| TUESDAY
: Marina |
| Summary: 26 miles, flat and fast (slower in November
and December) |
| Difficulty: Hard |
| Time: 6:30 AM |
| Place: 26th
Street and San Vicente Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA [Route
Map] |
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| Description: This ride begins with a short warm-up
around the Brentwood Country Club. After a left turn back
onto San Vicente, there is a build up of speed on a slight
downhill and a high-speed sprint before 7th Street. After
a brief recovery, the hammer goes down as the group heads
south through Venice and Marina del Rey. The pace varies for
the rest of the ride (from 18 to 30 mph) as it winds through
the Marina and back up to Santa Monica by the reverse route.
When the ride returns to San Vicente, there is a build up
of speed for two miles leading up to 26th street which splits
up much of the group. Then a brief regrouping at the 26th
street before a final 200-400 meter sprint down San Vicente.
Beverages at Peet's
in Brentwood (San Vicente and Gorham) afterward. |
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| Danger!: This ride travels through several high-traffic
areas, most notably on the return up Ocean Avenue, which a
has a thin shoulder and lots of motorists fueled on caffeine,
yammering on cell phones and many times late for work. Keep
your eyes open for open car doors and head up for fast red
lights! |
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| Tips for New Riders: Marina is a difficult ride on
two levels. First, the ride is just plain fast. If you are
new to group riding, you may find that you have never pedaled
this fast for this long. While the ability to draft will aid
your efforts to stay with group, gaps will open which will
require superior fitness to close. Second, this ride often
entails elbow-to-elbow riding at high speeds. If you are uncomforatable
with this aspect of group riding, we strongly suggest you
try our Friday ride, Marina Lite,
which follows roughly the same route but is much less difficult
or the Tuesday Marina JV ride (see below). |
| TUESDAY : Marina
JV Ride |
| Summary: 24 miles, flat |
| Difficulty: Moderate |
| Time: 6:30 AM |
| Place: 26th
Street and San Vicente Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA [Route
Map] MEET AT NORTHWEST CORNER (diagonally opposite
76 station) |
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Description: This ride heads west on San Vicente
(no warmup lap). This ride follows the same route as the
faster Marina ride but no warmup lap.
Rotating paceline where practical. Double rotatiing paceline
south of Washington. Beverages at Peet's
in Brentwood (San Vicente and Gorham) afterward.
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| Danger!: see above |
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