Nathan Miller lives in Park City, Utah and is an avid cyclist. His sponsors include Cole Sport and Endurance Cycle Service. At 29 years old, he’s as active as he was when he was 19. Unfortunately, like a lot of guys his age in Park City, Nate had no health insurance, until now.
After much contemplation on the accident risk associated with his daily activities, Nate finally decided he was too smart to trust fate any longer and got on one of XSI’s affordable insurance plans. XSI is not just mountain bike insurance, but insurance that covers Nate even if he trips while walking down the street. The best part is that the Signature plans from XSI start at $15.40 per month. Not bad for a starving artist in a ski town.
Nate has been riding and racing bikes for a long time. With bumps and bruises along the way, he felt it was time to secure an affordable insurance plan. Good thing he did. With a series of top ten mtn bike race finishes from 2008 to present, on and off road, Nate should have some kind of coverage.
Nate has had top results in some of the popular mountain bike and road races in the western states. Some of which include a top ten finish in the Breckenridge 100, The Galena Grinder, Pierre’s Hole 100. Nate also finished 12th place at the 2009 Single Speed World Championships.
In 2010, Nate placed 5th at the Breckenridge Fire Cracker 50 (Marathon National Championships), 2nd at the Galena Grinder, 5th at the Laramie Enduro, and has had top ten finishes in road bike races throughout the rocky mountain states.
When asked what type of racing Nate prefers, it’s hands down the marathon cross country races. This type of mountain biking has been around for some time. Most people have heard of the infamous Leadville 100 in Colorado. For many years, this was one of the few marathon cross country mtn bike races of its kind. These days, there are a number of these events all over the country.
Marathon racing consists of a whole day in the saddle, racing in grueling mountainous terrain, through national forest areas, forest service access roads and mountain passes. Covering distances between 50 – 100 miles and total elevation gains between 10,000 – 20,000 feet or more!
Does that sound ridiculously hard or what? And we really are talking, up a mountain and through the woods here, not just a bike in the park.
We’ll continue to watch Nate Miller as he finishes out the rest of the 2010 mountain bike race season. Nate, we hope it will be an injury free season!
