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Interview: Mike Creed

At just 27 years of age, American Mike Creed of the Rock Racing team finished up his ninth year as a professional with his last road race of the season, the Tour of Missouri back in September. While coming through the ranks, Creed was crowned U.S. national champion 20 times and was a member of the world championship team 6 times.

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Creed has had ups and downs in his pro career, facing illnesses with relapses of Epstein-Barr disease and back problems while racing for the Prime Alliance, US Postal and Discovery, TIAA-CREF which became Slipstream teams, and now with Rock Racing.

I sat down with a relaxed Mike Creed, the evening after the time trial at the Tour of Missouri where our conversation meandered starting from this year, to his outlook on suffering, his recommendation to USA Cycling for its endurance track selections and finally his goals.

"When I was seventeen and eighteen racing in pro races, it didn’t matter if I failed, I could go out and just lay myself on the ground and no matter what place I got, it was decent so that allowed me to get some really solid results and it took awhile for me to just finally realize that no matter you just need to suffer. It’s okay to suffer, everybody is suffering."

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crazy he's been pro for nine years

Nice interview. Kid’s grown into himself good.

by gavia on Nov 4, 2008 6:07 PM EST   0 recs

Nice work there Lyne

and um yeah pro for nine years?

by Fred Marx on Nov 4, 2008 7:34 PM EST   0 recs

Just read all three parts

He sounds very bitter towards, well, bunches of people. Hopefully he’s happy at Rock, because I don’t see him getting signed anywhere else, definitely never again for JV. This interview was crazy!

If I just had one more gear, I...

by SpunOut on Nov 5, 2008 5:16 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

that's interesting because I didn't find him bitter at all in person

definitely a smart ass but not bitter, and he was joking around with JV.

by lyne on Nov 6, 2008 8:24 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

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