Tuesday Night Ride begins at Monterey
Fisherman's Wharf at 5:00 p.m. Very brisk pace, 45-minute warm-up
to Fort Ord/East Garrison. Can also meet at East Garrison at 5:45
for Criterium practice. Criterium practice is total race pace, usually
with tea.m. organization and tactics. Criterium usually breaks up
into several groups by ability. 20-40 usually show for this ride
with 5-7 women. This is one hard ride, bring your lungs! Runs April
– September (Daylight Savings Time).
| "A" Ride
PDF: 454K |
|
The "A" ride is race pace with sprint points and
no stops. |
| |
|
|
| "B" Ride
PDF: 437K |
|
The "B" ride takes a slightly different route up
and down through Pebble Beach (more switchbacks and plateaus
than the "A" climb and descent) and has several predetermined
regrouping points. |
Sunday LSD Ride meets at the Monterey
Doubletree Plaza at 8:00 a.m. Ride is organized as training
for century riders but all riders are welcomed. Distance, not racing,
is the emphasis. Ride length varies from 40 - 80 miles. Comfortable
pace, terrain varies. Runs year-round.
Santa Cruz Saturday Morning Ride
starts at 8 a.m. at the Santa Cruz Harbor by the Crow's Nest. Riders
may also pick up the ride along Soquel Ave. in Aptos. Runs year-round.
Big pack of approximately 80 riders with about 5-7 friendly helpful
women. Leisurely pace from the Harbor to Freedom Blvd., then brisk
pace to Watsonville where it slows down on Beach St. Three route
options exist from there: (1) short course is about 45 miles in
total, flatish, fast; (2) Hazel Dell is just a tad longer with a
painful climb, fast; (3) Aromas, 70 miles in total, fast, mostly
flat except for a shattering gradual hill into Aromas. Runs year-round.
Saturday Ride From Scotts Valley - Summer start
time for this ride is 9am. Head out out for a 40-mile fast paced
ride from Scotts Valley Sky Park parking lot. Ride loop changes
from week to week. Hills always included in this ride. Contact efetch@yahoo.com
for more information on this ride, visit www.TheBikeDoctor.net
or call 800-775-9200.
Tuesday Noon Ride (also called
the Giro ride) starts at 11:30 a.m. at the Giro facility in Harvey
West Park or at 11:45 a.m. at Bay and King St. Out Highway 1 and
back. Small ride of about 15-20 riders (only 1-2 women generally
show up, including former HP Women's Stage Race stage winner Katrin
Tobin); super fast!! Rotating pace line out, climb up and down Bonny
Doon Rd., regrouping on the descent, and faster back. Runs year-round.
20-25 miles approx.
Sunday Morning Ride starts at 9:30
a.m. at the Bay View Hotel (entrace to Nisense Marks State Park
off the State Park Highway 1 exit). Fast and flat out to Aromas
and back with a rotating paceline once it streamlines out. 3-4 women
generally show up and a number of track riders. Sprints for city
signs (Aromas, Pajaro, etc) string it out, but the pace slows down
occasionally (in Pajaro) allowing for regrouping. Runs year-round.
Approx. 40 miles starting from Aptos.
Tuesday Night Ride starts at 6:00
p.m. at Piggy's Market in Aptos by the Surf City Coffee Shop. Fast
out San Andreas and back, then up Buena Vista and Larkin Valley
back. One-hour super fast ride, mostly men show up. Runs during
Daylight Savings Time.
Wednesday training ride starts
at 9:00am at Pleasure Point on East Cliff Dr. 3 hour ride, varying
speeds and fitness levels, can get fast. Friendly, chatty and good
introductory ride. Group splits up on fast climbs into Corralitos,
then regroups at the tops. The routes are often up Hazel Dell, up
Browns Valley or up Eureka Canyon. A good number of women show up
for this ride, sometimes even half the ride is women, who are super
friendly and nice.
Santa
Cruz County Cycling Club Thursday Night Time Trial Series. First
rider off at about 6-6:30pm. Low-key free event. 11.5 mile loop
out Swanton Rd and back (off of Highway 1).
