Spotlight On....

July 2002-Spotlight on the Team Peggy Downhillers!

Name:Petty Smith
Age: 22
Category: Sport
Sponsors: Team Peggy sponsors
Race Bike: XC Schwinn Homegrown DH Raliegh frame w/ free ride parts
Racing since: 1999
Best result: 1st at several local DH. 7th at the National DH in WV
Training time per week: not as much as it should be
Favorite race course: DH course at Snowshoe, WV and Bump & Grind for XC
Favorite place to ride: Roberts Mill Rd.
Longest distance XC ride in one day: 25 miles
Longest Road Ride in One Day: 3.5 hrs
Training time on the road: 2-4 hrs/week
Cross training: running, strength training
Supplements or sport drinks: high quality H2O
Special Powers: I can make a mountain out of a mole hill
Favorite part of biking: the rush after making it over a difficult obstacle like a huge rock or big drop off
Greatest moment on a mountain bike: my first DH without training wheels Advice for Beginner racers: don't lose sight of the real reason you started riding......its fun.

Name: Rebekah Venable
Age: 23
Category: Senior Sport
Race Bike: Tomac 204
Racing since: 2001 (DH)
Best result: 1st Place -Tread head 2002, Johnson City, TN
Favorite race course: Sugar Mountain
Favorite place to ride: Anywhere, anytime, on any bike.
Longest distance XC ride in one day: 24 miles
Longest Road Ride in One Day: 100 miles
Cross training: Pilates
Favorite part of biking: The rush of pushing myself to do things that seem impossible.
Greatest moment on a mountain bike: My first ride off-road (I was hooked for life!)
Advice for Beginner racers: Have fun! Ride the bike, don't let the bike take you for a ride.
Anything Else: Happy Trails!

May 2002-Team Peggy Professional

Name: Kimberly Flynn
Age: 29
Category: NORBA Pro, Cat 3
Sponsors: Team Peggy
Race Bike: Suck Creek MTB, Independent Fabrications Road, Bianchi Singlespeed
Racing since: 1997
Best result: National Champion at Vermont at the, um, Sat. night race.....39th ranking as a first year pro in the NCS short track
Training time per week: ask the coach....15-23 hrs this year....
Favorite race course: Ocoee, TN
Favorite place to ride: North Carolina
Longest distance XC ride in one day: 50 miles
Training time on the road: 5 days a week
Cross training: who has time???
Supplements or sport drinks: Extran, Endurox
Special Powers: My dog has the special powers....he'll follow me on the bike all day and be looking for more....he's "super dog"!!!
Favorite part of biking: Technical riding, all day epics
Greatest moment on a mountain bike: The day I realized I could drop the boys that taught me to ride....
Advice for Beginner racers: Just pedal faster....

March 2002-Team Peggy Master Experts

Name: Linell Wright
Age: 31
Category: Expert
Sponsors: Team Peggy
Race Bike: Santa Cruz Juliana sl
Racing since: 1998
Best result: TN State Championship
Training time per week: about 8 hours (road and mt.)
Favorite race course: Mt Snow, VT
Favorite place to ride: any place where there’s dirt, rock, and trees!
Longest distance XC ride in one day: 34 miles
Training time on the road: about 6 hours/week
Cross training: running my loud mouth and light weightlifting
Supplements or sport drinks: cytomax and endurox
Special Powers: the phsycic ability to know that when I line up with several pro racers, I’m looking for a boodie spanking!!
Favorite part of biking: that feeling of accomplishment after completing a long ride or after tackling a 4 mile climb
Greatest moment on a mountain bike: completing 2 laps of the oak mountain (bump-n-grind race) course – I was so thrilled just realizing I could complete that race!
Advice for Beginner racers:ride, ride, ride!

Name: Vanessa Ford 
Age: 33 
Category: Expert MTB
Race Bike: This season is YETI's ASR!!! It's gonna be beautiful when I get it built.
Racing since: Seriously...since last year
Best result: the last Lock 4 race last year felt pretty good. 4th at Deer 
Valley felt ok too.
Training time per week: whatever I can get in 
Favorite race course: Stanky Creek , Memphis
Favorite place to ride: Any place I haven't ridden
Longest distance XC ride in one day: 3 hours
Training time on the road: not enough
Cross training: rugby, rollerblading, running, hiking
Supplements or sport drinks: Gatorade 
Special Powers: I can read minds
Favorite part of biking: the flight 
Greatest moment on a mountain bike: falling off a bridge during a race and my bike going one way and me the other. I wish it was on video.
Favorite thing about being a Peggy: Getting more women to ride their bikes!
Greatest thing about your sponsors: they are all cool for supporting me.
Advice for Beginner racers: Mountain biking is just like life with obstacles to overcome. You can conquer more than you think you can...just keep pedaling.
Anything else: is this where the singles ad goes? SWF vegetarian, dog lover, photographer, looking for...???