About
Contact:
heistedking at gmail dot com
Biography
- Birthday: 01.31.1983
- American home base: Varies from New Hampshire to Colorado to North Carolina to California depending on the season and my mood.
- European home base: Lucca, Italy
- Education: Middlebury College, graduated 2005, economics
- Height: 189cm
- Weight: 78kg
- Family: Amazing parents and brother, Robbie
- Pets: Nope… err, unless you count the fish in the pond
- Favorite food: Pumpkin rocks my world. Quick series of examples: pumpkin pie, baked pumpkin drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with garlic, rosemary, salt, and pepper. Try it pureed and used as the sauce to a pizza. Now that’s good.
Media
- Television: WMUR – NH Chronicle
- BNET
- BDiPC
- Velonews: tackling the classics
- Two John’s Podcast
- Tackling PR with Lyman PR
- Podium Cafe
- Daily Peloton
- NYVeloCity.com
- Velonews
- Middlebury Magazine
- Podium In-Sight
- Collegiate Cycling
- Florida Racing Magazine
- Podium Cafe, chat interview
- 602nds (or “sixty seconds” to the layperson) with Ted King
- Touring for Right to Play – Rider of the Week
Results
-2011:
- USA Pro National Championships, 3rd
- 2011 BDiPC Road Race World Championships, Popularity
-2010:
- Finisher, Giro d’Italia
- Vuelta a Castilla y Leon stage 1, 10th
- Housatonic Hills, 1st
- Green Mountain Stage Race stage 1, 1st
-2009:
- Finisher, Giro d’Italia.
- Vuelta a Burgos (Spain), Sprint jersey stage 2
- Michael Schott Memorial Marblehead Circuit Race, 1st
- Lake Auburn Road Race, 1st
- Boston Mayor’s Criterium, 4th… but if I were a bit smarter and raced again, I’d win.
-2008:
- Ranked 2nd overall in North American individual standings. 1st American.
- Hanes Park Criterium, 1st
- Stage win, Joe Martin Stage Race
- Tour of the Hilltowns, 1st
- Tour of Georgia, KOM jersey, stage 4
- Fitchburg Cycling Classic GC, 3rd place.
More than just a bike rider
-Books:
- Blink – Malcolm Gladwell
- Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
- Empire Falls – Richard Russo
- Hot, Flat, and Crowded – Thomas Friedman
- Pretty much anything by Bill Bryson
- The Road – Cormac McCarthy
-Movies:
- Aspen Extreme
- Blood Diamond
- Christmas Vacation
- The Departed
- Dumb and Dumber
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
- The Royal Tanenbaums
-Things to do:
- Put out the vibe.
- Read.
- Write, write, write.
- Cook. In particular, I like to bake. Some say that isn’t manly, but it’s a true man who can admit that. If you disagree, I’ll whip up an extraordinarily hot souffle and throw it in your face.
- Continue putting out the vibe.
