Todd Wells

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I started racing mountain bikes in the fall of 1994. I won the collegiate National Championships in 1995 and 1996 for Fort Lewis College. In 1996 I also started racing with the Specialized Mountain Dew team and won the inaugural Semi Pro Norba National Series Title. In 1997 I turned Pro and raced the NORBA series, U-23 World Championships, and domestic World Cups until 98. I took a few years off cycling, finished college in Arizona and got a “real” job with IBM. I quickly realized racing bikes was more fun then working and started training again. I started racing again in the middle 2000 and joined the Mongoose Hyundai team at the end of year to race World Cups, NORBAs and cyclocross. In 2003 I switched to the GT team and have ridden for them until switching back to Specialized this year. Over the years I have won two cyclocross national titles, one mountain bike short track national title and been a member of two Olympic teams. I have won NORBAs, numerous UCI cyclocross races and stood on my first World Cup podium this year. I am looking forward to adding to my list of achievements over the next three years with the Specialized Factory Team.

Achievements

2011 US Cyclocross National Champion
2011 La Ruta de los Conquistadores 1st Place
2011 Leadville Trail 100 1st Place
2011 US Cross Coutry Mountain Bike National Champion
2011 Sea Otter Classic XC 1st Place

Wisconsin PRO XCT

June 25, 2010

Last weekend I Rude and I rode up to Purg. to do the first round of the DMR Triple Crown. The race was the first of the series was a 40 minute short track on a half mile course they built at the base area. The race was fun but the ride home on the Hermosa Creek trail was even better. The best was the pizza break at Mama's Boy in Hermosa. That might even beat the cookie shop at the top of Mt Lemmon. Anyway, here is a shot from the Short Track at DMR.

This is the first weekend in three weeks I had to get on a plane and leave Durango. Durango is such a great place during the summer when it's in the mid 80s everyday, no humidity, sunny and all the trails are open and ripping. Oh yea, the river is perfect for tubing right now, not too low and just cold enough to enjoy warming up at the end of the ride.

So like I said, I had to leave Durango last night for the PRO XCT in Wisconsin this weekend. Meg, Rude, Myron and I flew into Madison last night, Myron and I visited Erik's bike shop this morning then we all drove up to Redgranite for the race. There were cops all over the place and I've never seen so many people driving the speed limit.

The course is pretty far out there at Mt Morris Nordic area but it is awesome. It has short twisty single track climbs and descents with a few open areas for passing. It is so much fun to ride I could have done laps all day. It reminds me of the area where I grew up but a lot smoother and more buffed out. I am racing the Epic 26 with Renegade 2.0 tires if it stays dry. They roll so fast and the traction is perfect out there. They are calling for thunderstorms tomorrow though and we don't race until 3:30pm so it could get wet. It seems like it has a sand base though so it should be pretty good even if it rains. There are a few rock sections but it's just mostly smooth, flowly and tight single track.

The weather here is nice too. It's in the low 80s with quite a bit humidity but it feels cooler then Durango since the sun isn't very intense and it's all in the trees. Today there was a good breeze blowing as well.

With all the training I've been doing lately just getting ready for the race yesterday and today it feels like I'm hardly riding at all. I have the same feeling after I'm done with base and start transitioning into more intensity. Trying to keep the volume high while fitting in intensity is tricky. You don't want to back off the volume too soon but it's easy to over cook it when you start introducing the hard efforts.

It seemed like a cross race today since we saw Trebron right when we got here and rode the last part of a lap with Jonathan Page. Now I'm just trying not to eat too much since I haven't been putting in much volume the past two days but my metabolism is still humming.

My final thoughts are how great it feels to come back to sea level after three full weeks at altitude. It's so nice to be limited more by your muscles then breathing. I'm not sure how it will go this weekend but it feels good to breath thick rich air after the thin dry air of Durango. It's just always a question how the power will be after not making the big watts for a while.

I wonder what Winstons' doing right now.......

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