HRU for 3/10/21 CANCELLED.
Noaa got it right. It's raining as I write, with more rain in the hourly forecast - 75% until 3PM.
-- Steve
With rain likely to cancel, let's stay somewhat local this week. In case it looks dry enough to launch, this will give us options to bail along the way, should the weather change for the worse. And if you've been thinking about doing an HRU ride, this is a good way to test the waters. We really never get all that far from the start - circling the drain as I like to say.
We will start at Shoup and work our way down near the old Chain Reaction test loop (near Foothill and 280), and zig and zag our way across the Los Altos and Palo Alto hills, working our way over to Central Portola Valley, for a tour through the Westridge area, before heading back to Shoup. When I did a test ride with my SiP group, I called this ride "The Tour of Gratuitous Hills and Secret Passages." One secret passage (new to me) got added in because of that ride. One of the group commented that he didn't know before that it was possible to stay this local and do over 5,000 feet of climbing. The goal was to start with my old after-work Los Altos Hills ride and make something worthy of HRU. The turns are numerous, so this is one worth loading on to your favorite GPS device or phone app. Except for one short out and back, this route is meant to flow.
First water and bathrooms will be 26 miles in at Arastradero Preserve.
Bring food to eat along the way, or buy lunch about 28 miles in at Roberts off Alpine Rd.
Let's have people leaving Shoup Park in small groups from 9:45 to 10:00 AM - a staggered and spread out start, a la the LDT series, with the leader bringing up the rear at 10AM. No attendance will be taken. Instead, email (fuzznsmoo@gmail.com) your name and estimated start time.
Start: Shoup Park
Distance: 50.8 miles
Elevation: 5258 ft.
Lunch: Roberts off Alpine Rd
Ride Leader: Steve Rempel
Rain cancels!!
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