the river loop.

training is an essential part of our upcoming tour.

in addition to some pending weekend tours to san diego and somewhere north of here (probably santa barbara), we plan on laying down some serious mileage on saturday rides.

after riding to the beach via the santa ana river trail (along the 5) one day and the san gabriel river trail (along the 605) a few weeks later, we decided to connect the two with pacfic coast highway and and rosecrans; thus, last saturday, we attempted, for the first time: the river loop.

along pch, when we stopped to refill our water bottles, a quick glance at the map and 55ml of ambition prompted us to go all the way to the los angeles river trail (along the 710)...thus, the extended river loop. (it kinda looks like texas.)

the result: 65 miles in 4 hours, lots of fun and lots of pink tanlines. so rewarding.