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Tuesdays
Fiesta Island
Ride Type: Time Trial Training
Start Location: Fiesta Island, Mission Bay, San
Diego
Start Time: 8:00 AM
Finish Time: 10:30 AM
Distance: 25 to 35 miles
Climbing: None
Difficulty: What you make of it. Beginners are
encouraged to attend.
Riders: 15-30
Ride Description:
Fiesta Island is in Mission Bay.
Time Trial Training. The only Cyclo-Vet ride where the
use of aerobars is allowed.
Fiesta Island has a 2.5 mile and a 4.0 mile road loop. We
generally ride the short laps.
The ride begins with two warm-up laps. Then generally
follows two small-group or individual time trial exercises, each of two to
three laps. The exercises are designed to improve specific cycling fitness
systems--for example, the strength, aerobic, or neuromuscular systems.
A practice 20K time trial is often run the first Tuesday of
most months.
The group goes for a second breakfast or coffee after the
ride at a local inexpensive restaurant.
Wednesdays
Town to Country Climbing Endurance Ride
Ride Type: Group Endurance Road Ride
Start Location:
Pioneer Park, Mission Hills
Start Time: 8:00 AM Arnie time (7:58 AM)
Finish Time: 2:00 PM
Distance: 62 miles
Climbing: 6,000 feet
Difficulty: Moderately hard to very hard
Riders: 8-20
Ride Description:
This ride has been
held almost every Wednesday for 20 years.
The rides leaves Pioneer Park (Mission Hills
Park) in Missions Hills at 8:00 AM AT (Arnie time, 7:58 AM sharp). Meet at
the corner of Washington Place and Randolph.
Wednesday ride start location map link. There is good parking and
there are restrooms available in the park.
We ride through city streets at an easy pace
for about one hour, gathering riders along the way. We pass by the water
tower in North Park at 8:16 AM. We ride along Orange Ave., University
Ave., and stop at Collier Park on Palm Ave. in La Mesa a little after 9:00
AM.
We then descend highway 94 to Rancho San Diego
and begin the 94 climb up to Jamul. At this point the pace quickens.
In its current version, we turn left at Jamul
onto Lyons Valley Road, to Skyline, and up Skyline to Lawson Valley Road.
At Lawson Valley some riders sometimes make a left, going North
and East for 5 miles until we reach a 1.5 mile dirt-road connector (Wisecarver
Lane) back to Skyline. This dirt road section is okay on road bikes.
A couple of miles, mostly downhill, along
Skyline to Four Corners, West on Lyons Valley. We regroup at the store one
mile from four corners on Lyons Valley Road.
We have a snack at the store.
We descend down the twisty descent of Lyons Valley
Road toward Jamul, briefly ride Skyline, and end our descent down Mexican
Canyon to Rancho San Diego, sometimes finishing with a sprint.
Finally an easy pace home, though occasionally we
are spirited and perform as many as 10 sprints on the way back to Pioneer
Park.
Bring at least two waterbottles, snacks, and money
for snacks.
We encourage all riders with
sufficient fitness who are interested in trying the ride to join us.
Guideline: Riders should be able to climb Torrey Pines (the outside route,
from the parking lot driveway to flashing lights) in less than 8
minutes to feel comfortable in the group.
Saturdays
Mission Valley Ride
Ride Type: Club Road Ride
Start Location: The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf
Map Link
Mission Valley -- 1640
El Camino Del Rio North. San Diego, CA 92108
10415 San Diego Mission
Road, Mission Valley
Start Time: 8:30 AM
Finish Time: Noon
Distance: 35 miles
Climbing: 1,200 feet
Difficulty: Moderately hard
Riders: 20-40
Usual Saturday Ride Description:
We warm up at 16-20 mph through Mission Valley, and keep a
steady pace of 20-22 mph on Morena Blvd. We do a rolling re-group after the
Balboa cloverleaf at the foot of Santa Fe. Climb La Jolla Colony is as hard
as desired, and we stop for a regroup at Doyle Park on Regents Road. There,
the ride breaks up into three or more rides:
1. Top Gun ride is flat ride back to the start
(31 miles).
2. Carroll Canyon ride includes a trip down the
freeway, a ride through Sorrento Valley, and a climb up Carroll Canyon Road
before joining with the Top Gun loop (34+ miles).
3. Torrey Pines loop has two variants:
a. The Gorman Loop-turns left at Sorrento Valley Road...heads for the
Coast and back up Torrey Pines, then picks up the Carroll Canyon loop (45
miles).
b. The Gordy Loop. Same as above but picks up the Top Gun Loop
after climbing Torrey.
Sundays
Seasonal
Great Western/Endurance Ride
Ride Type: Group endurance/fitness
systems training
Start Locations: (1) MacDonald's, Fury & Jamacha,
East County
(2) Pioneer Park, Mission Hills
Start Time: 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM. See below.
Finish Time: Noon to 4:00 PM. See below.
Distance: 45 to 90+ miles (You always have the
45-mile option.)
Climbing: 4,000 to 7,500 feet (You always have the
4,000 foot option.)
Difficulty: Moderately hard to very hard
Riders: 30-40
October: Endurance training.
November: 5 Weeks of strength training: Big gears,
standing, ILT
December/January: 6 Weeks of aerobic endurance and
capacity training:
Smaller-gear, then larger-gear intervals.
February: High-end aerobic work.
March through September: Less organized. Many of
us are racing.
Weather May Cancel
Hypothermia is a risk on winter rainy days in the East
County.
Greater than 50% probability of rain will cancel the coaching on this ride.
If rains or other conditions threaten, notice for any given Sunday ride is
generally placed on the website by 6:15 AM.
Ride Description:
(1) Ride the Great Western, leaving McDonald's at Fury and Jamacha (take 94
East to Jamacha) in Rancho San Diego at 9:00 AM, back at 12:00-1:00 PM for
coffee and a one-half hour social.
(2) Ride from Pioneer Park (Washington Place and
Randolph, 7:30 AM) in Mission Hills, via the North Park water tower (Howard
and Utah, 7:50 AM), through La Mesa to MacDonald's, meeting up with the 9:00
AM group. Then ride the Great Western. Long endurance group option to return
home directly or ride Lyons Valley, Lawson Valley, Skyline, and home. Back
at 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM.
The Great Western section of the ride is structured.
Workouts are for targeted systems training. Training is co-operative rather
than competitive. Coaching hints and tips are given at regrouping points.
With large attendance (>25 riders) the ride is split into ability groups.
Faster riders turn around at regrouping points and ride back to the slowest
riders for extra mileage and climbing.
After a 5-mile warm-up, there are roughly 13 miles of
continuous climbing and then rolling descents. There are three regrouping
points. Near the end of the ride there is a race-training section. We have A
and B groups for different fitness levels.
Gear recommendations: A minimum of a 39-27 is suggested
in order to be able to perform the workouts properly.
This structured ride is specifically designed to coach
and train racing fitness, although you do not need to race to join the ride.
It is not a "training ride" in the sense that most racing clubs use the
term. Quite unlike rides elsewhere, the ride has specific exercises,
multiple regrouping points, and professional coaching provided along the
way.
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