I started riding a bike when I was about five years old but never thought of competing. Football, baseball, basketball, rugby, tennis or racquetball were my favorite sports until my first knee surgery which happened on the football field. My good friend Elliott Varon gave me a bicycle to rehab my knee which lead to riding on the bike path in Southern California. I did my first team triathlon in Mexico with my girl friend Toni Matz swimming and my friend Wolf Larsen running. That was it. I was bit. I’ve been racing for over twenty years. I’ve raced three summers in Italy which was a blast and rode one stage of the Tour de France. No, I wasn’t in the races I just rode the 112 miles and 12,000 ft of climbing! I also rode the Maratona de los Dolomites which is a Gran Fondo, in Italy. In 2008, I competed in the Masters World’s in Austria. Once, my brother Eric and I rode with Lance Armstrong and the entire Discovery Team after their winter training camp! WOW. It was like shooting hoops with Michael Jordan or playing a round of golf with Tiger Woods.

Racing is not easy for me, because of my work schedule and the music schedule. I still love it though. In 2008 I dropped a lot of weight, trained hard and won 4 Gold medals at the Huntsman Senior World Games and was the overall winner in my category for road racing. I won one silver and two bronze medals in the mountain biking as well. Not bad for my first showing at the World Games. Five years later in 2013, I won the best overall rider in both road racing and mountain biking in the elite category with four gold and four silver medals at the Huntsman Senior World Games!

In, 2009, I tore ligaments in my thumb, had surgery to reattach them, recovered and won three gold medals and one silver in the California Senior Olympics and two more gold medals in the National Senior Games becoming the National champion! Two gold medals in the Nevada Senior Olympics and at the 2009 Huntsman Senior World Games I competed in Division 1 and I won five medals: a gold, two silver and two bronze. At the 2009 Master’s Pan American Games in the Dominican Republic I won a bronze medal in the time trial. 47 races in 13 months with 32 top-10 places! Not a bad year.

2010 got me two silvers and bronze medal at  the Master’s Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba.

2011 was marred by injury and 2012 was the worst year of my life.

In 2013, I raced 95 times in five different countries, winning a silver and a bronze medal in the Master’s World Games in Torino, Italy. And finally after three years of absence I won three gold and two silver medals in the Master’s Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico! At the Huntsman World Senior Games I won best overall cyclist in both road racing and mountain biking. What a year…… I got on the podium 27 times!

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Cycling Highlights

 2013

Road Racing

• Gold Medal in the Time Trial at Master’s Pan American Games, Guadalajara, Mexico
• 4^th Place in the Road Race at Master’s Pan American Games, Guadalajara, Mexico
• Overall Winner in Cycling at Huntsman World Senior Games
• Gold Medal in Road Race at Huntsman World Senior Games
• Gold Medal in Criterium at Huntsman World Senior Games
• Silver Medal in 40k Time Trial at Huntsman World Senior Games
• Silver Medal in Hill Climb at Huntsman World Senior Games
• Gold medal in 40k Road Race at Nevada Senior Games
• Gold Medal in 20k Road Race at Nevada Senior Games
• Silver Medal in 5k Time Trial at Nevada Senior Games
• Silver Medal in 10k Time Trial at Nevada Senior Games
• Gold medal in the Road Race at the Utah Summer Games
• Gold Medal in the Criterium at the Utah Summer Games
• Silver Medal in the Hill Climb at the Utah Summer Games
• Bronze Medal in the Time Trial at the Utah Summer Games
• Silver Medal (overall) at the Utah Summer Games

Track (Velodrome)

• Gold Medal in the Points Race at Master’s Pan American Games, Guadalajara, Mexico
• Gold Medal in the 2000 meter pursuit at Master’s Pan American Games, Guadalajara, Mexic
• Silver Medal in the 500 meters at Master’s Pan American Games, Guadalajara, Mexico
• Silver Medal in the Scratch at Master’s Pan American Games , Guadalajara, Mexico
• Silver Medal in the 500 meters at Master’s Worlds in Turin, Italy
• Silver Medal in 2000 meter pursuit at California State Championships in Encino, Ca.
• Silver Medal in points race at California State Championships in Encino, Ca.
• Bronze Medal in the 500 meters at California State Championships in Encino, Ca.

Mountain Biking

• Overall Winner (expert) at the Huntsman World Senior Games
• Gold medal in the Hill Climb (expert) at the Huntsman World Senior Games
• Silver medal in the Down Hill (expert) at the Huntsman World Senior Games
• Gold medal in the Cross-Country (expert) at the Huntsman World Senior Games

2011

Road Racing

• Gold medal in 5k Time Trial at Pasadena Senior Games
• Gold medal in the 40k Road Race at Pasadena Senior Games
• Gold medal in the 10k Time Trial at Pasadena Senior Games
• Silver medal in the 20k Road Race at the Pasadena Senior Games

2010

Road Racing

• Gold medal in 10k Time Trial at Pasadena Senior Games
• Silver medal in the 40k Road Race at Pasadena Senior Games
• Silver medal in the 20k Road Race at Pasadena Senior Games
• Bronze medal in 5k Time Trial at Pasadena Senior Games
• 3^rd in 2-Man Time Trial in Deutchslandsberg, Austria
• 5^th in Gianni Motta Road Race in Deutchslandsberg, Austria
• 5^th in Sprint competition in Deutchslandsberg, Austria
• 5^th in Road Race in Deutchslandsberg, Austria
• Silver medal in the Time Trial at the UCI Master’s Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba
• Silver medal in the Criterium at UCI Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba
• Gold medal in the 5k Time Trial at Nevada Senior Olympics
• Gold medal in the 40k Road Race at the Nevada Senior Olympics
• Gold medal in the 10k Time Trial at Nevada Senior Olympics
• Gold medal in the 20k Road Race at the Nevada Senior Olympics
• 4^th in the 40kTime Trial at Huntsman World Senior Games
• Bronze medal in the criterium at the Huntsman World Senior Games

Mountain Biking

• Gold medal in the Hill Climb (expert) at the Huntsman World Senior Games
• Silver medal in the Down Hill (expert) at the Huntsman World Senior Games
• Silver medal in the Cross-Country (expert) at the Huntsman World Senior Games

Track (Velodrome)

• Bronze medal in the 2000 meter Pursuit at the UCI Master’s Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba

2009

Road Racing

• Gold medal in 5k Time Trial at Pasadena Senior Games
• Gold medal in 10k Time Trial at Pasadena Senior Games
• Gold medal in the 20k Road Race at Pasadena Senior Games
• Silver medal in the 40k Road Race at Pasadena Senior Games
• Gold medal in the 5k Time Trial at Nevada Senior Olympics
• Gold medal in the 40k Road Race at the Nevada Senior Olympics
• Gold in the 20k Road Race at the Master’s National Senior Games (National Champion)
• Gold in the 40k Road Race at the Master’s National Senior Games (National Champion)
• Gold medal in the criterium (expert) Huntsman World Senior Games
• Silver medal in the Road Race (expert) Huntsman World Senior Games
• Bronze medal in the Time Trial at Master’s UCI, Pan American Games in Dominican Republic

Mountain Biking

• Silver medal in the Down Hill Mountain Bike Race (expert) Huntsman World Senior Games
• Bronze medal in the Hill Climb Mountain Bike Race (expert) Huntsman World Senior Games
• Bronze medal in Cross Country Mountain Bike Race (expert) Huntsman World Senior Games

2008

Road Racing

• Gold medal in the Hill Climb (experienced) Huntsman World Senior Games
• Gold medal in the Time Trial (experienced) Huntsman World Senior Games (course record)
• Gold medal in the Criterium (experienced) Huntsman World Senior Games
• Gold medal in the Road Race (experienced) Huntsman World Senior Games

Mountain Biking

• Silver medal in the Hill Climb Mountain Bike Race (sport) Huntsman World Senior Games
• Silver medal in the Down Hill Mountain Bike Race (sport) Huntsman World Senior Games
• Bronze medal in the Down Hill Mountain Bike Race (sport) Huntsman World Senior Games