Eastside Cycle Team 

Michael Sampiano

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mary Jo Rossiter

I am a 42 year old  mother of four beautiful children.  My husband and I have been married for 18 ½ years.  

I came to TNT after a close friend was diagnosed with ALL.  He was given a 25 % chance to survive.  After having lost my brother-in-law to Non Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1990 I didn't want to stand by and watch someone else go through this without putting up a fight.

I have met some of the most amazing people through this organization and I have seen first hand where the money goes that is raised by you and your donors. I completed my first century in Solvang 2005 and have completed 4 centuries since then.  I have been with TNT as a Mentor, Captain, Assistant coach and now as a Co-Coach.  My greatest moments through each season are watching the faces of participants as they cross the finish line and realize just what they have accomplished. 

Fran Higgins
310.866.6079
francis.j.higgins@gmail.com

"When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not dispair for the future of the human race."

-H.G. Wells

Welcome to the Eastside Team In Training Cycling Team! 

I am committed to assisting each and every member of our team in meeting their cancer research and cycling goals this season.  Our team will have a great time in Tucson, and we will all prove to the world that we can ride our bikes over a hundred miles in one day! 

I used to be a marathoner, but that was not much fun, so I decided to get a road bike.  The cyclists just seemed to smile a lot more than the runners.  Years later, I can say that I literally have not run once since getting into cycling. 

I love the team component of the TNT cycling program, and being a part of an organization that fights cancer and improves people's fitness and wellness.  I am eager the share with you any bit of knowledge or experience I have that may help you learn to love cycling.

I have done many centuries (exact number unknown) including the Tour de Tucson twice, both times with TNT.  I've learned to love climbing up hills, so when I am riding on my own, I tend to seek out the rides that offer the most challenging terrain.  I love proving to myself that the things that deep down I do not think I can do, can be done.  Cycling to me is about setting a goal, following a plan to achieve the goal, and enjoying the feeling of well earned satisfaction when you have realized your objective.

I am happily married to my wonderful wife Loren.  Yes, Loren is also a cyclist.  She is also preparing to compete in her first triathlon this year (with TNT of course).  We live in West LA and try to travel to the east coast as often as possible to visit my family in New Jersey and New York.  Each year at Christmas they ask me if I will ever move back east.  Each time I tell them, "Well, last Saturday, while it was snowing here, I got a nasty sunburn cycling on the PCH."

Enjoy the season.
Go Team!

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Westside Cycle Team

Charlie Maloney

2008 Solvang Century
310-291-4031
frenly2u@aol.com

Greetings,

Welcome all of you to the 2009 Tahoe Century Team! I?m looking forward to sharing an exciting, challenging, and inspiring training season with each of you.

We all come to Team In Training for different reasons. In my case, I started with triathlons in 2003. My girlfriend, Laura, had an advanced case of CML (Chronic Mylogenous Leukemia). She had just finished an intense treatment regime. There was little I could do to directly fight her leukemia, so I decided I would join TNT to raise funds for research to help the cause for the long run. Later, Laura became an Honored Teammate for TNT. What we found here were great people, inspiring stories of triumph, a healthy lifestyle and some life-changing experiences. Since that time, Laura?s leukemia went into remission, and we got married in 2006! I?ve completed over two dozen endurance events since that time. We have met hundreds of the most amazing people, and shared the challenge of endurance sports with new friends.

Whether it?s the cause, the people, or the physical challenge that brought you to TNT, I?m confident that by the time we cross that finish line together, each of you will have experienced all that TNT has to offer. Get ready for the time of your life!

GO TEAM!

 

Bob Tripp                                                                                                      Assistant Coach

Welcome to Team in Training!!!  I'm Bob Tripp and four years ago I found out about Team in Training and thought I would give it a try!  I was a casual cyclist for the past 9 years and enjoyed riding (having taken a bike tour of Ireland in 2001) but had no clue that I could ride 100 miles!!  And what do you know, it worked!!  I completed the 2005 Solvang Century, my first, with over 5,000 of my closest friends and over 275 TNT members from all over the county.

Since then I've mentored 3 other TNT events and have completed 10 additional endurance events (this will be my fourth Solvang Century)..  Now I am back as your Assistant Coach for  the 2007/8 Solvang Century Team.

I was very well prepared for my first century.  Yes it demonstrated that together, the Team in Training Cycling Team, can accomplish this feat!  My goal is to make this an equally rewarding experience.

Riding with TNT over the past several years has been one of the best experiences of my life!  As TNT Coaches and Mentors, we will work with your individual skill level, from first time riders to Lance Armstrong, to assure that you will finish the ride, ride with safety and enjoy this experience.  I am still riding with people I met in my first TNT season.

By the way, did I mention that my Grandmother died of Leukemia, my Mother and Father both died of cancer and my wife is a breast cancer survivor?  Twice this year I was touched by having friend's lose young children to Leukemia.   I am not only doing this for you but to help continue the work to find a cure for Cancer.

I am looking forward to a great Solvang Century Season!

Thank you for your commitment.  Go Team!!!