Herriott Sports Performance

Todd Herriott, CSCS

Todd is founder/co-owner of Herriott Sports Performance, where he specializes in coaching and strength and conditioning for endurance athletes. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and has over 15 years of coaching and teaching experience.

Todd's many years in the pro peloton, along with his experience as a personal trainer and group exercise instructor at some of New York City's top health clubs, have allowed him to develop a vast knowledge base about "what works" when it comes to motivating and training an athlete.

Determination, and a long-term dedication to cycling paid off for Todd in 2002; he was featured as the 2002 Velonews Amateur of the Year, and later became the first American to win the Univest Grand Prix and the Vuelta Cuba (at age 32!). Throughout Todd's career he was fortunate to ride on some of the major U.S. domestic teams, including Health Net (2002-2003) and three seasons with Colavita/Sutter home (2003-2006).

Innovative training methods have always been important to Todd. In the 80s, he was an early adopter of training with a heart rate monitor and he has been an enthusiastic devotee of training with watts via a power meter for a number of years. Todd was also one of the first in North America to study blood lactate analysis (he's been a certified FAcT tester since 1999) to better understand athletes' current physiological state. Todd was an early adopter of training with the SpiroTiger respiratory training system, as well, and he now incorporates this device into his athletes' training.

Todd's training philosophy, which he's developed after years of close relationships with other coaches, his own coaching experience, other racers, and his own racing, is simple: "My goal is to treat athletes as individuals with unlimited potential and help them to define and execute their goals though a process that is not only specific to their sport, but that also addresses the mental and emotional side of sport that can so often hinder an athlete's performance."

David Richter

David began his cycling career as a BMX champion at ten years of age. But BMX played second fiddle to his first love, baseball. David turned-down a minor-league contract out of high school and went to college. That’s when he jumped on a mountain bike and cycling became his new found passion.

Since then, he has excelled in the professional ranks of mountain biking and road racing. David rode as a professional for Team Yeti off-road. The switch to road brought David to the Subway Professional Cycling Team (two seasons) under the tutelage of Rene Wenzel. Team Monex was David’s next stop, where Director Roberto Gaggioli shared his wealth of knowledge of winning with David. Then David traveled to the Canadian Italpasta squad for two seasons. His experience on the pro circuit has brought him all over North and Central America and the Caribbean. David has been on the podium in UCI and NRC races (including that top step).

David’s reputation as a great bike handler also netted him an invite to the Red Bull Road Rampage. Only 19 of the best cycling bike handlers were invited. He represented the “roadies” well with a stellar performance on his stock bike. And he was the only competitor who didn’t wear body armor. When asked why he didn’t wear all the protective gear, he simply responded, ”Body armor’s slow, a skin suit is fast.”

As a four-time team captain, David is a natural leader, teacher, and coach. He has not only won national championships (NORBA Hill-Climb, Mammoth and AMBC Cross-Country), he has coached national champions. David is now committed to building champions.

Thomas Broderick, Master Mechanic

Thomas Broderick has spent most of his life racing bikes and working on them. With 16 years of mechanic experience, and a long list of racing accomplishments during his 17-year racing career -- including Washington state time trial championships and semi-professional racing for the Diamond Back mountain bike team -- Thomas is passionate about precision maintenance in the shop and high performance in the saddle.

Thomas overhauled his first hub at age 11 and built his first wheel at 15. He's now a certified master wheel builder, with experience managing numerous bike shops in Seattle and Michigan.

David Fleischhauer, CSCS

In 2008, David earned a degree in Exercise and Sport Science from Western Washington University. While studying there, he was able to research different aspects of cycling, from sport psychology and muscle development to the biomechanical advantages of proper bike fit.

Cyclocross racing is one of David's favorite cycling disciplines, and he began competing locally on the Rad Racing Northwest team. As David progressed in the sport, he traveled the country to compete in UCI races. Because of victories and top placings in these events, David was chosen to race as a part of the United States National Team at the 2003 Cyclocross World Championships in Monopoli, Italy. In the winter of 2004, he again traveled to Europe to race in several large international races, including a World Cup and Superprestige.

After racing in the Cyclocross World Championships, David was introduced to track racing. Quickly picking up the sport, he was selected to train at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs prior to the National Championships. The intensive training paid off with a National Championship victory in the team pursuit.

David is a four time National Champion in track, cyclocross, and mountain biking. His experience racing at many levels of the sport, as well as his education, give him a unique perspective to integrate science into the art of coaching. David is a USCF-certified cycling coach.

Tela Crane

Tela has been competing in different cycling disciplines for the past eight years. She has raced nationally and internationally and earned 15 medals at national championship events, including four golds.

Her primary racing focus has been on the track, with emphasis on sprint events. In 2004, she won two Junior National Championships on the track and was selected to the Junior National Team for the Pan American Games and the World Championships. After placing 10th at the World Championships in the Match Sprint event, she was chosen to be a resident athlete at the Olympic Training Center as a member of the Elite National Track Team.

Education has always been a priority for Tela, and she left the Olympic Training Center to attend Western Washington University in 2005. During her four years at Western, Tela focused on cyclocross and collegiate road racing. This focus led to an Elite State Championship and a Collegiate National Championship in cyclocross in 2007.

Tela has five years of coaching experience, specifically with junior riders and beginners. She is the lead instructor and program coordinator for the youth classes at the velodrome, and has worked with the Rad Racing Junior team in all disciplines. Her race experience in track, cyclocross and road pays off with tactical knowledge and event-specific training.

Joshua Gunn, MFA

Josh is a Category 2 racer who also happens to be a writer, video producer, and web developer. That's why building and maintaining the HSP Web site is a natural fit for him. He works closely with Todd Herriott on new media initiatives.

When Josh isn't training and keeping things tidy on the HSP site, he runs NutIntuit Studio, a small motion graphics firm that's focused on explaining complex technologies and products to everyday people. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from The University of Washington and a BA from Colorado College.