MEET the COACHES
Tim O'Shea
Hard to get my mind around it because I still think I’m a kid, but I’ve double checked the math . . . 34 years I’ve been at this endurance stuff. I completed a half marathon in 6th grade and I have not looked back since! The target of my passion has moved around some (road, mtb, cross, marathons, ultra marathons, triathlons, 24 hour fundraisers) but the one passion that has not waivered even a bit is coaching! Coaching has been the most rewarding, from the grade school cross country runners to elite cx racers I have coached over the last decade, it’s crystal clear to me that coaching is a passion that resides deep in my DNA. I know this because there is one simple litmus test – I care about the results of each athlete I coach more than my own!
Hard to get my mind around it because I still think I’m a kid, but I’ve double checked the math . . . 34 years I’ve been at this endurance stuff. I completed a half marathon in 6th grade and I have not looked back since! The target of my passion has moved around some (road, mtb, cross, marathons, ultra marathons, triathlons, 24 hour fundraisers) but the one passion that has not waivered even a bit is coaching! Coaching has been the most rewarding, from the grade school cross country runners to elite cx racers I have coached over the last decade, it’s crystal clear to me that coaching is a passion that resides deep in my DNA. I know this because there is one simple litmus test – I care about the results of each athlete I coach more than my own!
Dan Chabanov
My start in competitive cycling was a fairly unconventional one. I ended up picking up a part time job as a bike messenger when I was going to school in NYC. that then turned in to a full time job when I dropped out. Making a living riding my bike in New York City was an experience... On Wednesday nights some of my co-workers would head out Queens and race on the Kissena Velodrome. I wasn't very good at it. I didn't have any kind of magic touch for racing but I was stubborn and I wanted to get better. Towards the end of the season I gave road racing a try on a hand me down steel bike with 8 speeds. I wanted to keep it all going because I was hooked. I saved some money and bought a second hand cross bike from a fellow messenger. This all happened over 7 years ago now. Since then I have raced my way to a cat 1 in road, cross, and mountain bike racing. I became a USA Cycling certified coach and have been putting much of my energy and racing experience into my clients.
My start in competitive cycling was a fairly unconventional one. I ended up picking up a part time job as a bike messenger when I was going to school in NYC. that then turned in to a full time job when I dropped out. Making a living riding my bike in New York City was an experience... On Wednesday nights some of my co-workers would head out Queens and race on the Kissena Velodrome. I wasn't very good at it. I didn't have any kind of magic touch for racing but I was stubborn and I wanted to get better. Towards the end of the season I gave road racing a try on a hand me down steel bike with 8 speeds. I wanted to keep it all going because I was hooked. I saved some money and bought a second hand cross bike from a fellow messenger. This all happened over 7 years ago now. Since then I have raced my way to a cat 1 in road, cross, and mountain bike racing. I became a USA Cycling certified coach and have been putting much of my energy and racing experience into my clients.