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

That was Awesome

July 7, 2010

I wish everyday of the Tour was like yesterday. I'm sure most of the riders didn't like it but it was awesome to watch. I guess when you add dirt and rocks to race it makes it more like a mountain bike race. Plus, they weren't just sitting in the group they were racing flat out at the end. The riders needed to use bike handling skills other then just aerobic output. Awesome!

I have been logging in some pretty good mileage the past few weeks along with some intensity. Now I'm starting to cut back the mileage in hopes of tapering for Nationals and next two World Cups. I did one of my last biggish rides for the next three weeks yesterday. I also busted out some hyperoxic intervals at Performance Cardiology. I think I have the record for the most sweat produced in a session. That's no small task either with AC and a wind tunnel type fan blowing cool air three feet from velotron.

Last night was our last sleep over at Cascade. A huge thanks to Kricket and her family for letting Rude and I stay at their condo. I found out that it's at 9,000 ft, not 8,700 so I that makes me feel better about trying to catch my breath all the time. I can't believe how nice it is to have a good solid block of training at home. You would think that racing and recovering is enough to get fast but I always feel so much better training at home for a while. It's much easier to complete work outs in a familiar environment where you know the rides, how long they should take, what it should feel like, etc....

It has also been awesome to hang out with friends in the middle of the summer in Durango. Usually I get a week here or there but this year the schedule has worked out great. Speaking of schedules, I'm excited to Fort Collins has a USGP this year. I enjoyed the course in N.J. and had some great races there but I feel the good races are more a timing of the form thing then a course specific thing. Now I'll be able to drive to two UCI races, the Boulder Cup and the Fort Collins USGP. That is if we don't get a huge snow storm that shuts down the passes.

Tomorrow we're off to Colorado Springs for the last PRO XCT, then to Vail until Nationals. From there I fly out of Denver to Switzerland for the next two World Cups so my summer vacation is about to come to an end. It has been awesome none the less. It was also cool to have Plaxton in town for a few weeks, got to show him some good spots in D-town.

Finally, looking forward to the British Open. In addition to Phil playing well right now and Tiger always good in the Majors, there are tons of young up and coming guys that could make things exciting. Then again, it was sweet to watch legend Tom Watson make it to the weekend at the US Open.

I wonder how cold Cascade creek is going to be today......

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