Our athletes are the most important aspect of AthletiCamps.  Helping all levels of athletes improve, no matter what their goal, are why we are in business.  This page is dedicated to them.  Obviously, there are too many success stories to list on one page, so we will continually update this section. Please check back.

Professional Riders

Chris Baldwin - Boulder, CO.

Chris Baldwin is the current US Time Trial Champion, claiming the title twice in three years, winning it for the first time in 2003.  As a professional, Chris has won sixteen races as well as a Silver Medal at the 2003 Pan-American Games.  He will ride for the US based United Cycling Team in 2006.

Chris graduated from Lakeview High School in 1995, where he competed in soccer, track, and wrestling. He is married to fellow pro cyclist Kimberly Baldwin and they live in Boulder, Colo.

Off the bike, Chris is an outdoor enthusiast who enjoys water and snow skiing. He also likes woodwork and reading Steinbeck novels. 

Christine Thorburn- Sunnyvale, CA.

Originally from Davenport, Iowa, Christine now makes her home in the California bay area. Upon graduating from Stanford University School of Medicine, Christine accepted a postdoctoral fellowship in Rheumatology. In 2006, she will be starting in a private clinical practice while completing her research fellowship.

Christine has become an inspiration to many as well as becoming one of the most recognized personalities both on and off the bike for her sportsmanship and leadership qualities. Winning the 2004 US National Time Trial Championships and earning a spot on the US Olympic Team, Christine proved herself to be a dominating force on the US cycling scene. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, Christine placed 4th in the individual time trial and 15 th in the road race, and she went on to place 7th at the World Championships time trial.

In 2005 Christine opened her season with a huge win at the Redlands Bicycle Classic. Winning the opening prologue put her in the leaders yellow jersey early and she would defend the jersey until the end to win the overall competition. To compliment the win, Christine would also be awarded the prestigious Carole King Award given for outstanding sportsmanship. Christine continued to dominate the Women’s Prestige Series by winning the Nature Valley Grand Prix and placing 2nd in the International Tour de Toona thus winning the title of “Best Individual Rider” in the Women’s Prestige Series. Also in 2005, Christine represented the US National Team in the Pan American Championships, winning a silver medal in the individual time trial and placed 6th in the road race. At the 2005 World Championships, Christine placed 8th in the individual time trial and 18 th in the road race.

In addition to her strengths on the bike as a rider and team leader, Christine’s strong speaking skills have allowed her the opportunity to represent her sponsors at events such as the PowerBar Nutritional Panel at InterBike as well as speaking at several professional medical conferences for continuing medical education on “Training for Performance.”

Aaron Olson - Eugene, OR.

Known as Mr. Consistency, Aaron is joing the Division I Spanish based Saunier Duval-Prodir team for the 2006 campaign.  After years of hard work and dedication racing in the US, Aaron has finally earned his chance to ride in the big show.  His races will include many of the spring classics as well as the Tour de France in July. 

Kim Anderson- Eugene, OR.

Kim returns to the powerful T-mobile Women’s squad for 2006.  Known as a great climber, she has years of experience that will benefit her return to the European racing scene. 

Amateur Riders

Monica Neilson - Brentwood, CA.

Monica Neilson, a member of the Vella Bella cycling team, joined the AthletiCamps coaching program with one major goal in mind: Master’s National Championships in Park City, UT.  She walked away with three medals in three events.  Congratulations to Monica for an incredible result.  She looks forward to this year’s events in Pennsylvania, where she aims to duplicate her 2005 results.

Dan Martin - El Dorado Hills, CA.

I was born and raised on the east coast Canada where, as soon as you were old enough to walk, you were fitted for skates and taught how to move a puck out of your end.  Being a decent hockey player but not good enough to continue after high school I went in search of another sport. I fell hook, line and sinker into rowing.  The raw intensity appealed to my desire for physical suffering at the time.  Maybe it was all the blue-line to red-line drills!  Morning workouts that left me drained seemed to make the rest of the day more bearable.  Rowing stayed with me as I got my engineering degree and made the transition into the work force.  It ended after a big effort to make the 2000 Olympic team that unfortunately went sour because of a lack of funding and coaching turmoil.  In the hills of California, working through my bitterness, I found a love for the bike and another sport was discovered.  In 2001 I made the transition from a Cat 5 to a Cat 2 in short time.  A few crashes later and I was back into rowing for 2002, where my main goal was to get a 1X (single) National title which so far had eluded me.  I succeeded in winning the US National Championships.  2004 saw me back on the bike and late in the season I was invited to join the newly formed Safeway/G.A. Communications team.  My new teammates were like a breath of fresh air into tired lungs.  Being part of the team has been an inspiration and I feel very fortunate for the new friends and look forward to an incredible year of racing in 2006. 

Outside of cycling I love spending time with my beautiful partner in life, Betina.  I work as a chip designer at Cisco Systems, and on the off chance there is any time left, I attempt to complete one of the many pending house projects.  My favorite color is red, season is Fall, band is Nirvana, and I am in love with the Mazda RX8.  It is a view from a distance love affair, but might one day lead to something more.