Lets Roll into Summer Omnium

My final race this weekend before the trip to Minnesota to race the Nature Valley Grand Prix. We are in Central Texas down around Fredricksburg in a small town named Comfort. There is a 58 mile circuit race in the morning then an 8 mile TT tomorrow afternoon. Sunday brings another 78 mile hilly road race in the small town of Doss. This will be the test of how effective my training has been the last few months. I'll update over the weekend. Thanks for checking me out!

The Nature Valley Pro Ride

Balancing being a full-time husband and weekend bike racer can be tough.... I am married to a wonderful woman that allows me to play bike racer on the weekends without to much grief. As long as the yard is mowed and the trash gets taken out on selected days all is well in my world!

My name is Scott Simmons and I won a spot on the Nature Valley Pro Ride by winning the Fayetteville Texas Stage Race held in March. I work a full time job with usually  45 hours a week to pay the bills. I work for a communications company in Fort Worth specializing in hospital fiber optics and phone system installation. I have recently also started to coach as an associate  for www.coriovelo.com. When not to busy with work I try to squeeze in 20 hours a week on the bike.

I am very excited to test my skills amongst the best bike racers in the country. Being 37 years old makes it even more special for me, I started riding late in life  at 33 years old! I am willing to help some of my younger team mates really shine at the Grand Prix so maybe they can get a pro contract. At my age I'm just happy hanging on and putting a hurting on some of the young guns.

I look forward to the experience. See you in a couple of weeks!