As with any sport proper preparation is a key component in
enjoying that sport. Velo Avanti hosts a number of Winter Training to
coach and prepare team members for the next season of competition. Members and
non-members are welcome to come and join our training rides.
Training Rides
Eldorado
Park: A weekly training race promoted by VCN Racing.
Food Park (The Square): 8:00 AM for our development ride, 8:30 AM for a fast group
ride every Saturday near the John Wayne airport (Macarthur and Main). There
several rides sponsored by several clubs that leave from this location. This
team ride will be superseded by the Saturday Team Training Rides .See dates below.
Como Street: 8:00 AM (Old Mans) 8:30 AM every Sunday at the Tustin Marketplace behind the
Red Robin restaurant. From Jan - Sept, there are two routes. The short route is
about 35 miles; the long route about 45 miles. The short route goes along Irvine
Blvd with a climb up Bake and then follows El Toro and Santiago Canyon to
Jamboree. The long route includes a side-trip through Santa Margarita and
Trabuco Canyon.
Coffee Crew: 6:15 AM, Tuesday and Thursday meets at corner of Campus
and University in Irvine. Distance is about 30 miles. Route goes around the
former El Toro base, through Turtle Rock and finishes with a climb up Newport
Coast.
"No Name" mid-week crit. practice: 6:30 to 7:30 PM
Do you want to improve your "jump?" Do you want to win a sprint?
Then come on out to the "No Name" mid-week crit. practice. This
crit. practice takes place every Tuesday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Aliso Viejo.
The warm up starts at 6:15 p.m. This practice was started by Team Rad
Sport several years ago and is open to everyone. The course is short and fast; it's
perfect training for both the first timer and the accomplished racer. If
you're not in shape this is the place to start; one can sit out laps to catch your breath. The course is located on Aronaut in Aliso Viejo, check
it out on Map Quest. Argonaut is off of Golf Drive and Glenwood Dr.
The course is just opposite the Aliso Viejo Golf Course. See you out
there!
Team Rides: All Rides Start at 8:00 AM (Route
Slip for Dana Point Ride)
| Lake Mathews Rides Start at:
Yorba Regional Park
7600 E. La Palma Ave.
Yorba Linda, Ca.
Yorba Regional Park is located on E. La Palma
Ave.
between Imperial Highway and Yorba Linda Blvd.,
north of the 91 Freeway.
Park near the baseball diamond.
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Velo Avanti New
Years Day Team Ride
Location:
Corona del Mar Plaza, 800 Avocado, Corona del Mar. Cross streets are
PCH and MacArthur
Start Time (Roll
out): 8:30 AM, News Years Day
Directions:
Take 55S to 73S, to MacArthur towards Newport Beach.
There are three ways to
get to this location.
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The easiest is
to get in the right lane and right before PCH, there is a
little one-way turn that takes your directly in to the
shopping center.
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Turn right at
San Miguel (light), left at Avocado (light), go down
Avocado, past the library at light turn left in to shopping
center (I think light is Corporate Center...not sure..if you
miss this turn, you end up on PCH)
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Go all the way
down to PCH, merge right, then first light turn right
(Avocado), and right at first light (again this is the
street whose name I don't know)...you are now in the
shopping center
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