Jeremy Sparks
Castro Valley, CA
Cat 3 Road

• Year of Birth: 1972
• Marital Status: Married
• Known Children: 2 Boys (Jackson 8 & Nolan 6)
• Occupation: Director of Strategy, Oracle Corporation
• Race Disciplines: Road; Time Trial
• Race Highlights: District RR (Fort Ord): 1st; Madera Stage Race (RR): 2nd; Cantua Creek: 2nd; Dunnigan Hills: 4th; Dunlop TT: 2nd; Esparto TT: 2nd; District Time Trial Championship (35+ open): 6th; Elkhorn Classic Stage Race: 10th overall
• Riding Machines: Look 595 Ultra, Cervelo P2C, Salsa Campeon
• Favorite Race: Hard to pick one favorite. I really enjoy the stage races.
• Favorite Training Rides: Any ride that includes Palomares
• Favorite Beverage(s): Coffee, Milk, Beer
• Favorite Pre-Race Meal: Cereal and Fruit
• Favorite Flick: Star Wars series
• Favorite Book: "Moneyball"
• Five-tunes Playlist (artist/song): Tough to pick just 5, but I will go with the following 5 for my pre-race warm-up playlist: Foo Fighters: "The Pretender" (or any of their other songs), Eminem: "Lose Yourself", Dave Matthews Band: "Tripping Billies", Live: "I Alone", The Police: "King of Pain"
• Hero/Heroes: Cycling Hero: Fabian Cancellara
• Talents, Hobbies, Tidbits: Outside of work, training, and racing, I like coaching my sons’ in their favorite sports
• If you were a character in a movie, who would you be?: Han Solo
• What, if anything, do you have left in life to accomplish?: Raise my sons to become happy / productive adults.
• If you were a fruit, what would you be and why?: An Orange. Takes some time to get through the protective skin, but once you do, it's all good (ok maybe not "all" good, but "mostly" good).