Background:

Jodi’s athletic history began at the age of 5 when she started playing soccer for the local boys club. Throughout the years, her participation in numerous sports was across the board but her heart stayed with soccer. It eventually led her to a NCAA Div-1 Women’s Soccer program at University of North Carolina Asheville where the team won the Big South Conference Tournament in 1995. Jodi was a team captain that year.

It was in Asheville that Jodi discovered mountain biking and fell in love. She started racing and got hooked rather easily. In 2005, in an attempt to become faster on the mountain bike, Jodi started training out on the road. Before she knew it, she was headed out to road races with her teammates on Team Fuji.

Having been a coached athlete her entire life, Jodi has great understanding and appreciation for the rapport needed between a coach and her athlete. A coach needs more than just knowledge of the sport and the training; they need to connect with their clients. As an athlete, Jodi performed best for coaches with which she had a mutual respect; a model that continues to be a major proponent of her coaching philosophy today.

Jodi is a Cat 3 Road Racer and Cat 1 Mountain Racer for the Modry - Evergreen Cycling Team. She is a Level 3 USA Cycling Certified Coach.