Quote Originally Posted by Tokie View Post
Hi Jiffer! I know it's kind of far away, but there is a time trial in Piru the first weekend of every month. On the first Saturday of the month is the 40K TT and the first Sunday of the month is the 20K TT. Cyclists come from as far away as Bakersfield and Orange County to participate. It's an open course with limited rural traffic and it is not flat! Anyone can sign up, and you race in the order that you signed up in (via Active.com, Uncle Tren's time trials) I'm going to the April 20K, pm me if you are interested - it's fun to get a group going too. They even let recumbent bikes on the course. There is a little boy ( I think he's 9) who come out and his dad rides along with him, and sometimes very challenged athletes on trikes and handcycles too. My coach told me "if you can do Uncle Tren's, you can do any time trial" - it's really good experience. tokie http://www.uncletren.com/piru.html (his website isn't current for 2011, but it gives you an idea)
Thanks Tokie. Piru is actually the TT I was referring to in my post about a 12.5 TT with 300 ft of climbing possibly being my first. It's the closest one to me other than Tom's Farms, which doesn't start until September and Santiago, which is way more climbing than I want to do. I was a little confused about your comment about Piru not being flat .. with an exclamation mark ... like that was a wonderful thing! I am ALL about flat, which is why I want to try TT's. I'm not so good at the climbing. I hear Fiesta Island is as flat it gets, so definitely looking forward to trying that one.

I'll let you know when I plan to do my first Piru. Unfortunately, anemia just struck, so I'm not sure how that's going to affect things.