Meet Randy Egues | Competitive Cyclist & Construction Manager

We had the good fortune of connecting with Randy Egues and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Randy, is there something that you feel is most responsible for your success?
I believe that the most important factors in my success at any level is a product of my stubborn determination and my unwillingness to quit.

I enjoy the challenge of pushing my mental and physical limits; it’s exhilarating to take that additional pedal stroke towards your goal, when you feel like you have nothing left to give.

My upbringing established my unwillingness to quit, we simple were not allowed to. If we joint a team, or entered in a competition, we had to see that commitment to completion, there were others counting on us. I like to say that “I did not learn to quit as a kid, and I’m too old to learn how to quit now…”

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
Professionally, I am a construction manager, and although I enjoy what I do, the challenges, the teamwork, I really look at work as a means by which to do what I love, racing bicycles. I started racing bicycles, specifically cross country mountain bikes in 2012. I was just looking for something to do when the surf was flat, I’d been surfing since I was 10 years old. Little did I know art the time, that racing bicycles would change the course of my life. You see, I do not know how to did things “half ass”, as my best friend once pointed out. It’s all or nothing form me. Racing bicycles at the highest amateur level (I’m too old to race the pros, although I do beat them on occasion), required a complete shift in my lifestyle. I went from drinking whiskey and smoking cigarettes, to making healthy decisions so that I can be on my bike at 5am every morning, day in and day out. I log about 13K miles a year on the bike, the bike is better than therapy. Amongst all the great things that the bike has brought to my life, I love all of the people I’ve met and all of the places I’ve visited, people I may have never interacted with, places I didn’t know existed or never would have dreamed of visiting. The bike has broadened my horizon. From racing in South Africa, to sharing a meal in Emporia, KS, or racing at over 10k feet in Leadville, CO, it has expanded my world.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
We would do most of our commuting by bike. We would ride to Cape Florida at the end of Key Biscayne, and enjoy the views of Biscayne Bay from the lighthouse. Go for a rip through the Virginia Key mountain bike trails, the views are spectacular, and stop in at Panther Coffee in Coconut Grove. Gotta have have lunch at Cecile’s in South Miami, and dinner at Izakaya in Coconut Grove.

I really enjoy getting out of the city, and have found that the best way to do so is by heading out on the gravel roads in Everglades National Park. It is such a unique environment, a beautiful natural resource that most have failed to experience.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
The greatest influence in my success are the two women that raised me, my mother and her mother, my grandmother. I like to think that these women established the mental and physical fortitude required to accomplish what I have to date.

My grandmother was tough as nails; she feared nothing. She was not polished, she was uneducated, she could barely read or write, but what she lacked lacked in education she more than made up for in hard working, “nothing will stop me” attitude. She was brash, and never hesitate to speak what was on her mind.

My mother was much more refined, not sure I ever heard her speak a curse word. She was very kind, giving, nurturing, but she was not weak. My mother was courageous, and faced every challenge head-on. I lost her to breast cancer on 2016 after a 20 year battle with the disease, she was 66. We spent a lot of hours together during her last year, from doctor’s appointments, to chemo sessions, to just sitting at home in each other’s company. I don’t think I ever heard her complain about what she was going through.

I think about my mother and my grandmother daily; I like to think that I have the best of them in me, that they live on in me…

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