Scott Thomas - Mesa, AZ
Age: 37
Bio: Born in Kansas and spent most of my younger life between Kentucky & Virginia. Going to college in Kentucky and then moving to Arizona in 98'. In 2007 I got into adventure racing and played with that for a few years with a team called Madness Adventure Racing. Mid 2011 I started K-Blue Racing as the only member and racer of the team. This team was for me as a solo racer and I was only planning on doing a handful of races a year. I only bike race these days weather it's mountain or road and my road race list is very short.
Race History:
2012-2014 24 Hours of Old Pueblo - Solo
2013 Whiskey Off-road - 50 Miler
2011-2012 24 Hours of Fury - 4-person Coed - 3rd(2011) 2nd (2012)
2011 Xterra Odgen - Short Course
2012-2013 - Barn Burner - 4-person Male team
Mike Bellows - Mesa, AZ
Age: Old enough to know better.
Bio: Born in Mesa Arizona, I was raised by a pack of desert rats. Although
I have visited lots of places, I am always happy to come home to the
sunshine and blue skies of the Valley of the Sun. As far as I can
remember, I've always ridden bikes and it seems I've always crashed bikes
too (something about two wheels and gravity).
I tend to prefer the fat tires and twisty trails to the boring blacktop,
especially after a short lived career as a hood ornament on a 1993 Chevy
S-10. Who has ever heard of anyone being run over by a car while on the
trail...right?
My racing career began because of my inability to say no to bad ideas. The
conversation went like this...
Friend: Hey do you want to do a race this weekend? It's paid for.
Me: I haven't been training.
Friend: That's okay. Just don't stop.
Me: Okay
... and eight hours later I had survived my first adventure race. Since that
time, and fully informed, I have participated in numerous adventure, bike
and foot races.
Race History:
2013-2014 24 Hours of Old Pueblo - 4-person Male
2013 Whiskey Off-road - 50 Miler
Sterling Margetts - Phoenix, AZ
Age: 33
Age: 33
Bio: Born in Utah, childhood in Colorado, and the rest in
Arizona. I attended Brigham Young
University so I could go ski every week and get school credit, and then I
attended Arizona State University so I did not have to drive in snow
anymore. My education is in Civil
Engineering and I do commercial land development as a profession. Growing up I had a blue huffy bmx bike that
I loved to ride to my friends’ houses and the local gas station, until one day
I parked it behind my parents car and it was run over, and so ended my riding. It wasn’t until I met Scott in late 2000’s
that he convinced me to buy a bike and race in this thing called an adventure
race in Prescott. From that moment on I
have recaptured my passion for biking and all outdoor activities.
Race History:
2007-2011 Gilmore Adventure Race-
2008 to 2014- MS Ride 150
2013- Whiskey Off-Road 25 proof
2013 and 2014 – 24 hours of Old Pueblo – 4 person male
2011-2012 24 hours of Fury – 4 person Coed
2012 Soma Triathlon – Relay team
Don Mellow - Mesa, AZ
Age:39 - Recent Biometric Testing Age:42
Born: Orange County, Ca.
Grew up in: Texas
Currently live: Mesa, Az
Status: Married 18 years, 4 Daughters, 2 Female Dogs, and Unisex Beta fish (Probably a girl).
BIO: Grew up playing soccer and riding BMX back when Haro and Redline bikes where the thing. Went to high school in Magnolia Texas, and College at the University of Texas in Austin. I enjoy hunting, fishing, MTB and Adventure races, gold panning, and grossing/embarrassing my 4 teenage daughters out. I am a scoutmaster of 6 boys that allows me to share my love of outdoors and adventure. Plus I get to tell the same stories to a new group every few years.
I enjoy MTB and Adventure races because the group is always fun and I have learned a lot about riding and bikes by being out there. I am 6'-2", 230 lbs, and it helps stay in shape and young feeling. Besides, every team needs a Clydesdale.
2014 Pending Races:
Fire on the Rim - 30 Miler
Barnburner - Maybe Duo?
Tour de White Mountains -35 miler
Race History:
2014 24 Hours of Old Pueblo - 4-person Male
2013 & 2014 - Whiskey Off-road - 25 Miler
2013 - Barn Burner - 4-person Male team
2013 - Fire on the Rim - solo 30 miler
2012 & Earlier - Gilmore Adventure Races, 12 Hours at Night, Whiskey 25.
Meagan Johnson - Durango, CO
Age:
Bio:I was born in the Northeast specifically Connecticut. After graduating from Keene State College in Keene, NH in 2003 I moved to Boston, MA. I was a Physical Education teacher for 5 years until I soon realized I was not living the dream that I had always wanted. So at the end of the school year I sold my belongings I took a 3 month NOLS course and then moved to Bend, OR. Loving the west I then moved to Buena Vista, CO to be a sweet rafting guide!!! Thinking I needed to be closer to family I moved back to Massachusetts and Vermont until I soon realized the west is where I was being called!!! And so I moved to Durango, CO in 2010 and now call this wonderful place home. I currently work in the Durango School District in the Special Education Department and I'm still working on finding that job that will bring me so much joy and passion. But until then I work enough and play way more riding my mountain bike, road bike, swimming laps, playing outside, and drinking the great local beers!!!! And the future goals are to get back to racing Ironman races all around the world and pushing my body in long endurance mountain bike races!!!! Cheers!!!!
Race History:
From 2003-2009 I raced in Sprint, Olympic, and Half-Ironman races but finally decided after competing and being successful at those distances I really wanted to step up to the full Ironman
2010 Competed in Ironman Coure d' Alene
2011 Competed in Ironman Cozumel, Mexico
2013 Competed in Ironman Port Macquarie, Australia
2013 Tri the Rim (2nd Place Overall Female)
2013 Durango Triathlon (1st Place Overall Female)
2013 24hrs of Old Pueblo (2nd Place Duo Female Team)
Age: 53 years strong
Bio: Race plans for 2014...Leadville Qualifier (Cedar City or Tahoe); RPI 100; Xterra Snowbasin; maybe one Trail Ragnar...
Race History: Multiple Adventure Races; Multiple Xterras; Leadville MTB100; Rebecca Rush Private Idaho MTB; Multiple Triathlons; Ragnar Trail Racing; Ragnar Relay.
Steve Warner - Sandy, UT
Age:
Bio: I was raised outside of Portland, Oregon and grew up touring the Pacific Northwest on my Nishiki Sebring road bike with my family. Just prior to college, I began transitioning from road riding to mountain biking the logging roads in the mountains outside my hometown. This continued through my years in college in both Utah and Arizona. While in Arizona, I was introduced to Adventure Racing and competed in several races with K Blue team members. Now in Utah, I have mainly focused on mountain biking and participate in a few of the local summer race series. Additionally, I am known to throw in a triathlon or running road race here and there throughout the year. For the most part, I am a recreational rider that loves to get out and explore new trails and participate in the local racing scene.
2014 Race Plans: Midweek MTB Race Series, ICUP Race Series & Iron Will Mountain Bike Race.
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