Todd Wells

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Todd Wells was born December 25, 1975 in Kingston, N.Y. He fell in love with the bicycle at an early age starting with BMX from the age of five through sixteen. After graduating high school he picked up his first mountain bike and has been on a tear ever since. He found his way out to Durango, CO where he attended Fort Lewis College and began a pursuit of his career in cycling.

Wells won two Cross Country Mountain Bike Collegiate titles for Fort Lewis College and the inaugural Semi Pro NORBA National Series title in 1996 before taking a break from his studies to become a full time professional cyclist with the Specialized Mountain Dew team.

His initial professional career was short lived as he decided to hang up his wheels at the end of the 1998 season and finish his collegiate studies at the University of Arizona. In 2000 he graduated from the University of Arizona with a B.S. in Management Information Systems and immediately started working for I.B.M., a company he interned with during his time as a student.

Wells quickly realized that being a bike racer was better then having a “real” job and started training once again with his sights set on returning to the professional ranks. Some good results landed him a contract with the Mongoose Hyundai team and he was back on the circuit full time by the end of 2001.

By 2008 he was back where he started with the Specialized team and his results seem to get better with age. He has won nine National Championship titles across four disciplines. In 2011 he took on some endurance races and racked up wins in both the Leadville 100 and La Ruta de Los Conquistadors.

2012 might have been his best season yet with his third trip to the Olympic Games where he placed a career best 10th. He also managed to win his second PROXCT series title, second Pan American Championship title and stood on the podium at the Windham World Cup.

When Todd isn’t racing all over the world you can find him in one of three places; hanging out with his wife Meg and dog Winston, grinding it out on the golf course or hitting the dirt jump trails around Durango or his winter home of Tucson, AZ.

Achievements

2012 Marathon National Champion
2012, 2010 PROXCT National Champion
2012, 2010 Continental Champion
2012, 2010, 2001 Short Track National Champion
2012 Olympic Games 10th
2012 Windham World Cup 4th
2011 US Cyclocross National Champion
2011 La Ruta de los Conquistadores Champion
2011 Leadville Trail 100 Champion
2011 US Cross Coutry Mountain Bike National Champion
2011 Sea Otter Classic XC 1st Place
2011 World Championships 7th
2004, 2008 Olympic Games Team Member

Laguna Beach

March 16, 2010

I have to say Laguna Beach is pretty sweet. There are a lot of people here but there are quite a few trails right out of town, the beach is awesome and you can walk everywhere. We even saw some homeless guy shopping at the Whole Foods in town. Living large.

Meg, Winston and I busted out of Ontario today and rolled straight down to Laguna with no problems. Last night we saw some guy in the gas station next to the hotel with 4 tear drops tatted on his face, that's 4 kills I think.

I saw three rattle snakes today in my 3 hour MTB ride. One was really mad after I tried to maneuver him off the trail. I had to wait for a few minutes before I could pass. The other two were on the side of the fire road so it wasn't a big deal. Tomorrow I'm going to stick to the roads. Speaking of the roads, town is super pedestrian friendly and cars are always waving you by or stopping to let you cross. That's a nice change from Tucson where you have to sprint across the streets.

Yesterday's short track went pretty well, I sprinted with Sid for the win but had to settle for 2nd. The Super D/TT didn't go so well. I can usually rip the downhills pretty well in the XC race but I was creeping down it in the Super D. That gives me something else to work on and there are plenty of trails here to practice on.

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This time change is awesome but it's making me tired tonight.

I wonder how many rattle snakes I"m gonna see tomorrow......

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