Celebrating A Masters World Title

Mark Savery celebrated his masters world cyclocross title at the Trek store. Check out that cookie!

Sydney Brown and me. (Photo by John Peterson.)

It's not every day that you get to celebrate a world championship. And certainly, it is even a rarer moment when that world champion is someone from your hometown.

But that's exactly what we did tonight at the Trek store after Mark Savery captured the Masters 40-44 world cyclocross title in Louisville, Ky.

I've known Mark since he raced for the Kinko's Copies-Domino's Pizza team back in 1991. He was always head-and-shoulders above many of the guys on the team and nothing has changed nearly 24 years later. It was quite a nice time hearing about all the training and preparation that went into pursuing his dream of winning the rainbow jersey on home soil.

I also got a chance to catch up with Sydney Brown, who is pioneering the path of women's cycling in Nebraska. I still remember officiating her first race and seeing her potential. She's a past age group national champion in the time trial, which makes her another one of the state's most prolific and storied cyclists. It's a pleasure to know her as well.