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NATE PACKAge: 33Ht/Wt: 5'11" 180# Work: medical imaging research Favorite drink: Mountain Dew (but it's forbidden!) |
We haven't placed too much value on the (artificial) gym stats or PRs because, as an athlete, what Nate does on the bike is what counts. However, family, education, and work come first. After that, it's all fun and games ... and an admirable will to suffer.
2010: Utah State Time Trial Championship (30km): 1st place Masters 30-34 (39:08), 3rd place Cat 3 (38:51), faster in his second race on the day.
2010: High Uintas Classic stage race: 1st place Road Race (6:39 ahead of 2nd), 2nd place Time Trial, pack finish Criterium, 1st place overall in the Cat 3s.
2010: Tour of the Depot stage race: 1st place Time Trial, 3rd place Circuit Race, 1st place Road Race, 1st place overall in the Cat 4s
2009: Beacon Hill (west ridge) uphill time trial: 30:29
2009: Logan-to-Jackson (206 miles, 7500' elevation gain), 9:10:27, 1st place in his category, 4th place overall, a new PR by 5 minutes
2009: Climbers Trophy (8 miles, 1850' elevation gain), 32:15, 1st place in the Cat 4s making him Utah State Hill Climb champion, and 4th place overall
2009: Snowbird Hill Climb (10 miles, 3000' elevation gain), 4th place overall, 2nd in the Cat 4s, and then, 3rd overall in the Widowmaker mountain bike hill climb
2009: Big Cottonwood Canyon Hill Climb (15 miles, 3800' elevation gain), 1st place in the Cat 4 group, 1:05.57
2009: High Uintas Classic stage race, 1st place in both the road race and time trial thus the overall Cat 5 winner, and KOM winner.
2009: Utah State Time Trial champion in the Cat 5 group (a sandbagger - he finished 3 minutes ahead of second place - but he still turned up, rode a good race, and won).
2009: Earned PhD in Bioengineering from Univ. of Utah
2002-2008: Logan to Jackson (LOTOJA) road race, (~206 miles, 7800' elevation gain)
2008: LOTOJA road race, 9:15:18 (PR), 1st in category, 10th overall of 1000+ riders
2007: LOTOJA road race, 9:16:53, 1st in category, 6th overall of 1000+ riders
2006: LOTOJA road race, 9:15:20, 1st in category, 1st overall of 1000+ riders, 1st KOM
2005: LOTOJA road race, 10:04:56, 1st in category, 10th overall of 1000+ riders
2002-2008: Snowbird Hill Climb (SBHC), (~10 miles, ~3500' elevation gain)
2008: SBHC, 46:13 (PR, shortened course), 3rd in category, 7th overall of 350+ riders
2005-2009: Salt Lake City marathon, 3:11:47 (PR)
2001, 2004: Top of Utah marathon
1999: Utah Winter Games gold medalist, Long Track Speedskating 1500m
Both master and servant of the AirDyne. It's not a bike but it's a useful way of teaching the upper body muscles to deal with lactate produced by the legs.
Over the winter of 2008-09 Nate used explosive movements in the gym to develop greater leg strength than he already possessed, and it transferred nicely to the bike.
Using resisted sprints to create high O2 demand, and learning to breathe efficiently in a compromised position.
Words of wisdom: Talk less. Do more.