Cinderella Training Rides

[cindysue]

Join Team LUNA Chix and the Valley Spokesmen as we train for the Cinderella Classic

(more info coming soon but this gives you some basics for planning)

Jan 12th - 20 miles
Lafayette

Jan 26th - 25 miles
Dublin

Feb 2nd - 30 miles
Pleasanton

Feb 16th - 40 miles
San Ramon

Mar 1st - 50 miles
Benicia (Jelly Belly Ride)

Mar 15th - 60 miles
Dublin

Mar 29th - 30-40 mile spin
Livermore

April 5th - the Cinderella Classic!


p.s.

It is important that novice riders begin their training early! Please come to our first training ride and continue the entire training schedule to build up your endurance and strength! Our first training ride starts at 20 miles. Each Saturday you'll add on five miles, building up to a full 65 miles (a metric century). We'll provide training rides on seven weekends, leaving the remaining weekends for you to train at your convenience. We've developed an email list as a way to communicate with other women cyclists, who may be interested in training with you on the alternate weeks.

All of our training rides will have one or more experienced ride leaders. The average pace will generally be between 12 and 15 mph and will vary with the terrain (i.e., flat vs. hilly). The pace may increase as the training series progresses. Route maps will be provided to everyone in attendance. It is CRITICAL that novice riders begin their training early so they are able to keep up with the group. Please be aware that the ride leaders must be able to stay with the entire group and will not be able to stay behind with riders who have not prepared for the ride. This means starting your training with a lower mileage and consistently working your way up to a higher mileage and pace. See the training schedule for a typical progression.

[velogirl]

Velo Girls will also be hosting a training ride series this season. All is tentative right now, but it looks like we'll have a 10-week series of outdoor rides (Saturdays) along with Tuesday/Thursday indoor training sessions. More info at http://www.velogirls.com once we've finalized the schedule.

Lorri

[jobob]

snapdragen and I will lead a progressive bar-hopping series to train for the pre- and post-Cinderella ride get-togethers.

[maillotpois]

Hmmm... Velogirl, I just got this email notice about some amazing womens cycling summit in Colorado at which you're speaking....

Now if only I had some free time in January.

[maillotpois]

snapdragen and I will lead a progressive bar-hopping series to train for the pre- and post-Cinderella ride get-togethers.

I'm in!!

I will lead the advanced group for this series.

[jobob]

"lead" ?

[maillotpois]

Oh I'm slow, but I am not that slow.

Or slow that way.

Or whatever.

[Trek420]

I will lead the advanced group for this series.

I'll sweep!

[velogirl]

Hmmm... Velogirl, I just got this email notice about some amazing womens cycling summit in Colorado at which you're speaking....

Now if only I had some free time in January.

yeah.....it would be great if you could come. this is the first-ever women's cycling summit and I know there are those in power (USAC) who would like to see it fail. I hope we see enough participation.

[maillotpois]

I will try. Busy week for me, unfortunately. But I could use the 15 credits...

[velogirl]

I bet we'd have fun, hanging out in COS, drinking beers, being girls.....you should do it, Sarah,