| Legs – clean shaven or hairy? | clean, baby. |
| Sum up your racing career in 5 words or less: | “In it for the beer”. |
| Name: | Travis Garrison |
| Disciplines and Categories: | XC Cat 2 30-34 |
| Why do you race/ what got you started? | I like to go fast and beat roadies |
| Favorite beer? | My Home Brew, IPA, Barley Wine, Stout, Porter |
| Most memorable racing moment? | Taking 2nd place in my first race at FRR |
| Most forgettable? | Mellow Johnnies 2013, drank way too much at Sierra Nevada Tent, don’t remember much. |
| Strava or MapMyRide? | STRAVA!!! |
| Thick crust or thin? | Thick |
| What’s your Dream Race? | Enduro series in some mountains somewhere |
| Legs – clean shaven or hairy? | Beast |
| Sum up your racing career in 5 words or less: | I don’t train, I ride!! |
| Name: | Sheila Reiter |
| Disciplines and Categories: | All sorts of biking. Marathon canoe racing. |
| Why do you race/ what got you started? | So I can eat cookies with abandon./Was given a mountain bike in 1993. Hooked. |
| Favorite beer? | Whatever IPA Tony suggests |
| Most memorable racing moment? | Flatting during a TMBRA race at Flat Creek and still pulling off the win. Then getting protested for being too good. |
| Most forgettable? | Don’t know about forgettable. DNFs. You never forget those. Primal Quest 2003 8 days in. |
| Strava or MapMyRide? | Strava! |
| Thick crust or thin? | Thin. As if. |
| What’s your Dream Race? | TD 2014 |
| Legs – clean shaven or hairy? | Depends on whether Jeff is home. |
| Sum up your racing career in 5 words or less: | Long and groundbreaking. Yes, TWSS. |
[Note: Sheila modestly does not mention that she is a Tour Divide Finisher]
| Name: | Tom Forshee |
| Disciplines and Categories: | SS |
| Why do you race/ what got you started? | I wouldn’t consider it Racing. More like every now and then I decide to ride at some event. |
| Favorite beer? | Ranger IPA, Shiner Black |
| Most memorable racing moment? | Passing someone w/ 1.5 miles left in a CAT II race, that meant I wasn’t last. |
| Most forgettable? | Getting Passed by wave after wave of women on that same race |
| Strava or MapMyRide? | Garmin Connect |
| Thick crust or thin? | Deep Dish |
| What’s your Dream Race? | Dream Ride- I would like to “ride” portions of the CTR or the Great Divide. |
| Legs – clean shaven or hairy? | Hairy- even when I was a competitive swimmer I didn’t shave |
| Sum up your racing career in 5 words or less: | Old Fat and Slow |
| Name: | Cooper Sellers |
| Disciplines and Categories: | XC, SuperD, Enduro |
| Why do you race/ what got you started? | Gives me an outlet for my competitive nature, helps keep me fit, both physically and mentally! |
| Favorite beer? | Currently Independence Brewing Austin Amber |
| Most memorable racing moment? | Getting my first race win at the El Deguello XC race at City Park/Emma Long |
| Most forgettable? | Poor attitude at 2013 Abilene race when I realized they had removed all of the technical sections |
| Strava or MapMyRide? | STRAVALAVADINGDONG! |
| Thick crust or thin? | Why not both? |
| What’s your Dream Race? | BC Bike Race |
| Legs – clean shaven or hairy? | Hairy |
| Sum up your racing career in 5 words or less: | Up and coming, ever improving |
| Name: | Kent Browning |
| Disciplines and Categories: | No Discipline and Very Slow Category |
| Why do you race/ what got you started? | It seemed like fun at the time / Maybe too much IPA? |
| Favorite beer? | Spaten Optimator |
| Most memorable racing moment? | Finishing Camp Eagle 1/2 marathon and find out the rest of my class DNF’d |
| Most forgettable? | Finding out I was DFL – AGAIN |
| Strava or MapMyRide? | Ride with GPS |
| Thick crust or thin? | Thick |
| What’s your Dream Race? | Finishing in the top 10 |
| Legs – clean shaven or hairy? | Harry |
| Sum up your racing career in 5 words or less: | Old, Fat & Slow but Trying |
| Name: | John Fruehe |
| Disciplines and Categories: | Climbing, drinking IPA |
| Why do you race/ what got you started? | Damn good question. Probably peer pressure |
| Favorite beer? | Sierra Nevada Torpedo |
| Most memorable racing moment? | Beating Lance Armstrong on his own course (he DNF’d) |
| Most forgettable? | Pretty much everything else |
| Strava or MapMyRide? | Garmin |
| Thick crust or thin? | Trick question. That implies thin is a valid choice |
| What’s your Dream Race? | To the bar |
| Legs – clean shaven or hairy? | Hairy, just like my back |
| Sum up your racing career in 5 words or less: | Beer at the end. |
| Name: | Dan Davis |
| Disciplines and Categories: | Drunk roadie with a Mt Biking problem |
| Why do you race/ what got you started? | Fantastic prizes and money to be won! |
| Favorite beer? | Currently Bell’s Two Hearted Ale |
| Most memorable racing moment? | Once kept up with Andy Hampsten. |
| Most forgettable? | When I found he was just being charitable. |
| Strava or MapMyRide? | Strava |
| Thick crust or thin? | Thin |
| What’s your Dream Race? | Paris-Brest-Paris |
| Legs – clean shaven or hairy? | Like a ginger Sasquatch. |
| Sum up your racing career in 5 words or less: | Retired has-been. |
