Coach - Shane Trotter

Shane is Land Surveyor and Field Chief for Nevada office of the Bureau of Land Management.  He is an elite ultra-cyclist, professional cycling coach and owner of a spin studio: Life Cycle Nevada, in Carson City (https://lifecycle-nv.com/).  He loves helping and inspiring others, and trains with friends 4 days a week.  He is married and has two daughters and tries to be a role model by staying healthy for his family.

Shane has achieved an amazing transformation, in 2009 he started gaining weight, got morbidly obese and weighed about 300 pounds.  He started eating healthier and running, and slowly worked his way up to running a marathon in 2010, and that summer proceeded to run a marathon a month for the 5 months of summer.  He continued running and ran a few ultras (50k trail marathons).  He started cross training on bike in 2011.  In 2012 he injured his back quit running and regained weight back up to 265 pounds.  Doctor said no more running so he converted to full time cyclist. He then dropped 30 pounds from 2013 to 2017 riding and started calling himself “The Fat Cyclist”.  In 2017 he hired Joe as his coach and hit the diet and biking hard - lost more weight and is now down to 188 pounds, and during same period increased his FTP to 365 watts.

Cycling

Silver State 508: 2017 2-man team finisher, 2018 DNF, 2019 1st place overall, first place solo male 2020 1st place 4 man team. 2021 1st place solo overall

24-hour World Time Trial Championships: 2018 10th overall and 2nd in age group, 2019 1st place Age group, 7th overall. 2021 2nd overall and 1st in AG.

Race Across Oregon 2021 1st overall & AG;  North American Ultra Champion

Race Across the West 2021 1st 2 Man Team and course record

Everest completed 8 successful attempts recognized by Hells 500 

Triathlon

Lake Tahoe Triathlon: 2018 finisher, 2019 finisher

 USA Cycling Level 3 Coach

Drop us a note!  Shane has a proven track record of helping athletes achieve and exceed their personal goals in cycling, ultra-cycling!