In 2006 you were the National Criterium Champion. How many years did it take to get there?
I bought an XLT PRO handcycle in 1999. I initially started riding with my wife, sister and friends. I did not even know that handcycle racing was out there until a couple of years after that. I started getting a little faster. I looked up some times and compared the times against my times. I think the first handcycle race I went to was the Rocky Mountain Omnium in 2004. I placed in the middle of the pack that year. I spoke with several people and learned a lot. I probably learned the most then from Alejandro Albor about training and cycling components. In 2004 I started to train much harder. Also, I started upgrading my handcycle for racing purposes. So it took 4 or 5 years of just riding and 2 years of fairly hard training before winning the 2006 National CRIT Race.
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