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name: Jody Koch
Hometown: Ann Arbor Michigan
Team: Kona
On the job: Automatic transmission design engineer at the ford motor company.
You'd be surprised at how many people ride bikes here...probably 20-30 in my division alone.
staying
in shape with a full time job through the summer isn't difficult
because im racing so much. Its in the early spring that's hard when i
need to get the miles in and the weather isn't always and i don't get off
until four.
Built Ford tough: Ive been racing
for four years last year was my first pro season. making the the jump to
pro was difficult you have to create all new priority. Winning and
finishing in the top 10 isn't realistic anymore, so if i come knowing i
cleaned a tough section than that's an accomplishment that i have to
take home. i used to like winning expert races, but now finishing 23rd
at the MT snow Stxc is a big deal. The good part about racing pro is you
get a lot of people out there cheering you on. Even when they don't
know who you are the encouragement makes the toughest climbs a little
easier.
The life; as hard as racing is its still
really fun. I have a friend at GM who designs door latches who turned
pro with me, its nice to have someone to travel with sharing the s some
of the same challenges. I used all of my vacation days to get to the
races, so i never really get a real vacation . But the family atmosphere
at each venue makes up for that. The weird part is that we seem to
spend as much time packing and unpacking our gear as we do riding them.
My Car:
i drive 97 Ford Escort. It wouldn't be a good thing if i went out and
bought a new Toyota it would be like a guy working at specialized riding
Trek.
ya know....just cuz i aint hittin up all the local 2 bscene group rides and tending the "IN" parties..sure my grammar is in the tank, my humor is more often missed than received..and it aint no dam surprise i fly under the radar than most care to admit.i aint much different than most folks..sure when its all
said and done most of my creepin is done while normal people r sleepin...that don't mean i aint got More Than A feeling....yea thats
right Ive been spending some listening to the best song/album ever produced..like 4.5 hrs at a time...
and lettin my mind wander into the grey land..i aint necessarily
thinking about just one soul that passed through T's life..but that
being said ill use the above as an example..I dunno if you took what i
took out that crusty moth riddin grey matter memory...heres what T took in four short years she went from the runners world to trouncing the Tailwind series on a box stock Schwinn to a aspiring Norba pro....and then poof!!! I think another wise man once said... Life moves pretty quick..
