Team Cyclepath: Cynthia Royer

Cynthia is the classic story of going from couch potato to adventure racer after a life changing event occurred. Cynthia_600.jpgStill in the process of learning the techniques associated with each adventure racing disipline, she excels at paddling. She is our logistics specialist and dedicates herself to any task thrown at the team.

Location: Hayward, California

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Favorite Quotes:

  • And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom ~ Anais Nin
  • What does not destroy me, makes me strong ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
  • In each of us are places where we have never gone. Only by pressing the limits do you ever find them ~ Dr. Joyce Brothers
  • Things are only impossible until they’re not ~ Jean-Luc Picard
  • You are where you are today because you stand on somebody’s shoulders. And wherever you are heading, you cannot go there by yourself. If you stand on the shoulder of others, you have a reciprocal responsibility to live your life so that others may stand on your shoulders. It is the quid pro quo of life. We exist temporarily through what we take, but we live forever through what we give ~ Vernon Jordon

Hobbies: Besides adventure racing? Photography, painting, and writing poetry

Best AR Moment: Finishing a 24 hour race for the first time

Worst AR Moment: Breaking my elbow 3.5 weeks before racing at Xstream Expedition

Races:

2006:

  • Expeditions: Xstream Expedition, 3-days, 250-300 miles
  • 24 hour: Cal-Eco 2, BAAR Brawl (Not a race, but a great training event)
  • 6-12 hour: Big Blue Golden Gate, Silicon Valley Series 2, Ocean Blue, Big Blue Castaic Lake

2005:

  • 24 hour: Big Blue Tahoe, Big Blue Santa Barbara, Big Blue Santa Monica, BAAR Brawl (Not a race, but a great training event)
  • 6-12 hour: Silicon Valley Series Finals, Tahoe Big Blue, Silicon Valley Series 3, Ocean Blue, Big Blue Red Tail, Silicon Valley Series 2, Silicon Valley Series 1, Big Blue Castaic Lake, Lake Sonoma
  • Sprint: Adventure Girl Challenge

2004:

  • Sprint: Balance Bar Sacramento and Los Angeles