Cinderella Training Rides - FUN and free

[cindysue]

Details to come.......

Start thinking about training with the Valley Spokesmen (http://www.valleyspokesmen.org/cinder.php) and Team LUNA Chix (http://lunachix.net/).

Training rides will start mid-January. The big event is on March 31st.

We will host rides every other week and provide a communication link and route sheets for groups to meet on the alternate weeks.

Our first training ride will probably be a flat 20 mile ride from Walnut Creek to Danville and back with a stop mid-way at Peet's!

Later in the series, we'll include the 50 mile "Jelly Belly (http://jellybelly.com/Cultures/en-US/NewsEvents/Stores/Jelly+Belly+Visitor+Center+-+Fairfield.htm)" Ride (some of you may have attended this fun training ride last year).

We'll work our way up to 65 miles over 10 weeks (Jan 13 - March 17) with a week off to rest.

Be sure you get on the registration list for the Cinderella Metric Century (http://www.valleyspokesmen.org/cinder.php).

[roguedog]

Thanks for the post. I thought you were down in King City? How's it going down there for you? Hope it's well.

[cindysue]

Here's the schedule. Hope to see you out there!

Jan 13th; 9:30am
Meet at Walnut Creek BART
Cinderella Training Ride #1 - 20 miles (flat)
Peet's Coffee
Ride Leader: Cindy

Jan 27th; 9:30am
Meet at Shannon Park in Dublin
Cinderella Training Ride #2 - 30 miles
Palomares
Ride Leader: Bekki

Feb 10th; 9:30am
Meet at Walnut Creek BART
Cinderella Training Ride #3 - 40 miles
Pig Farm
Ride Leader: Denise

Feb 24th; 9:00am
Meet at the Benicia Waterfront (First and B Street)
Cinderella Training Ride #4 - 50 miles
Jelly Belly Factory
Ride Leader: Cindy

Mar 10th; 9:00am
Meet at Dublin High School
Cinderella Training Ride #5 - 60 miles
Cinderella Classic in Reverse
Ride Leader: Bekki

Mar 17th; 9:00am
Meet at San Ramon Central Park
Cinderella Training Ride #6 - 40 miles
Northern section of Cinderella Classic
Ride Leader: Denise

edit: notice that it is every other week. That leaves the alternate weeks for you to train at your convenience.

[cindysue]

Thanks for the post. I thought you were down in King City? How's it going down there for you? Hope it's well.

It's going well!!!!! I actually love the dual life of job in one location, friends/social life in another. Fortunately, I have a place to call home in both places. Life is good!

[cindysue]

Hope some of you can make it this Saturday for an easy 20 miles:

Jan 13th; 9:30am
Meet at Walnut Creek BART (plaza area)
Cinderella Training Ride #1 - 20 miles (flat)
We'll ride to Peet's Coffee and back.

click on the website below for more info and my email address if you have questions......

[Bike Goddess]

I might ride over from Benicia- a Saturday I can actually ride with you all!:D :D :D :D

[NYGIRL777]

Will anyone be doing more than 20 miles?

[Bike Goddess]

Me! Where do you live Ms NYGIRL77?????

[velogirl]

New this season, Team Velo Girls will also be leading a progressive training ride series. We chose our dates to alternate weekends with the lovely Luna Chix so participants could optimize their Cindy training experience.

More information at http://www.velogirls.com/calendar.php


Jan 14th

Team Velo Girls Cinderella Training Ride #1

Meet at Menlo Park CalTrain Station

Edgewood Loop from Menlo Park -- 23 miles (mostly flat)



Jan 21st

Team Velo Girls Cinderella Training Ride #2

Meet at Walnut Creek BART

Martinez Lafayette Loop – 30 miles


Feb 4th

Team Velo Girls Cinderella Training Ride #3

South Bay TBA – 40 miles



Feb 18th

Team Velo Girls Cinderella Training Ride #4

Meet at Burlingame CalTrain Station

Portola Loop via Canada Road -- 50 miles



March 4th

Team Velo Girls Cinderella Training Ride #5

Meet at Castro Valley Park & Ride

60 miles



March 23rd

Team Velo Girls Cinderella Send-Off Party

Details TBA



March 25th

Team Velo Girls Cinderella Training Ride #6

Meet at Summit Bicycles in Los Gatos

Arastradero Loop from Los Gatos -- 45 miles

[cindysue]

We chose our dates to alternate weekends with the lovely Luna Chix so participants could optimize their Cindy training experience.


Excellent! I hope to be at most of these. Thanks Lorri!

[NYGIRL777]

Hi....I live in Vegas but have a home in Ontario too....the rides are much better in Cali :)

[Bike Goddess]

Probably a little far away from us in the Bay Area. :( :( :( It'd be fun to meet you!:) :)

Guess we have to wait for the "cindy" ride (which sounds like you might do with us up here!!!):cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:

[roguedog]

Ok gals, i'm getting a little nervous about this ride...

On the Valley Spokesman website, they describe the ride as "It is mostly flat with a few moderate hills."

But then I see training rides where they're talking about all this hill climbing.

What does the route for the ride look like? How much climbing is there and what's the grade and duration of said hills?

[snapdragen]

In all likelyhood, the training rides have tougher hills than the cindy itself. It is as described - no real killer hills. The infamous Lemon Drop hill is one of those long lazy climbs, not short and steep.

I don't know if anyone actually has the elevation profiles - jobob?

[slinkedog]

I seem to remember V having some sort of data on the ride...

[Trek420]

Ok gals, i'm getting a little nervous about this ride...

On the Valley Spokesman website, they describe the ride as "It is mostly flat with a few moderate hills."

But then I see training rides where they're talking about all this hill climbing.

What they all sed, it's not the hills as the headwinds. After lunch on the Cindy it's flat till Lemon Drop and headwinds can be bothersome. Last year was just insane. There is a short steep hill after the first rest stop that's more challenging than Lemon Drop but nothing you can't do.

The last Lunachix ride, the 40 miles takes in the most scenic parts of the Cindy and is one of my favorite routes 'round here.

Registered or not you should go.

[slinkedog]

Hey Roguedog...
I rode the Cindy for the first time last year. I'm not a very strong rider (more of a plodder and I suck on hills) and I thought the course was pretty easy. There is a hill in a residential area at the beginning of the ride that was a little hard, but not too bad and then Cross Road (which I think Trek was alluding to) that wasn't too hard either. Just keep turning the cranks. I didn't do Lemon Drop because of the aforementioned head winds. I quit after the lunch stop and took the paddy wagon, er, I mean the SAG vehicle back to the start. I'm still glad I did the ride, though. It was fun! You'll be fine!!

[roguedog]

<scratching head> wondering if i should be ok or if you all are conspiring against me!

alright.. alright.. i'll shut up now. sorry, haven't done of these organized rides. don't really know what to expect. nor can i find route info.

slinke - you doing it this year?

am recruiting some other fools.. i mean friends to do this but none of us has done it so we're like Team Newbie hehe

[spokewench]

I'm hoping that my Cindarella app comes in the mail today (Wednesday) I think they were supposed to be mailed out on Monday. I really want to get in so I can ride it again.

[slinkedog]

Nope, not doing it this year. My feet tell me that anything over about 50 miles makes them unhappy (develop a Morton's neuroma in my left foot), so, in the interest of my tootsies, I'm not doing metrics anymore.

I would love to do it again, if I could! It was a lot of fun and the company was great!

[five one]

Roguedog, you'll be fine. Cindy 2003 was my first organized ride. I was with friends with much more riding experience. Fortunately, one was (is) a mother hen and stayed with me the whole way. I did just fine. Even on the hills I was so nervous about. Even after waking up that morning with a yeast infection :eek: :eek: :eek: It's a fun fun ride. Be sure to polish your tiara before attaching it to your helmet :D .

[cindysue]

5400+ Registration forms went out Tuesday afternoon.

Send it in the same day you get it!

p.s. while I agree that online registration would be so much more efficient, something must be said about the excitement of waiting for the form to arrive and getting it in the mail before thousands of other hopefuls....

[snapdragen]

The form arrived today. I see they've added a Cinderella Challenge, for experienced, fit riders only. Interesting. It also says the police will be watching very closely this year - watching for riders not obeying traffic laws. Maybe that will stop people from riding 3 and 4 abreast, and making everyone look bad.

[Veronica]

I seem to remember V having some sort of data on the ride...

It was on my stolen laptop. :mad:

Maybe a search will turn it up since I have referenced it here.

I spent a few minute looking for it and couldn't find it. It REALLY is a pretty flat ride, with maybe 1500 feet of climbing in it.

V.

[roguedog]

hey guys,

i got my form today (ya!) but i'm confused. at the bottom it says $30 but in the right column it says $35.

Which do i pay?

And I take it there's no online registration.

[roguedog]

nm - i went to the valleyspokesman website

"Sign your registration form and mail it with your check in the amount of $35 to:
Valley Spokesmen, P. O. Box 2630, Dublin CA 94568-0784"

[Trek420]

The 3rd Cindy training ride is this Sun., Feb. 4. We are meeting at the Fremont Bart (Mowry & Mission). Roll time is 0900.
No one will be dropped. We will be cycling mini Calaveras Loop.

[spazzdog]

Here's the Valley Spokesmen posted route sheet for the Cindy:

http://www.valleyspokesmen.org/routes/pleas/Pleas_CinderellaClassic.htm

spazz-o-research