Seattle area training hills

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How about Edmonds? There are bike routes/lanes through most of Edmonds because of the ferry terminal. The hill on 3rd (3 blocks from the ocean) from downtown Edmonds south to Algonquin is pretty nifty. You can do hill repeats or follow the bike route to Greenwood. Plus there is coffee in Edmonds on darn near every street, and the BEST Thai food I've ever eaten (Thai Cottage on 5th and Main).

All of Edmonds slopes down to the ocean, so you get plenty of hills. East-west streets (other than Main and Dayton) are minimal traffic, and they have the good hills.

If you wanted to ride from your house, you could take 2nd (connects for the most part paralleling 3rd) or 3rd (connects to 145th, then you have to jog a bit around SCC, then back to 3rd, etc.) to Edmonds. Also, you are very close to Carkeek park, which is nothing but hill! (nearest big intersection is 3rd and 110th or 115th or something) Carkeek is a fun hill to ride from ocean back to 3rd. I managed to do it ONCE without walking. Someday I'll do it again.... Traffic on the road to Carkeek really isn't bad, and you can bounce over to Greenwood for coffee. (coffee plays an important part in all my bike rides! )

Have you discovered Chocolati yet? There is one on Greenwood and 84th. Mmmmm. With every coffee you get a little chocolate square, and they have LOVELY truffles! The "Cocoa Beware" with nutmeg is my favorite! You can sneak up on it via 3rd or the streets paralleling 3rd if the traffic is too much on 3rd.

PM me if you want to do a little coffee ride, I don't live very far from you. I'm planning to go for a ride to Diva Espresso (145th and Greenwood) tomorrow morning if the weather is good.

P.S. Oh, and I'm ok with Californians.