Xterra training at Lake Castaic
04.04.2006
We will be meeting at 8am. Please try to be prompt so we can get the ride started quickly. The race has two apx 7.5 mile loops for the bike portion, we will do one loop to familiarize and one more loop at a faster pace. We will have someone guiding both the slower and faster riders. This is the type of course that it pays to practice on, as there are not many areas to pass and the single track climbing can be steep and tricky. Todd Gottfried, a super fast Xterra veteran will have plenty of advice for strategy, as he has been racing on this classic mountain bike course for 15 years! Bring running shoes, we will do a lap of the run course afterwards.
Directions: Take Interstate 5 north -and exit on Lake Hughes Rd. (make sure not to miss this exit, as there are no more exits until the top of the Grapevine!!!) From the offramp, turn right and go 2 blocks where you will make a left turn onto Ridge Route Rd. Continue and make a right on Castaic Lake Drive, park entrance is usually the last kiosk (some limited free parking is available outside the park 200yds up the road from kiosk) There is an $11 fee to enter the park. Once past the kiosk, make a left down the access road and then a right at the first lot. We will meet in that lot. Our cell phone is 661-373-4890 if anyone needs to contact us that morning. Weather: In case of pouring rain that morning, we will not be meeting.
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