January 17th 2009 Bike Ride

Ride will start approximately 1:30PM, we will meet at Trans house. This will give us all enough time to eat a light snack (bananas, apple, Clif bar, etc.) and rest a little. Make sure to have plenty of water or, preferably, sports drink with you.

You will have to wear a helmet for this ride. Don’t forget to bring it.

This will be on off-road route so make sure you have your dirt tires.
We will be going on the Wood Canyon, Cholla, Rock-it route in Aliso Viejo Woods park. The beginning of the ride will be a steep downhill then a more gradual uphill on the return. Total ride is 11 miles.

Iron Dragon Challenge!!
7am Run, Paddle practice, land workout, 2 hour ride!!

Bring your swimsuit if you want to hit the hot tub afterwards!

See you on Saturday.

Starting point:
47 Breakers Lane
Aliso Viejo, CA

11-23-2008 Santiago Loop Ride

Space Dragons! Join us for a challenging ride for this Sunday following paddle practice. This weekend should be better, hopefully we will not have heavy smoke or wicked hangovers!

The Santiago Loop is a beautiful ride that starts in Irvine and winds through the foothills of Orange County. The first half of the ride is a gradual but steady hill climb, resulting in a very rewarding downhill ride! I've reached speeds of 40 MPH on the downhill!

Make sure to eat a little snack after paddle practice. Expect the ride is about 32 miles long and will take about 2.5 to 3 hours to complete, so bring along a few snack items, we will take a few breaks along the way. Bring 2 - 3 liters of water along with some energy gels and electrolytes, maybe a couple pieces of fruit, bananas are recommended. A helmet will be required to join the ride.

Pack your swim suit! Following the ride you are invited to join us at the pool and spa for a relaxing and rejuvenating dip, while we enjoy some pizza and salad to rebuild our freshly exhausted muscles!

Please RSVP to jashaf@gmail.com or call me at 949-280-7253 so that I can order enough pizza and salad for everyone that is coming. Please note any pizza preferences or other food preferences in your email.

MS Bay To Bay Bike Route and Calories burned

Here are the routes for Day one and Two of the MS Bay to Bay Tour.

Day one:
www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2341781


Day two:
www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2342062


This website also has a cool calories burned feature, just put in your weight and it calculates what you burned during the ride.

I burned 7980 calories on day one 5834 calories on day two, that's 13814 calories for the weekend! No wonder we were so hungry!!

2008 MS Bay to Bay Bike Tour – Weekend recap

The Space Dragons Cycling Team had a great time on the bike tour and helped the National MS Society reach over $2 Million dollars in donations!! A special thanks to of our sponsors for your generous donations!



The weather was perfect and the scenery beautiful!!



No injuries, though Joanne did run over one pedestrian “Tran style”, however, since he was a fellow biker he does not count, no points given.

Plenty of good food and fun.



One four-legged rider

September 27th Bike Ride

September 27th Bike Ride

Ride will start approximately 10:45, we will meet in the Scouts parking lot. This will give us all enough time to eat a light snack (bananas, apple, Clif bar, etc.) and rest a little. Make sure to have plenty of water or, preferably, sports drink with you.

You will have to wear a helmet for this ride. Don’t forget to bring it.

Iron Dragon Challenge!!
7am Run, Paddle practice, land workout, 2 hour ride!!
Congratulations to Tran Luu and David Knight for completing the challenge last Saturday!!

If you have not signed up for the Cycling Team please do so now. There are only about 2 weeks left until the bike Tour and it is 90% sold out, so time and space are running out!

See you on Saturday.

Here is the link to sign up
http://www.biketofinishms.com/spacedragons

Here is the Cycling Weblog link
http://www.spacedragonscyclingteam.blogspot.com/

September 20th Bike Ride

September 20th Bike Ride

Everyone is invited. The rides have been a lot of fun so join us.

Plan on the ride starting about 45 minutes after the land workout approximately 10:45. This will give us all enough time to eat a light snack (bananas, apple, Clif bar, etc.) and rest a little. Make sure to eat light, fast digesting carbs, nothing too heavy. We can gorge ourselves after the ride. Make sure to have plenty of water or, preferably, sports drink with you.

You will have to wear a helmet for this ride. Don’t forget to bring it.

If you want a good endurance challenge start with the 7am run, hit paddling practice hard, then the land workout, followed by the bike ride. It’s about five hours of steady exercise. It will give you a great sense of accomplishment when completed, and a huge appetite, so we’ll go straight to lunch afterwards!

If you have not signed up for the Cycling Team please do so now. There are only about 3 weeks left until the bike Tour and it is 90% sold out, so time and space are running out!

See you on Saturday.

Here is the link to sign up
http://www.biketofinishms.com/spacedragons

Here is the Cycling Weblog link
http://www.spacedragonscyclingteam.blogspot.com/

September 13th Bike Ride

September 13th Bike Ride

This ride is mostly to help prepare for the Bay to Bay bike ride, however, everyone on the team is invited.

We will start from Mothers Beach then head south down the PCH to the Huntington Beach Pier and then return. It is just over 20 miles total, since we took the same route last week we may change it up a little.

It sounds like there will be a much larger group this week, so we may divide the road bikers and mountain bikers up into two groups.

Plan on the ride starting about 45 minutes after the land workout approximately 10:45. This will give us all enough time to eat a light snack (bananas, apple, Clif bar, etc.) and rest a little. Make sure to eat light, fast digesting carbs, nothing too heavy. We can gorge ourselves after the ride. Make sure to have plenty of water or, preferably, sports drink with you.

You will have to wear a bike helmet.

**If you want a good endurance challenge start with the 7am run, hit paddling practice hard, then the land workout, followed by the bike ride. It’s about five hours of exercise, but worth the pain!!**

If you have not signed up for the Cycling Team please do so now. There is only about 4 weeks left until the bike Tour and it is already 80% sold out, so time and space are running out! See you on Saturday.

Here is the link to sign up
http://www.biketofinishms.com/spacedragons