Olympic Training Center-day 1: Alise Post's Action Sports Blog on GO211

Alise Post

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I race BMX and I am the current ABA Women's Pro National Champion. I am a 4-time Amateur National Champion. I am the '07 UCI World Champion. I'm gonna train real hard and go for the gold in the 2012 Olympics in London. "Hailing from small town, middle America (St Cloud, Minnesota to be exact), Alise Post is the most successful female BMX racer to ever swing her leg over a bike. Alise started racing BMX at the age of 6 and immediately fell in love with the sport. Her older brother Nick was an avid racer and pushed to get her started in the sport. After a few practice sessions, Alise entered her first race and won, and the rest, as they say, is history. Her love of racing pushed her to win her first Girls Overall National Championship at the age of 10, beating out thousands of other girls for the title. Just to make sure no one thought it was a fluke, Alise repeated the feat three more times. Alise finished up her amateur career with well over 100 National victories and numerous Local, State, Regional and World Championship titles. Needing a new challenge, and despite the season being well under way, Alise decided to make the jump to the pro ranks mid-season in 2006. She turned 15 three months prior, the minimum age to enter the Pro category. After taking two thirds in her first two races, it didnt take her long to win her first race, finding the top of the podium in just her third try. Alise finished up with 5 wins for the season, enough to earn her the Women's Pro National Championship in her rookie year. At 15 years of age, Alise is the youngest to ever win the Pro Championship. And, the icing on the cake, Alise was also voted "Rookie Pro of the Year" (an honor that had been exclusively reserved for males) by the readers of BMX'er Magazine. So far in 2007, Alise already looks to be the odds-on favorite to repeat as the National Champion, making her only the third Woman to win it in back-to-back years. But, Alise has loftier goals. BMX will make it's debut at the Beijing, China Olympic Games in 2008, and despite the fact that she is the best female BMX racer the US has to offer, she will not be invited to attend this race. Alise misses the 19-years-of-age cutoff by about a year. So she will have to wait until 2012 - 5 years to train and focus on Olympic Gold. She will be 21 then, just coming into her prime. She will have the advantage, unlike the riders who will debut in Beijing, of knowing exactly what she is getting into. Expect, as usual, Alise to make the most of her opportunities. Away from the track, Alise excels at just about everything she tries. An all-star in gymnastics and track as well, Alise has already caught the eyes of several Division 1 colleges while still a high school sophomore. She finds the time between all of her extra-curricular activities to maintain a straight A report card. At 16, she is smart with a great humor and sensibilty about her. She is confidence personified, without the conceit that you might expect from someone who has achieved so much so soon. Alise knows what it takes to succeed, her drive and work ethic are unparalleled. She is the total package - smart, good natured, outgoing, attractive, and, above all, a champion."

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Olympic Training Center-day 1

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 - Posted at 12:44:31 AM
I flew in to San Diego last night for my first trip out to the Chula Vista Olympic Training Center. I am staying at Will's house so he picked me up from the airport and we had to stop by Bruce's house to pick something up and WOW....Bruce has a view. K here's the set up: walk out into the backyard, and you've got the patio with the grill and everything, then a little pond with some fish in it, then by the pool size jacuzzi, and then...a HUGE deck built out over a big canyon that if you look to your right you can see all the way down the canyon and out to the bay. You can see Sea World and all kinds of stuff, it's beautiful. But anyways, got in last night and woke up this morning around 730 to head over to the training center. I got here around nine and had to fill out a bunch of papers and get my sweet little USA badge and then it was off to the track. The track was awesome! I didn't hit the ramp today but I got used to my bike again and had a lot of fun riding the track. it flowed really well and overall as long as you didn't mess up, it did most of the work for you. Some of the gyus were also riding with us girls and it was fun watchin them hit the guy sections and berm jumps. Tomorrow I plan on hitting the ramp and everything though...gotta do it all before I leave so I'm ready for Australia! Anyways after a while of riding Kim, Amanda and I went and ate some lunch in the cafeteria and they showed me around a bit. The center is really nice, they've got places for the athletes to hang out, they've got a nice gym, good cafeteria, and nice residence housing. It was really cool to walk around and just see all these different olympic athletes training and it was just cool to be around them. We takled to quite a few today, everyone is really nice. It seems like most people know eachother, even the trainers that work with EVERYBODY. We actually went to a movie tonight with some of the archers and they were pretty cool. I think it's just cool to know that all these amazing people are so down to earth. But moving on...After we went around for a while we went down by the trails and did gates and what not and from there I was off to my Wingate test. It was pretty tiring actually, it's a test where they measure the wattage you put out when you're pedaling. I don't know the results yet but I am hoping they're good! Kris and Logan did the test too and it was fun. After testing Amanda, Kim and i went down to the gym and worked out for a while and I got to know some of the trainers so that was another cool thing. One thing I did not take part in afterwards was the ice baths Kim and Amanda took...but maybe I will tomorrow... After all that we chilled for a little bit and were off to the movies. Actually we went to Wal mart first and got cheap candy then went to the theater lol. Now here I am sitting in the girls' new home just waiting for Will to come pick me up. I am thinking about just crashing on the couch here from now on because i wont be leaving until late and then i will be back by no later than 9 tomorrow morning to ride, so I don't know... But I am gonna get ready to go, check back tomorrow for more updates on my little adventure! ~alise

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Alise thats is so cool!

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