Adam Johnston & Peter Oyler
The Endurance Lab
"Hello, RacerMate!

 My name is Adam Johnston.  My business partner, Peter Oyler, and I would like to tell you of a venture we’ve started which heavily relies on the CompuTrainer product and its reputation. 

 We are located in Toronto, Canada.  Our nation’s largest city poses many a challenge for the typical cyclist/triathlete:  traffic, congestion, smog, etc.  Not to mention that our winters are rather nasty and lengthy, too.
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Dave Zabriskie
Professional Cyclist
"When I started cycling in the middle of 1996, I read every article and book I could find on the sport. I remember coming across an article about CompuTrainer and how someone was using it to train for the Race Across America (RAAM). Growing up in Utah with bad winter weather and school obligations that made it hard to train, I was very excited and fascinated by the idea of an indoor training simulation device that could be used to train anytime. Now that I've been regularly using the CompuTrainer, I see that its convenience is just a small part of what makes it such a valuable trainer and I'm very angry at myself for not making the necessary sacrifices in my youth to buy one. Even when the weather is beautiful I'll often opt to ride the CompuTrainer because it simulates outside training without all the interruptions of cars and stoplights and simplifies training because you do not have to search out specific roads for specific work.
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Michael Hay
Triathlon Coach
Ontario, Canada
"The CompuTrainer is not too good for my tan – I hardly ride outside anymore!!  No seriously – I love the fact that I can objectively measure how I am doing. I used it to prepare for Florida 70.3 and for Worlds Triathlon Champs last week in Vancouver.  I did both in almost exactly the same times as I did during my training sessions on the CompuTrainer. In fact I found the CompuTrainer harder than the actual courses in both cases. I ended up winning the Masters category at Worlds – so there you go – another satisfied CompuTrainer guy that is a world champ. I am really anxious to try out the dvd courses that you guys are putting together.

Dion Harrison
Professional Triathlete - UK
"Cycling has always been my weakest discipline but since using the CompuTrainer through the off season last year I’ve been able to come off the bike in the top 2 in my AG at all this years races.
The CompuTrainer & SpinScan has helped me develop a more constant and balanced power output and I’m hoping I can use this knowledge to curb my ‘enthusiasm’ during the early stages of the Kona bike course!
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Will Mangar
Team GB 30-34 Age Grouper
Euro Rank:18
Sevenoaks Tri Club
Having raced in many Olympic Triathlons now for the last 4 years, I made a decision to purchase my CompuTrainer unit from Simon at the beginning of 2008. Up until this time I can now say I had been cycling and so racing at pretty much one speed and not making any real progress. I say to people now that I was probably ‘dabbling’ in the sport rather than training for serious racing. My bike splits were always fairly good and would position me in the top 10% of the field in most national ranking triathlons. I wanted to develop my cycling further as I felt I had more potential to fulfil and the proposition from RacerMate of improvement by 20% sounded too good to be simply ignored. At the beginning of 2008 I set myself the goal of qualification and top good performance at the ETU Triathlon Championships in Lisbon in May 2008 with a second aim of improving my time-trialling as the year went on.
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Crystal Pruitt
Collegiate Athlete

Aaron Palaian
Co-founder & USAT Coach
OnUrLeft Sports 
www.OnUrLeft.com

USA Triathlon  - Athlete Testimonials
A number of US National team members and coaches use CompuTrainer extensively in their training.  Click on the logo to read many of their unsolicited comments which illustrate the high regard in which CompuTrainer is held and the benefits which the athletes derive from its use.

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Julie Dibens
(UK) Pro Triathlete, 2007 Xterra Champion

Me & my CompuTrainer

Anyone who lives where the weather is often inclement and cold will know how hard it can be to build, or maintain a certain level of bike fitness.  With the short days and long nights during the winter months this is especially so.  Many cyclists and triathletes use indoor turbo trainers during these winter months, but often struggle to get the work they need to done.

For the past 5 years now I have been fortunate enough to have access to a Computrainer.  I have used it religiously during those winter months, and this year I was so convinced by its benefits that I have continued to use it throughout the year.  Combining regular Computrainer sessions, alongside my outdoor sessions has really pushed my cycling on to another level.....
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Len Gushe
"Hi Chuck: 
Thanks so much for your time on the phone.  And of course many thanks for your CompuTrainer.....it is the single biggest reason why my cycling has gone from my relative weakness to my relative strength in the past 12 years.

Simply put, I am a happy 'slave' to that wattage display.  Every single bike workout I do is built around target wattages.  And every year, I work extremely hard to nudge those wattage numbers upward.  When John Howard introduced me to a CompuTrainer in April of 1996, I could only do long rides at a wattage of 200, tempo rides at a wattage of 280, and a set of 3 minute long intervals at a wattage of 330.  But I was (and am) so motivated to 'grow' those numbers, that I trained more and more intensely as the months and years went by.  And I think as my body adapted to the increased intensity, that this then allowed me to be able to train a little bit harder and more intensely still in the years that would follow."
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Dede Griesbauer
"I don’t have many regrets in life, but if I had to pick one, it would be that I didn’t discover the sport of triathlon until pretty late in life! I have been a life-long swimmer and when I retired from elite level swimming, took to running as a means to support my eating habits!! In 1997, following graduate school, I had 3 months off before starting work. I had no money, no desire to travel and figured I’d pass the time by trying an Ironman. I raced the Vineman in 1997 and loved it, but a demanding Wall Street job ended my triathlon career before it really began.

Fast forward to 2002,
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Andy Potts
2004 US Olympic Team, Triathlon
"My triathlon career began in the summer of 2002. After only 18 months in the sport, I had earned my way on to the US Olympic Team. My background in swimming had provided me with the aerobic engine I needed to compete on a world class level in my new sport. The physiological demands of cycling and running posed a new challenge to me that I was eager to conquer. My learning curve on the bicycle has been the steepest as well as the most rewarding.
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Lauren Jensen
Lauren Jensen, National Multisport Champion
Lauren Jensen, a 17 year multisport veteran and 10 year Pro, has suddenly emerged as the 2003 National Duathlon Champion and 2004 National Long Course Triathlon Champion after turning to CompuTrainer for her bike training.
"Who doesn't have limited training time? As a busy Mom, multi-sport coach, professional triathlete and physical therapist - I'm lucky when I bring the right bag with me each time I leave the house. My training has to be specific, focused and efficient. CompuTrainer allows me to capitalize on every second of my training.
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Steve DeGarmo - Extreme CompuTrainer User
Former Pro Bike Racer
"My name is Steve DeGarmo and I am writing to tell a short tale about what I believe to be the best piece of training equipment ever, the CompuTrainer! I started cycling in 1997 and after a few months I decided to give racing a try.  I was 29 years old at the time and felt I did not have a whole lot of time to bring my level of fitness up to where I wanted it to be.  That year I started as a Cat 5 and won only 3 races and moved to a Cat 4.
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