Here is a blog post that i created for a guest blog section on lovingthebike.com
I figured i would put it up on this blog, so you loyal fans can get to know me a little bit.
The subject of this post is about my plans for the future of cycling!
I also race for the VOmax elite team. So this is also another addition of meeting the team.
Jeremy Durrin
Age: 22
Category 1 racer
Beginning of a 7 hour ride!
When I was 18 and coming out of high school I needed an outlet for my athletic drive. A friend let me borrow a bike and that’s when it all started. I started riding an hour a day with my friends that were clearly much faster than me, that made me work harder so that I could become faster and stronger. After my first few races I set a cycling career goal of making it to the category 2 level. I set this goal because I knew I could achieve it and becoming a category one, at least I though at the time, was going to takes many years and those guys were so fast!
Me in breakaway at Collegiate Nationals this year. I raced for UMass Amherst.
Well, now I’m a category one rider 2 years after I started racing with the Wheelhouse / NCC elite team out of Easthampton MA. Since cycling has helped me so much through the past few years, I have decided to try and make a career in the cycling industry. I aspire to become a professional, but who doesn’t, and I currently work for a cycling clothing company, VOmax, as their social media marketing manager in Northampton MA. This gives me the flexibility to work and train when I want to.
On the front of the lead-out. We took 1’st, 3’rd, 5’Th, 7’Th, and 10’Th
Cycling has really changed my life. So now I plan to give back to cycling as much as I can throughout my career. As I journey through the ranks of cycling I hope to reach the top and sign a pro contract some day. My dream is to race the Tour of California, if that happens I couldn’t ask for anything more! The team I am currently with has a great community influence. We run kids races, lead group rides, help people get started riding, donate to the community. The directors of my team are great, they not only are really fast but really care about giving back to the sport that gave them so much. I wish to do what they do some day.
Recent local cross race. Came in Second place.
Now I’m 22 years old, and have a great support system in cycling. I am trying to make a name for myself and get noticed so I can race with the pros someday soon! Watch out for me on the social media front as @Vomaxtechnical and there are talks about me joining the bikereg.com social media front as well, so watch out for that as well. I will be conducting video interviews of top cyclocross racers, for my various blogs through VOmax and bikereg.com.
Sitting on the Jamis and kenda leadout train at the NRC Fitchburg Longsjo crit.
Help and support me along the way!
