Training Schedule

Coach Dave sent us our training schedule, and we will be meeting every Saturday from now until March, for an approximate total of 908 miles. We will be zipping all around West L.A., from Long Beach to Malibu, starting out with some flat rides, and gradually increasing to a 90-ish mile practice ride, with an elevation gain of 4000 feet. Solvang is 104 miles, gaining 5000 feet.

The only big hill I have attempted is the one next to LMU going south on Lincoln, and I made it maybe 1/16th of the way up before I burst out laughing and decided to walk to rest of the way. During our practice ride on Saturday I mentioned to a fellow teammate that I was wary of January 31 ride, listed as "Climb Mulholland." I've driven around Mulholland , and those did not seem like easy hills to me! However, he scoffed at my anxiety, saying simply, "Wait until you see some of the other hills on our schedule!"