She is a regular columnist for Triathlete Magazine and frequently contributes feature articles for several other national publications. It is available in the books section. Her knowledge of business and manufacturing, as well as athletic training, makes her a speaker sought-out by business and corporate groups, national and world championship teams and regional clubs. Her own training and racing has placed her on multisport world championship teams. She consistently places in the top ranks of her age group at regional and national competitions.
Gale has a desire to excel and help others do the same.
Gale coaches road cyclists, mountain bikers, triathletes, and duathletes. Dirk started racing in 1982 and lived at the Olympic Training Center before moving to Europe where he spent three years as an amateur and two as a pro. Dirk's racing experience includes the prestigious classics Het Volk, Paris-Brussels, and many stage races such as the Tour DuPont, Tour of Holland, and Tour of Malaysia. Dirk's coaching experience includes helping prepare members of the University of Colorado Mountain Bike team for the 1997 Collegiate Nationals where they won the team classification. He has also coached many masters as well as junior athletes to state and national championship medals.