IMPORTANT: This is not a Velo Allegro Club ride. For your personal training information only.

Start Time & Location

• Ride starts at about 7:30 PM, Thursday nights
  • Runs year-round
  • Rain cancels the ride (unless you’re a real die-hard!)
• Hughes Business Park is located northwest of the 710/405 freeway junction.
  • Major cross streets are Carson St. and South Santa Fe Ave.
  • Intersection to look out for is Carson St. and Via Oro Ave. (just east of Santa Fe)
  • Click here for a Yahoo map using 4001 Via Oro Ave, Long Beach, CA 90810, or click on the map to the right with course and freeways highlighted
  • Runs clockwise. Specific streets are:
    • Via Oro Ave. (western side. Start/Finish about 2/ 3 way up)
    • W. Via Plata St. (north side)
    • Via Alcalde Ave. (east side that runs adjacent to 710 freeway)
    • W Carson St. (south side)

Overview

• Evening training criterium in a low/very little-traffic business park.
• Distance: 0.9 mile loop, fast and flat with good to excellent pavement, adequate lighting.
• Time: Typically one (1) hour plus five (5) laps

Other

• This is the same course used for the Velo Allegro UPS Criterium (2002-2006) and other quality races over the years.
• Although there’s no official organizer or leader, the ride usually gets started by consensus at 7:30P and goes for 1 hour plus 5 laps. Sometimes someone will break-out lap cards, but the time results is about the same.
• Anyone can show up and ride and they usually do. There’s no cost!
• Especially in the early parts of the SoCal season, there are some very fast guys out; there are regularly Cat. 2s out and sometimes there will be some Cat. 1s or pros. The majority of riders are probably at the Cat. 3 or 4 level, but there are also lots of beginners and juniors. The point is that even if you don’t stick w/ the main pack, there’s usually secondary packs that form to accommodate the various levels of riders.
• Because of the diverse and sometimes large amount of riders, and because riders of different speeds pass others on the course, it can sometimes be a sketchy ride. Overall, I consider this a great training ride that’s usually safe, but keep your head up.

Info by Anthony D. Morrow
Updated 12 March 2003

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