AV A Endurance - 8.24.24: Zack’s Farewell (for now!)

Hey all! I’m moving to Boston this Sunday. It will be a while until I get a chance to ride in the Bay, so the endurance A ride will be a blowout of some of my favorite roads. The ride’s end destination is the AV Picnic at Shoup Park, where we will devour tacos in celebration of our epic journey. Picnic starts at 3pm so we have a time goal.

We will aim for a steady 2.5-3.5 W/kg throughout the ride. Although I plan to smash the climbs, I will enforce solid regroups to make the ride widely accessible. Let’s aim to climb at around 3.5 W/kg.

First, we are all going to PR up Page Mill Road. As motivation, and in the spirit of my move, you can listen to Shipping Up to Boston for inspiration. After a solid regroup (and water refill), we will descend Alpine Road to Haskins, head toward Pescadero, branch out to Pigeon Point, then return to Pescadero for another food/water break. We will then go up Tunitas (with a water break at the Bike Hut if needed) via Lobitos Creek. Finally, we will descend Kings, then follow Portola Valley to Shoup park.

If we’re running low on time, we will cut out Lobitos Creek (saving 5 miles and 500 feet). We can also follow Skyline to 84 instead of descending Kings, but will play that by ear.

See you soon!

Zack

Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3261931862358927642

Summary: 88 miles / 9,000 feet: Summit Bicycles > Old Page > Page Mill > Alpine > Haskins > Cloverdale > Gazos Creek > Pigeon Point (via Highway 1) > Bean Hollow > Stage > Bike Hut > Tunitas > Kings > Portola Valley > Shoup Park

Start: Summit Bicycles, Palo Alto

Time: Meet 9 a.m., Leave 9:10 a.m.

Ride etiquette: https://www.altovelo.org/ride-rules

Ride Leader: Zack Berger