Welcome to a special episode of the Ask a Cycling Coach podcast. I'm coach Jonathan Lee and I'm not here in the studios this week

I'm here at sea otter at the sea otter classic in Monterey, California

We're at the Formula One or famed race track for every type of racing

We do in Asaka and I've got a special guest here with me

Neal Shirley Neal your title at Robike action are you the editor web editor?

I'm now the editor of the magazine editor editor editor editor in chief. That's pretty sweet

So for those of you that don't that name might that name might sound familiar

You've probably read his stuff or if you haven't read his stuff

You've probably heard more or less of him especially if you ride pretty much anywhere in the US

But especially the West Coast and you use Strava you've seen him because he's usually got the KOM's that you don't have

so so Neal

First of all, let's give us a quick bio on who you are and where you came from in terms of cycling to to get to where you are now

Yeah, so it's it's interesting that we're at the sea otter classic because it's

It was 21 years ago the first time I ever raced sea otter

I'm 37 years old now and you know, I my first race here. I was 15 race in junior expert cross country and

So since then I raced I started on the mountain bike and I raced

Turn pro when I was 19 and and raced on the mountain bike for a few years and then I transitioned over to a

domestic pro

career on the road and I raced professionally for seven years on the road before I

hung it up and moved over to a road bike action and that's a pretty lengthy career and from mountain biking to Procony

Procontinental racing here in the States. That's that's pretty unique and you what were you?

What were you known for because you're before you went to road bike action?

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